James Madison Papers

From James Madison to Henry Craig, 12 May 1801 (Abstract)

§ To Henry Craig

12 May 1801, Department of State. Encloses copies of documents in cases of Samuel Gawler and Daniel Clark, American citizens reportedly impressed by British naval officers at Martinique; orders Craig to “lose no time” in trying to obtain their release.

Letterbook copy (DNA: RG 59, IC, vol. 1). 1 p. Enclosures not found. JM wrote Craig again on 16 June 1801 concerning seaman Samuel Culver (ibid.). Craig was the U.S. agent in Martinique for the relief and protection of American seamen (Craig to Pickering, 11 Sept. 1797 [DNA: RG 59, CD, Martinique, vol. 1]).

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    From James Madison to Henry Craig, 12 May 1801 (Abstract)
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    Madison, James
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    Craig, Henry
    Date
    12 May 1801

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    “From James Madison to Henry Craig, 12 May 1801 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-01-02-0227. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 1, 4 March–31 July 1801, ed. Robert J. Brugger, Robert A. Rutland, Robert Rhodes Crout, Jeanne K. Sisson, and Dru Dowdy. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1986, p. 169.]