Thomas Bulkeley to James Madison, 5 February 1802
From Thomas Bulkeley, 5 February 1802
Lisbon 5 Febry 1802
⟨Sir⟩
I have the honor to enclose a petition made in the Name of the Captains of eight American vessels arrived the 3 Inst: with its translation, done in order to aleveate the Quarantine & which you will see notwithstanding the very favorable information given has no effect in aleveating the oppressive detention.
I shall however in a few days renew my solicitation in hopes of better success & have the honor to be with the greatest respect Sir Your most humble & Obedient Servant
Thomas Bulkeley
The preceding is the full transcription of a document that was previously abstracted in The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State series. The original abstract contains additional annotation and source information.