To James Madison from Louis-Marie Turreau, 10 February 1807
From Louis-Marie Turreau
A Washington le 10. février 1807
Monsieur,
J’ai ordonné au Consul Général de france de faire examiner par le Consul du lieu les réclamations des Armateurs ou Capitaines dont les Bâtiments ont Secouru le Vaisseau L’Eole, et de faire Statuer ici, Soit d’un commun accord, Soit à la faveur d’un arbitrage Sur la Somme d’indemnités qui leur Sont légitimement du es. Le Consul Général m’a répondu qu’il en donnait l’ordre au Consul de Baltimore; Par conséquent, Monsieur, les Réclamants doivent S’addresser à ce Consul, M. Leloup, auquel j’écris directement de terminer cette affaire le plutôt possible.1 Agréez, Monsieur, une nouvelle assurance de ma haute Considération.
Turreau
CONDENSED TRANSLATION
Has ordered the consul general of France to have the consul of the place examine the claims of the owners or captains whose ships aided the vessel Éole, and to have a ruling here, either by common agreement, or with the help of an arbitration, on the sum of the indemnities that are legitimately owed to them. The consul general replied that he was giving the order to the consul of Baltimore; in consequence, the claims must be addressed to that consul, Mr. Leloup, to whom Turreau wrote directly, to finish this business as soon as possible.
RC (DNA: RG 59, NFL, France, vol. 2–3). In a clerk’s hand, signed by Turreau; docketed by Wagner.
1. On 9 June 1807 the French consulate at Baltimore published an announcement calling for “persons having any account for furnitures against his majesty’s ship L’Eole […] to apply to Mr. Bindault, the purser of said ship, to have them regulated, and afterward they shall be paid at the French consul’s office, in Baltimore” (Annapolis Maryland Gazette, 11 June 1807).