To James Madison from William Riggin, 30 May 1806 (Abstract)
From William Riggin, 30 May 1806 (Abstract)
§ From William Riggin. 30 May 1806, Trieste. “I had this honor on the 30th April, and have now that of placing before you, the copy of an official note received from this Government, declaring the Ports in the Adriatic Gulph belonging to the Emperor of Germany, shut to the English and Russians in consequence of the occupation of the Bocca di Cattaro by the latter power.”1
RC and enclosure (DNA: RG 59, CD, Trieste, vol. 1). RC 1 p.; docketed by Wagner as received 3 Sept., with his note: “Imp. ports in the Adriatic closed against G. Britain & Russia.” For enclosure, see n. 1.
1. For the Russian occupation of the Gulf of Kotor, see Riggin’s 30 Apr. letter. The enclosure (1 p.; in Italian) is a copy of Giambattista Rinna’s 29 May 1806 declaration that all Russian and British ships, from anywhere, were forbidden entry to all Adriatic ports, and those presently in port were to leave after the publication of the order unless prevented by weather.