From James Madison to Anthony Merry, 18 February 1806 (Abstract)
To Anthony Merry, 18 February 1806 (Abstract)
§ To Anthony Merry. 18 February 1806, Department of State. “You will receive herewith Duplicate Copies of Authentic Documents in relation to Ludwig Fritz and Frederick Porter junr, two Impressed American seamen; who are stated to be detained in His Britannic Majesty’s Ship of War the Cambrian. As this vessel is supposed to be still on the Halifax station, I must ask the favor of you to interpose with the Officer commanding her to discharge these men, their Citizenship being fully proved by the Enclosures [not found].”1
FC (DNA: RG 59, Notes to Foreign Ministers and Consuls, vol. 1). 1 p.; marked “(Office Copy)”; in Daniel Brent’s hand.
1. On 21 Feb. 1806 Merry acknowledged receipt of this letter and the enclosures, adding: “I have the Honor, Sir, to acquaint you that I shall transmit Copies of the Documents in Question by the earliest opportunity to the Commander in Chief of His Majesty’s Ships on the Halifax Station in Order that immediate Attention may be paid to your Application for the Discharge of the Seamen abovementioned” (DNA: RG 59, NFL, Great Britain, vol. 3; 1 p.; in a clerk’s hand, signed by Merry; docketed by Wagner).