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John Forsyth to MVB, 25 February 1828

I do not know why I should not (following the example of one of our Ga newspapers in which it is always done) derange the letters of your name & make you neighbor to the great Bean, since you, (misled by such examples) take the liberty to stick an e to the end of my name. I have no e, to my name as I beg ^you^ to understand & remember, if you do not wish me to mangle your patronymic most... Continue Reading

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John Forsyth to MVB, 25 July 1833

I do not know who Mr Hatfield <is> & of course I know nothing about the office he vacated. If it is a good thing I seriously rejoice that you are <moving> <illegible> <illegible>hing behalf <illegible> but hope you will succeed. I found him as I came to the <illegible> in good spirits but rather <illegible> with <illegible> of your <City>... Continue Reading

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John Forsyth to MVB, 4 August 1833

I spoke to you in New York your desire to change the footing upon which I stood with the President relative to the Russian Mission. Further reflection has confirmed this desire & <illegible> to ask the favor of you to say to the General in your first letter, than I wish him to consider that matter in the same light as if it never had been <stirred>. When a vacancy opens at St.... Continue Reading

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John Forsyth to MVB, 29 November 1833

Altho the Boat rocks dreadfully I have determined to write you half a dozen times that I may dismiss a disagreeable subject from my mind. I was not surprised by the disclosure you made to me at McLanes. It is totally <incompatible> with the letter received from the Genl. at the breaking up of his first Cabinet & what I always supposed was suggested by you & intended to prevent me... Continue Reading

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John Forsyth to MVB, 30 September 1834

Mrs V.S. is here & has had several interviews with Dickerson. I spoke to him to exert his official authority if practicable & prevent the intended duello. He has every desire to prevent mischief & will endeavour to do so. The meeting is fixed for Monday or Wendy next in this Dist. & the parties will probably be interrupted if they are not dissuaded from pursuing their design. The... Continue Reading

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John Forsyth to Anthony Butler, 7 July 1834

I have the honor to introduce to you the Chevalier Morelli, Neapolitan consul general in the United States. The chevalier proceeds to Mexico, by direction of his Government, for the purpose of endeavoring to obtain from the Mexican Government restitution of the property of the duke of Montelone. The Kind of the Two Sicilies has expressed a hope that the President of the United States would use... Continue Reading

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John Forsyth to Anthony Butler, 10 July 1834

Herewith you will receive a certified copy of the commission of Marmaduke Burrough, appointed consul of the United States for the port of Vera Cruz. You will be pleased to request of the Mexican Government the usual exequatur for him. The accompanying packet you will deliver to Mr. William S. Parrott, appointed consul of the United States for the city of Mexico, and you will also afford him your... Continue Reading

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John Forsyth to Anthony Butler, 24 July 1834

Mrs. Young has again addressed this Department upon the subject of her claim. You have not mentioned it since, in your No. 17, of the 22d July, 1831, you stated it to be your purpose to co-operate with Mr. Aleman in examining the papers, upon his return from his jaunt to the southwest. It appears that the grounds of the claim are so peculiar that there should be no hesitation, on the part of the... Continue Reading

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John Forsyth to Anthony Butler, 1 August 1834

I transmit a copy of a letter to this Department, signed by the master, the mate, and the passengers of the brig Paragon, of Philadelphia, complaining of an insult to the flag of the United States, committed by the Mexican public armed schooner Tampico, which is represented to have causelessly fired into and detained the Paragon, on her voyage from New York to Vera Cruz. You will request of the... Continue Reading

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John Forsyth to Anthony Butler, 11 August 1834

I transmit a copy of a letter from Mr. José Cecilia Gonzales to Mr. Cyrus Sibley, which tends to corroborate the proof in your possession relative to the outrage at Tabasco on the brig Industry, together with a copy of a letter from Thomas P. Downer, the mate of the Industry, to Mr. Sibley, presenting an account for indemnity for his losses and detention in consequence of the prcoeedings of the... Continue Reading

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John Forsyth to Anthony Butler, 22 August 1834

In a circular from this Department of the 20th April last, you were informed that the recent accession of her Most Catholic Majesty being deemed a favorable opportunity for renewing the friendly efforts of the President towards effecting a recognition, by Spain, of the independence of her former colonies in this hemisphere, the minister of the United States at Madrid, in fulfilment of the... Continue Reading

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John Forsyth to Anthony Butler, 27 August 1834

Your despatches to No. 74, inclusive, excepting Nos. 58, 54, 53, 52, 23, 16, have been received. An extract of that part of your [despatch] No. 72, which suggests the propriety of your being allowed leave of absence, or to retire from the mission to Mexico, has been forwarded to the President, who is now in Tennessee. This Department was not aware of the aversion of the Mexican Government to... Continue Reading

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John Forsyth to Anthony Butler, 27 September 1834

I transmit, herewith, sundry documents in support of a claim of Mr. Pardon C. Greene, of Key West, Florida, upon the Mexican Government, for outfits, repairs, and stores furnished by him to the Mexican brig of war Herman, which is represented to have put into Key West in distress, in January, 1828. You will give the claimant the benefit of your good offices with the Government of Mexico, towards... Continue Reading

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John Forsyth to Anthony Butler, 11 November 1834

