1To James Madison from Daniel Clark, 22 March 1802 (Madison Papers)
Since I had the pleasure of seeing you in Washington I have heard a variety of reports concerning Luisiana on the subject of which I did not think it proper to trouble you, but having been assured by Mr Duane two days since that the Province was unquestionably ceded to the U. S. and that he had received his information from a Source on which he could place the utmost reliance, and the Aurora...
2To James Madison from Daniel Clark, 9 April 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
9 April 1802, Philadelphia. “Business of a private Nature requiring my presence in New Orleans I am induced to freight a small Vessel for the sake of dispatch and will leave this City on Sunday the Seventeenth inst. to proceed there direct. I think it incumbent on me to give you information of my resolution as soon as taken, that you may have an opportunity of forwarding any instructions you...
3To James Madison from Daniel Clark, 20 April 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
20 April 1802, Philadelphia. “I have received your Letter of the 18th. ulto. [not found] with the Commission inclosed in it, and in consequence of your directions transmit you the Bond required for the performance of my duty as Consul. Immediately after my arrival at New Orleans I shall have the Honor of addressing you on the Subjects recommended to me and will exert myself to the utmost to be...
4To James Madison from Daniel Clark, 22 June 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
22 June 1802, New Orleans. Informs JM of the state of affairs in Louisiana “in compliance with your direction, to point out such objects as would require the interference of our Government, with this of Spain, to ascertain our rights, and procure redress, and at the same time to have your instructions to regulate my own conduct.” Notes that JM is already aware of “the disagreable predicament...
5To James Madison from Daniel Clark, 16 August 1802 (Madison Papers)
A Business of very considerable importance calls me suddenly to England, for which I shall embark immediately. I had not an Opportunity to advise you of my intention of leaving Orleans before I sailed for this Place where I have been but a few days. The Situation of affairs in Luisiana is such that my presence except as an influential private Character can be of no service to my Country, the...
6To James Madison from Daniel Clark, 25 November 1802 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 25 November 1802. Mentioned in Wagner’s docket on verso of a 22 Nov. 1802 letter to Clark from André Burthe d’Annelet, French adjutant general (DNA: RG 59, CD, New Orleans, vol. 1).
7To James Madison from Daniel Clark, 23 December 1802 (Madison Papers)
At the very moment of departure I have received a Letter from Paris advising, that Genl. Victor the Capt. General of Louisiana with his Etat Major, Monsr. J. J. Ayme the Commissaire de Justice with all the other officers of the new Administration of that Country, had set off about the 11th. Inst. for Holland to embark for New Orleans without delay. The Prefect had departed 2 or 3 days before...
8To James Madison from Daniel Clark, 8 March 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
8 March 1803, New Orleans. “I arrived here from Europe on the night of the 25th. ulto. and was sensibly hurt tho’ by no means surprised at the Steps taken by the Intendant in my absence, and which cause an incalculable injury to the Trade of the Western Country. In the last Letter I had the Honor of writing to you from hence I pointed out what he had then done in violation of the Treaty, his...
9To James Madison from Daniel Clark, 12 March 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
12 March 1803, New Orleans. “I have learned from the Secretary of the Province Dn Andres Lopez Armesto that the Letters received by the Schooner Cordelia from Monsr. Pichon contained a very strong recommendation to place matters respecting the Deposit on the former footing, but no alteration will be made, till advices are received from Court, as it is always the Custom here when any measure is...
10To James Madison from Daniel Clark, 24 March 1803 (Madison Papers)
I came to this place two days since to confer with the Governor of the Territory & Genl. Wilkinson on the approaching Changes in Louisiana & to communicate to them such intelligence as I had procured of the views of the French with respect to us. On my way up I met a Doctor Watkins formerly of Kentucky now of St. Louis at the Ilinois who returned last Year to the U. S from France where as well...