Madison, James, 1751-1836 to Thomas McKean
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06416 Author/Creator: Madison, James, 1751-1836 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 November 1805 Pagination: 2 p. ; 24.5 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy
Marked private and confidential. Written by Madison as Secretary of State probably to McKean as Governor of Pennsylvania. Madison is trying to keep the Marquis de Casa Yrujo (Don Carlos Martinez de Yrujo), the Spanish Minister to the United States, from going to Washington. Yrujo angered the Jefferson administration by his public disapproval of the Louisiana Purchase and Madison says it "will make it necessary that he should not remain indefinitely in this Country in his public Character." Wants McKean to use his friendly relations to Yrujo's family to communicate this fact in a delicate manner. McKean's oldest daughter, Sarah "Sally" McKean, married Yrujo in 1798. The document has ink bleedthrough and blurring. Some letters have been affected by ink decay.
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