The letters addressed to you by this Department on the 20th April and 22d August last, will have put you in possession of a recent correspondence between the minister plenipotentiary of the United States at Madrid and the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of her Catholic Majesty, in regard to the acknowledgment of those States in this hemisphere which were formerly colonies of Spain. The subject... Continue Reading

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John Forsyth to Anthony Butler, 14 January 1835

I transmit herewith the commission of John Stryker, appointed consul of the United States at Goliad, in Texas. You will request of the Mexican Government the usual exequatur for Mr. Stryker. The United States ship Falmouth, Captain Rousseau, has been ordered by the Navy Department to proceed to Vera Cruz, for the purpose of taking you on board and carrying you to New Orleans. Your despatches to... Continue Reading

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John Forsyth to Anthony Butler, 23 March 1835

I transmit herewith the commission of Francis Slaughter, appointed consul of the United States for Galveston, and that of Robert S. Hicks, for Tabasco, in Mexico. You will request of the Mexican Government the usual exequatur for each of these gentlemen. Your despatch No. 85, and your letter of the 25th of January last, have been received.

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John Forsyth to Anthony Butler, 24 March 1835

I transmit herewith the commission of Samuel Haight, appointed consul of the United States for Campeachy, in Mexico, and request that you will ask of the Mexican Government an exequatur for him.

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John Forsyth to Anthony Butler, 26 June 1835

Your communications to this Department, of the 17th, 23d, and 25th instant, have been received. The first is a report on one branch only of the business instrusted to you. It is altogether silent with regard to the state of the negotiation for the claims of our citizens upon the Mexican Government; and, as this Department is not in possession of your correspondence with that Government, and your... Continue Reading

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John Forsyth to Anthony Butler, 1 July 1835

To enable the Department to answer a letter recently received, it is necessary to know what disposition was made of the archives of the legation at Mexico, previously to your late departure from that city.

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John Forsyth to Anthony Butler, 2 July 1835

On your return to Mexico, the Department will expect to receive copies of all your correspondence with the Mexican Government, not heretofore communicated, with a full and detailed statement of the several subject that have been committed to your care. Whenever the chargé d'affaires of the United States leaves his post, the archives of the legation should be left in the care of the highest... Continue Reading

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John Forsyth to Anthony Butler, 3 July 1835

Thomas Reily was appointed consul of the United States at Aguatulco, in 1823; Harvey Gregg at Acapulco, in 1825; and John S. Langham at Chihuahua, in 1830. No communications having been received at the Department from either of these persons since they were appointed, although they have been repeatedly written to, you will, on your return, require them to explain their silence. You are herewith... Continue Reading

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John Forsyth to Anthony Butler, 27 October 1835

Mr. Chauncey Bush having been appointed consul of the United States for the ports of San Blas and Mazatlan, in Mexico, I herewith transmit his commission, in order that you may request of the Mexican Government an exequatur for him, which, when received, you will forward with his commission to Mr. Bush, at San Blas.

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John Forsyth to Anthony Butler, 16 December 1835

I am directed by the President to inform you that, as the time prescribed for your return to the United States with the result of your negotiation with the Mexican Government has elapsed, he has determined upon the immediate appointment of a successor. A nomination will accordingly be made to the Senate to-morrow. I have also to acquaint you that Mr. Castillo having recently called on me to... Continue Reading

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John Forsyth to James Hyman Causten Sr., 9 December 1834

Your letter of the 8th instant, relative to the claim of the children of Peter Shackerly upon the British Government, has been received. As you were informed by Mr. Livingston, when Secretary of State, that the President declined to authorize any further representation to the British Government on that subject, I have no suggestions to offer in regard to it.

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As Recipient

Charles Jared Ingersoll to John Forsyth, 3 September 1837

The whole parcel of the Democratic County Delegates came here to see me yesterday, every one was for Riters' appointment, and equally resolved against Thompson’s, of whom they mentioned such things as ought to put it out of the question, whether Riters is the man or not, Thompson ought not to be. 1. After representing his notorious & profligate want of integrity in much stronger terms than my... Continue Reading

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James Hyman Causten Sr. to John Forsyth, 8 December 1834

I had the honor, on the 30th of December, 1833, and again on the 5th of April, 1834, to address the Secretary of State relative to the claim upon the British Government of the orphan children of Peter Schackerly, one of the seamen killed on board the United States ship Chesapeake when attacked by the British ship of war Leopard, in 1807; to which communications I am yet without acknowledgment or... Continue Reading

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James Hyman Causten Sr. to John Forsyth, 12 December 1834

Your letter of the 9th instant has been received, by which I was informed that you have no suggestions to offer in regard to my then contemplated communication to the British minister in reference to the claim of the orphan children of Peter Shackerly, a copy whereof I had the honor to submit to you on the 8th instant. Said communication having been transmitted to the British minister, and his... Continue Reading

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Charles Jared Ingersoll to John Forsyth Sr., 3 March 1837

As it will relieve my feelings of disappointement and mortification which I find growing rather than subsiding as I go, to think out, having nobody to talk to, you must suffer me to <meander> an hour or two in the bustle and jam of the steamboat to inflict what may perhaps be a long letter on you: for I had made up my mind to write to you as soon as I got home, and I may as well therefore... Continue Reading

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