21To James Madison from James Maury, 5 May 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
5 May 1802, Liverpool. Encloses prices of imported American articles. “The immensely unprecedented Imports of Cotton, and particularly from Georgia, Carolina & the Mississippi, have already reduced the prices of the less valuable sorts.… Grain & flour seem daily on the decline.” RC and enclosure ( DNA : RG 59, CD , Liverpool, vol. 2). RC 1 p.; marked “(duplicate)”; in a clerk’s hand, signed by...
22To James Madison from James Maury, 18 June 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
18 June 1802, Liverpool. “I had the Honor of presenting you with the State of this market for American produce on the 5th ulto. In this you have the prices of the day for the same, as well as of other articles of import from the United States.” RC and enclosure ( DNA : RG 59, CD , Liverpool, vol. 2). RC 1 p.; in a clerk’s hand, signed by Maury. Enclosure (1 p.; docketed by Brent) is a printed...
23To James Madison from James Maury, 14 September 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
14 September 1802, Liverpool. Has received JM’s letter of 17 June and will “make application in the manner you have been so obliging as to point out.” “Wishing much to have you furnished with the particulars of Imports & Exports as ⅌ your circular of 1st Augst 1801, I applied to the person who has the exclusive privilege of granting such information from this Custom House. He informed me …...
24To James Madison from James Maury, 28 September 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
28 September 1802, Liverpool. Encloses a price current. “Since the peace the Application to me from distress’d American Seamen is greatly increased by the Numbers which have been discharged from the British Navy, and I have endeavoured to relieve the United States of the expences of their support by requesting the Masters of our vessels to take them, agreeably to the law of 14th April 1792,...
25To James Madison from James Maury, 10 November 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
10 November 1802, Liverpool. Since writing his dispatch of 28 Sept. he has received JM’s of 26 Aug. and will conform to its instructions. “I am truly concerned to have occasion again to submit to you the propriety of making known to our ship owners & Merchants the necessity of having such of their vessels as be destined for this Country navigated by a Master & three fourths of the Crew...
26To James Madison from James Maury, 27 January 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
27 January 1803, Liverpool. Last wrote on 10 Nov. Is sorry to enclose a copy of a notice received on 26 Jan. from Erving. Encloses a price current for U.S. imports [not found]. Expected to enclose returns of American imports and exports for the last six months of 1802, “but they cannot be ready for this conveyance.” RC and enclosure ( DNA : RG 59, CD , Liverpool, vol. 2). RC 1 p. In a clerk’s...
27To James Madison from James Maury, 25 February 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
25 February 1803, Liverpool. Last wrote on 27 Jan. Encloses a price current for U.S. goods [not found] and a report of American exports and imports for the six months ending 31 Dec. 1802 [not found]. Exports heretofore have been “almost exclusively confined” to U.S. ships. The countervailing duty, which was expected to operate to American disadvantage following the peace, especially in the...
28To James Madison from James Maury, 24 March 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
24 March 1803, Liverpool. Last wrote on 25 Feb. , since which time “the alarm of war has occasioned a great press for Seamen.” Many Americans, probably confident of a continuation of the peace, do not have certificates of citizenship and are therefore in a position “which exposes them to impressment.” Writes to suggest the propriety of recommending that no American seamen leave home without...
29To James Madison from James Maury, 23 June 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
23 June 1803, Liverpool . Has received JM’s 9 Apr. circular, “to which every attention shall be paid.” “No mention being made in it relative to the masters of our Vessels furnishing the Consuls with the information” necessary for making up the required semiannual trade reports, “I request your instructions whether, in case of refusal, I shall be warranted in Compelling compliance by...
30To James Madison from James Maury, 1 July 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
1 July 1803, Liverpool . Wrote JM on 23 June . Has “received official notice of his Britannic Majesty having judged it expedient to establish the most rigorous Blockade at the entrance of the mouth of the Elbe & to maintain & enforce the Same in the strictest manner according to the Usages of War.” RC ( DNA : RG 59, CD , Liverpool, vol. 2). 1 p.; in a clerk’s hand, signed by Maury; docketed by...