Browse Items (587 total)

urges the assembly to take measures to counteract efforts by the Federalists to consolidate their power in national government

has been able to renew treaty with Algiers; hopes money promised in treaty arrives soon

pessimistic about execution of treaty with Algiers; will get horses for JM if he can

negotiations in Algiers have convinced him of the need to request aid from France in negotiations with Tunis and Tripoli; relations between the France and Algiers are becoming increasingly hostile; American relations with Tunis and Tripoli; French…

difficulties of dealing with the Barbary governments

Swedish consul will carry his previous dispatch to JM; still has not received any funds from the government because of blockade at Leghorn; asks JM to obtain permission from the French government for Mr Herculais to assist American negotiations at…

previous attempt to send JM a copy of some of his pamphlets failed and so he forwards them now in a letter from Fulwar Skipwith; hopes to settle in Virginia when he returns to the United States; fears for the future of republicans in the United…

praises JM's tenure as minister from the United States; reaffirms friendship of the French and American republics

opposition in House of Representatives to the treaty between the United States and Great Britain

JM's recall was result of intrigue by Alexander Hamilton; Hamilton wants Thomas Pinckney to be next president; French seizures of American ships have disrupted trade; no likelihood of new treaty with France-Americans presently committed to…

introduces Mr Peters; sends pamphlets; prospects for presidential election

slave insurrection unlikely in the area; arms do not need to be sent to Richmond for safekeeping

Thomas Jefferson's annual message to Congress; Senate has not yet been informed of Albert Gallatin's nomination as secretary of the treasury; proceedings in Congress; asks JM's opinion concerning a court decision ordering James Madison to explain why…

approbation of Americans resident in Paris of JM's conduct as minister to France

farming and high prices for provisions; distressed over failures of Andrew Monroe and Joseph J Monroe; has been ill with rheumatism