James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Pen. Fenelon, 20 September 1814

From Pen. Fenelon

Valenciennes the 20 Septer 1814.

Regent said that he “knew nothing of M. Henry.” Lord Hawksbery (now Lord Liverpoole) was, at the General Election 1802, choosed M.P. for Rye. Rye is only 6. or 7. Miles distant from Rolvenden, the Residence of Henry the Spy,1 who, its notorious, had frequent intercourse with the principal Leaders of that Borough.

Pen. Fenelon. 87.

RC (NN).

1For John Henry’s espionage mission in New England, see PJM-PS, description begins Robert A. Rutland et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Presidential Series (8 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1984–). description ends 4:117 n. 2. He was not Adm. John Henry of Rolvenden (“Obituary: Admiral Henry,” Gentleman’s Magazine, and Historical Chronicle 146, pt. 2 [1829]: 275–76).

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