1From James Madison to James Leander Cathcart, 2 June 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
...5 June 1806 Secretary of the Navy Robert Smith sent Cathcart a second copy of these instructions. He stated that the vessel that Thomas Jefferson had ordered to be prepared for the Tunisian ambassador, Soliman Melimeni, was “a copper bottomed well found Brig, built principally of live oak” mounting ten guns. It would be staffed by officers of the U.S. Navy and would take no passengers other...
2From James Madison to DeWitt Clinton, 25 July 1806 (Madison Papers)
For the original list of Melimeni’s household, see his
3Jacob Wagner to Stephen Decatur, 1 September 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
Soliman Melimeni to
4From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 4 August 1806 (Madison Papers)
, enclosing Soliman Melimeni to Jefferson, 26 July 1806.
5From James Madison to Tobias Lear, 15 May 1806 (Madison Papers)
and Soliman Melimeni about Tunisian demands, see to Melimeni, Mar. 1806, and Melimeni to
6From James Madison to Dolley Madison, 15 November 1805 (Madison Papers)
Tunisian ambassador Soliman Melimeni arrived at Washington in the
7From James Madison to Dolley Madison, [ca. 11–18] November 1805 (Madison Papers)
Tunisian ambassador Soliman Melimeni, arrived at Norfolk in the
8To James Madison from Soliman Melimeni, 17 September 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Soliman Melimeni. had ordered Mr. Cathcart to make at Boston for Melimeni and his suite’s crossing. Cathcart gave Melimeni an expense account
but Melimeni, the ship’s captain, and the doctor sailing with them checked the provisions and concluded that these should not have cost more than $200. Cathcart also charged a commission on all the presents he bought for the Dey... ...Melimeni,...
9To James Madison from Soliman Melimeni, 7 February 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Soliman Melimeni. to Melimeni, 5 Feb. 1806
10To James Madison from Soliman Melimeni, 23 September 1806 (Madison Papers)
, Tunis, vol. 3). In a clerk’s hand, signed by Melimeni; docketed by Wagner as received 1 Oct.