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The Rhode Island Republican
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island
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On January 31, 1811, President James Madison submitted to Congress diplomatic letters from U.S. Charge d'Affairs Jonathan Russell in Paris and the American Consul's agent in Bordeaux, including news of the Essex frigate's arrival at L'Orient on December 4, 1810, and placement under quarantine.
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To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States.
I LAY before Congress a letter from the Charge d'Affairs of the United States, at Paris, to the Secretary of State; and another from the same to the French minister of foreign relations; also two letters from the agent of the American Consul at Bordeaux, to the Secretary of State.
JAMES MADISON.
January 31, 1811.
Copy of a letter from Jonathan Russell, Esq. Charge d'Affairs of the United States at Paris, to Mr. Smith, Secretary of State dated
SIR,
PARIS, Dec. 11, 1810.
ON the evening of the 9th inst. I learnt that the Essex frigate had arrived at L'Orient on the 4th, and had been put under quar-
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January 31, 1811
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President James Madison lays before Congress a letter from Jonathan Russell, Charge d'Affairs at Paris, to Secretary of State Smith dated Dec. 11, 1810, mentioning the Essex frigate's arrival at L'Orient on the 4th and being put under quar-; also another letter from Russell to the French minister of foreign relations and two letters from the agent of the American Consul at Bordeaux to the Secretary of State.