From James Madison to Levi Lincoln, 4 November 1803 (Abstract)
§ To Levi Lincoln
4 November 1803, Department of State. Asks “whether the payment of freights claimed against the French Government is embraced by a sound construction, in the Convention with France of the 30th, April last?” “The manner in which this has been made a question appears from the enclosed letter from our General Commercial Agent at Paris.”1
Letterbook copy (DNA: RG 59, DL, vol. 14). 1 p.
1. The enclosure was probably Fulwar Skipwith to JM, 24 Aug. 1803 ( , 5:341–43).