1To James Madison from William C. C. Claiborne, 15 July 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
of Spain will be to make the Mississippi the Boundary. Her Agents here avow and hesitate not to Say, that on no other condition will Spain consent to an Amicable adjustment. But my impression is otherwise; If Spain should find that the United States will maintain their ground, and possess themselves by force of the Territory claimed, She will yield to our demands, unless indeed a contrary...
2To James Madison from William C. C. Claiborne, 29 July 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
3:138–39) of Casa Calvo’s 27 July 1805 letter asking if his employees on the boundary commission and the officers and others vested with offices by Spain, who planned to depart soon or whenever they finished their business, were subject to the municipal tax on slaves or enjoyed an exemption like that granted by Spain to foreigners working or traveling in that country. If the latter, he would...
3To James Madison from Albert Gallatin, 6 August 1805 (Madison Papers)
The demands from Spain were too hard to have expected, even independent of French interference, any success from the negotiation. It could only be hoped that the tone assumed by our negociators might not be such as to render a relinquishment or... ...not worse than the disorder. At all events to go to war for the western boundary of Louisiana, or even for the country beween Mississippi &...
4To James Madison from William C. C. Claiborne, 26 August 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
“The report of the retrocession to Spain of the Country west of the Mississippi had also prevailed in New Orleans: The Evening previous to my departure, being on a visit to the Marquis of Casa Calvo, I asked him if he Knew upon what Authority... the (Marquis) that the desire of the Court of Spain was, to make the Mississippi river the Boundary, and in time it was expected that, that object...
5To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 27 August 1805 (Madison Papers)
on the event of our being engaged in war with either France or Spain...present war in Europe. In that event we should make common cause, & England should stipulate not to make peace without our obtaining the objects for which we go to war, to wit, the ack[n]olegement by Spain of the rightful boundaries of Louisiana, (which we should reduce to our minimum by a secret article) and 2.... ...Spain...
6To James Madison from John Armstrong, 10 September 1805 (Madison Papers)
The enclosure (1 p.; docketed by Wagner) is a copy of a note suggesting that the United States indicate to Spain that if that government would not negotiate the question of limits, the United States would be forced to take “such measures as shall appear to them the most efficacious.” The note added that should Spain not agree to this, a copy of the communication from the United States to Spain...
7To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 16 September 1805 (Madison Papers)
& that France has to us been always silent as to the Western boundary, while she spoke decisively as to the Eastern. You know Turreau agreed with us that neither party should strengthen themselves in the disputed country during negotiation; ...to restrict ourselves to taking the posts on the West side of the Misipi., & threaten a cessation of intercourse with Spain, Bonaparte would interpose...
8To James Madison from James Monroe, 25 September 1805 (Madison Papers)
...and Lord Hawkesbury had had similar correspondence on the subject, and that the principle was in opposition to decisions made under the seventh article of the Jay Treaty. He also touched on the subjects of boundaries between the two countries in North America and especially of impressment, which was important for both nations, adding that he would be glad to discuss those points with...
9To James Madison from Robert Williams, 1 October 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
...who had been conducting the Kempers, adding that he had released them under escort to Spanish territory and had the Kempers “bound to their good behavior” and to keep the peace toward Spain; describing the seizure and detention of William Flanagan Jr. and his wife by twelve men commanded by Lieutenant Glascock “of Capt Jones’s Company of Spanish Light Horse,” who also stole Flanagan...
10To James Madison from George W. Erving, 4 October 1805 (Madison Papers)
...on the part of the French government since the departure of Mr Monroe from Paris, favorable to the hope of a satisfactory adjustment of our affairs with Spain; that the manner in which the late negotiations had terminated, & the return of Mr Monroe to London, must have produced apprehensions of a total rupture, necessarily leading that government to seek for an opportunity of making...