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From James Madison to the Ministers of the United States in London, Paris, and Madrid, 2 December 1806 (Abstract)

To the Ministers of the United States in London, Paris, and Madrid, 2 December 1806 (Abstract)

§ To the Ministers of the United States in London, Paris, and Madrid. 2 December 1806, Department of State. “Yesterday being the appointed day for the meeting of Congress, a quorum was made in both Houses, and this day the message of the President was communicated to them.

“I embrace the earliest opportunity of inclosing a copy.”1

RC (DLC: Curry Autograph Collection); letterbook copy (DNA: RG 59, IM, vol. 6). RC 1 p.; in Forrest’s hand, addressed to Erving, signed by JM; docketed on the verso: “recd Jany 20 1807.” Letterbook copy marked “(Circular)” and addressed “To the Ministers of the U States In London Paris, & Madrid.” For enclosure, see n. 1.

1. JM enclosed Thomas Jefferson’s sixth annual message; see Ford, Writings of Thomas Jefferson, 8:482–95.

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    From James Madison to the Ministers of the United States in London, Paris, and Madrid, 2 December 1806 (Abstract)
    Author
    Madison, James
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    Ministers of the United States in London, Paris, and Madrid
    Date
    2 December 1806

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    “From James Madison to the Ministers of the United States in London, Paris, and Madrid, 2 December 1806 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-13-02-0121. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 13, 1 November 1806–31 March 1807, ed. Tyson Reeder, J. C. A. Stagg, Anne Mandeville Colony, Ellen D. Goldlust, Mary K. Wigge, and Katherine E. Harbury. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2024, pp. 120–121.]