1To James Madison from Joseph Bryan, 3 February 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
For the horses brought from Tunis by Soliman Melimeni, see
2To James Madison from James Leander Cathcart, 26 July 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
Cathcart enclosed a 26 July 1806 letter from Soliman Melimeni to Thomas Jefferson (1 p.; in Cathcart’s hand, signed in Arabic; filed following ), which stated that Melimeni recognized the ...that Melimeni would likely be killed if he returned to Tunis in it. He therefore requested that Jefferson either allow him to stay in the United States until he received answers to the letters he...
3To James Madison from James Leander Cathcart, 30 September 1806 (Madison Papers)
Of these enclosures, only one bill of lading, dated 5 Sept. 1806 and signed by John Candler (1 p.), is filed with the RC. It lists the goods shipped by Soliman Melimeni on the ...Teirce loaf sugar,” various quantities of ginger, cochineal, tin, china, rum, and logwood, and a fowling piece, a blunderbuss, a plow, a rake, and a saddle. In addition, it states that Melimeni was to pay no...
4To James Madison from James Leander Cathcart, 20 August 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
, n. 1), and stated that Cathcart had informed Soliman Melimeni of the situation with the debentures, whereupon Melimeni’s “phrenzy lead him to every species of insolent observation,” including declarations that he was not subject to U.S. revenue laws and would impose the same requirements on U.S. citizens in Tunis after his return.... ...3,500 in freight charges for which Melimeni would become...
5To James Madison from James Leander Cathcart, 22 July 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
Cathcart’s 20 July 1806 letter to Wagner reported that Thomas Triplett and Carlo the interpreter had come to Boston, leaving several of Melimeni’s staff members in New York,
...debts. Melimeni wanted to abandon them in the United States, but Cathcart foresaw constant trouble for the government if this were allowed to happen. He sent Carlo back to New York and wrote to mayor Dewitt Clinton,...
6To James Madison from James Leander Cathcart, 21 August 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
Cathcart’s 21 Aug. 1806 letter to Robert Smith (7 pp.) described Soliman Melimeni’s erratic behavior and insulting comments at length, including the minister’s accusation that ...decision to depart for Washington that morning to discuss his complaints with the administration. If Melimeni persisted in withholding payment for the coffee, Cathcart wrote, he would sell it and sue the minister...
7To James Madison from James Leander Cathcart, 9 August 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
issued a passport dated 5 Aug. 1806 for “the American Brigantine Two Brothers,” John Chandler master, to carry Soliman Melimeni to Tunis with his suite and merchandise (
8To James Madison from Stephen Decatur, 25 August 1806 [letter not found] (Madison Papers)
Acknowledged in Jacob Wagner to Decatur, 1 Sept. 1806 (printed below), as having to do with Soliman Melimeni’s intended return to Washington, D.C., and enclosing Melimeni to
9Jesse Burton Harrison’s Notes of Conversations with James Madison, 27-30 November 1827 (Madison Papers)
For Soliman Melimeni, the Tunisian ambassador to the United States, see
10To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 19 May 1806 (Madison Papers)
...meant the ships would be coming home. Smith told Jefferson that he was holding a merchant vessel he had chartered to carry supplies to the Mediterranean while he awaited Jefferson’s decision about the 12 Oct. order and that Melimeni might return home in a small Navy Department brig that could be transferred to the State Department and then given to the Bey in lieu of the captured xebeque (