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.

☞ Meml. on Capt. “John Henry a Spy professed”—21. May 1812.

RC (NN).

1. For 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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Title: To James Madison from Pen. Fenelon, 20 September 1814
Author: Fenelon, Pen.
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Date: 20 September 1814

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Cite as: “To James Madison from Pen. Fenelon, 20 September 1814,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-08-02-0209. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 8, July 1814–18 February 1815 and supplement December 1779–18 April 1814, ed. Angela Kreider, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Katherine E. Harbury. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2015, p. 233.]