Manuscripts

1803 February 20-1805 January 31

Description: Box includes contemporary copies of James Madison letters to James L. Cathcart, 1803 April 9 (incomplete) (EA 355 A&B); to William Eaton, 1803 April 14 (EA 356); to Richard Harrison, 1804 February 11 (EA 357).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1792-1829.
Call number: mssEA
Creator: Eaton, William (1764-1811)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Charles T. Harbeck, through the agency of George D. Smith, 1917.
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1806-1829

Manuscripts

Box includes James Madison letter signed to William Eaton, 1806 March 1 (EA 357).

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1802 April 10-1803 January 26

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Box includes contemporary copy of James Madison letter to William Eaton, 1802 August 22, with note of Eaton (EA 354).

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Papers of William Eaton, chiefly thouse accumulated during his service in the Mediterranean. Included are letters, documents (including 9 volumes of contemporary copies), commonplace books, manuscripts, with a few sketches. The papers document the relations between the U.S. and the Barbary states, the Tripolitan War (1801-05), James Leander Cathcart, naval operations of the U.S. and European powers. Also included are items related to Eaton's professional and personal affairs -- his army career, business transactions, claims against the U.S., and relations with his family and friends. Correspondents include Samuel Barron, James Leander Cathcart, Rufus King, James Madison, Richard O'Brien, Timothy Pickering, and others.

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1801 March 15-1801 July 30

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Box includes James Madison letter to William Eaton, 1801 May 20 (incomplete) (EA 353).

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1801 August 2-1802 March 31

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1800 July-1801 February

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1803 February 20-1805 January 31

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