From James Madison to James Bowdoin, 23 December 1806 (Abstract)
To James Bowdoin, 23 December 1806 (Abstract)
§ To James Bowdoin. 23 December 1806, Department of State. “I enclose a Copy of the Act of Congress for suspending the prohibition to import certain British goods enacted during the last session.”1
RC (MBU: Edward C. Stone Collection). 1 p.; in Thom’s hand, signed by JM. Cover docketed by a clerk; marked in unidentified hands: “to be handed to Wm Lee Consul Bordeaux James Bowdoin Esquire Minister Plenipotentiary &c of the United States now at Paris” and “forwd by”; endorsed and marked “10th” by William Lee. For enclosure, see n. 1.
1. JM referenced the 19 December 1806 “Act to suspend the operation of an act, intituled ‘An act to prohibit the importation of certain goods, wares and merchandise,’ and to remit the penalties incurred under the same” (U.S. Statutes at Large, 2:411).