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MADISON, JAMES, and JAMES MONROE, Presidents. Document signed by both (Madison in full as President, "Jas. Monroe" as Secretary of State, Washington, D.C., 19 July 1813. One page, large folio, integral blank, papered Great Seal of the United States at lower left, imperceptibly reinforced from verso along central horizontal fold, pencilled docket and remains of wax seal.
MADISON AND MONROE APPOINT A SECRETARY TO THE LEGATION NEGOTIATING THE TREATY OF GHENT
HEADED IN LARGE LETTERS "JAMES MADISON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA," THE DOCUMENT APPOINTS LEVETT HARRIS "WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE" SECRETARY OF THE MISSION EXTRAORDINARY OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR ENTERING INTO NEGOTIATIONS AT ST PETERSBURG, WITH GREAT BRITAIN, OF AND CONCERNING A TREATY OF PEACE AND OF COMMERCE...." ON 17 APRIL 1813, IN RESPONSE TO OVERTURES FROM LORD CASTLEREAGH, MADISON NAMED JAMES A. BAYARD, ALBERT GALLATIN AND JOHN QUINCY ADAMS TO NEGOTIATE A TREATY OF PEACE WITH GREAT BRITAIN. THE THRE DEPARTED HASTILY TO ST. PETERSBURG, WHERE THE NEGOTIATIONS WERE TO TAKE PLACE, BUT BRITISH GOVERNMENT INITIALLY REFUSED TO ACCEPT THE MEDIATION OF RUSSIA. WORSE, ON THE SAME DAY AS THIS DOCUMENT, CONFIRMING HARRIS'S APPOINTMENT, THE SENATE DECLINED GALLATIN'S APPOINTMENT, ON THE GROUND THAT HE ALREADY HELD THE POST OF SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. WHEN BRITAIN AGREED TO DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS, AN EXPANDED DIPLOMATIC MISSION WAS NOMINATED ON 18 JANUARY 1814, CONSISTING OF GALLATIN (WHO HAD MEANTIME RESIGNED HIS CABINET POST), ADAMS, BAYARD, WHO WERE ALREADY IN EUROPE, PLUS HENRY CLAY AND JONATHAN RUSSELL. THE NEGOTIATIONS, IN WHICH HARRIS SERVED AS SECRETARY, WERE CONDUCTED IN GHENT, BELGIUM AND RESULTED IN THE TREATY OF THE SAME NAME, SIGNED BY THE NEGOTIATORS ON 24 DECEMBER 1814; IT WAS RATIFIED BY CONGRESS ON 17 FREBRUARY 1815, ENDING THE WAR OF 1812, ALTHOUGH OTHER DISAGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE TWO POWER DRAGGED ON FOR YEARS (SEE, IN THIS CONNECTION, THE RIDER TO THE TREATY IN LOT ).
MADISON AND MONROE APPOINT A SECRETARY TO THE LEGATION NEGOTIATING THE TREATY OF GHENT
HEADED IN LARGE LETTERS "JAMES MADISON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA," THE DOCUMENT APPOINTS LEVETT HARRIS "WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE" SECRETARY OF THE MISSION EXTRAORDINARY OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR ENTERING INTO NEGOTIATIONS AT ST PETERSBURG, WITH GREAT BRITAIN, OF AND CONCERNING A TREATY OF PEACE AND OF COMMERCE...." ON 17 APRIL 1813, IN RESPONSE TO OVERTURES FROM LORD CASTLEREAGH, MADISON NAMED JAMES A. BAYARD, ALBERT GALLATIN AND JOHN QUINCY ADAMS TO NEGOTIATE A TREATY OF PEACE WITH GREAT BRITAIN. THE THRE DEPARTED HASTILY TO ST. PETERSBURG, WHERE THE NEGOTIATIONS WERE TO TAKE PLACE, BUT BRITISH GOVERNMENT INITIALLY REFUSED TO ACCEPT THE MEDIATION OF RUSSIA. WORSE, ON THE SAME DAY AS THIS DOCUMENT, CONFIRMING HARRIS'S APPOINTMENT, THE SENATE DECLINED GALLATIN'S APPOINTMENT, ON THE GROUND THAT HE ALREADY HELD THE POST OF SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. WHEN BRITAIN AGREED TO DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS, AN EXPANDED DIPLOMATIC MISSION WAS NOMINATED ON 18 JANUARY 1814, CONSISTING OF GALLATIN (WHO HAD MEANTIME RESIGNED HIS CABINET POST), ADAMS, BAYARD, WHO WERE ALREADY IN EUROPE, PLUS HENRY CLAY AND JONATHAN RUSSELL. THE NEGOTIATIONS, IN WHICH HARRIS SERVED AS SECRETARY, WERE CONDUCTED IN GHENT, BELGIUM AND RESULTED IN THE TREATY OF THE SAME NAME, SIGNED BY THE NEGOTIATORS ON 24 DECEMBER 1814; IT WAS RATIFIED BY CONGRESS ON 17 FREBRUARY 1815, ENDING THE WAR OF 1812, ALTHOUGH OTHER DISAGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE TWO POWER DRAGGED ON FOR YEARS (SEE, IN THIS CONNECTION, THE RIDER TO THE TREATY IN LOT ).