To James Madison from William Jarvis, 24 March 1807 (Abstract)
From William Jarvis, 24 March 1807 (Abstract)
§ From William Jarvis. 24 March 1807, Lisbon. “Inclosed I have the honor to hand a letter received by yesterdays post from Mr Erving.1 As I presume it incloses the two Spanish decrees for blockading the Islands of Gt. Britain &c & for marching a body of Spanish troops to France from my having received them from hi⟨m⟩ under the same cover, I shall not trouble you with a copy of those. My last was dated the 15th. Instant & went by the Schooner Louisianna, Captn Copeland for Boston. It covered a dispatch from Mr Erving. There is nothing new here of the least interest.”
RC, two copies (DNA: RG 59, CD, Lisbon, vol. 3). First RC 2 pp.; with Jarvis’s note on the cover: “By Herald Captn Mugford via Salem”; cover docketed by Forrest. Second RC 1 p.; in a clerk’s hand, signed by Jarvis. For enclosure, see n. 1.
1. Jarvis likely enclosed Erving to JM, 17 Mar. 1807.