James Madison Papers

To James Madison from William Loughton Smith, 12 June 1801 (Abstract)

§ From William Loughton Smith

12 June 1801, Lisbon. Announces signing of peace treaty between Portuguese and Spanish-French, which reportedly contains provisions removing British from Portugal and placing French troops in key garrisons. Hopes soon to have a copy to transmit. Reports death of prince of Beira (age seven) and recent birth of a child to the wife of regent.

RC (DNA: RG 59, DD, Portugal, vol. 5). 1 p.; marked private; docketed by Wagner as received 4 Sept.

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    To James Madison from William Loughton Smith, 12 June 1801 (Abstract)
    Author
    Smith, William Loughton
    Recipient
    Madison, James
    Date
    12 June 1801

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    “To James Madison from William Loughton Smith, 12 June 1801 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-01-02-0393. [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. 310.]

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