[woodpusher]

Woodpusher is a good researcher. Perhaps he can find the correspondence between Ambassador Armstrong and President Madison which I never could find.

I found the order form Madison to secure McClure's release, but I never found much in the way of correspondence between Armstrong and Madison.

https://www.loc.gov/item/mjm022747/

James Madison to John Armstrong, December 29, 1813. Notes on General McClure. 4 pp.

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https://www.loc.gov/item/mjm022724/

James Madison to John Armstrong, January 14, 1814.

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https://www.loc.gov/item/mjm022727/

James Madison to John Armstrong, September 18, 1813.
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https://www.loc.gov/item/mjm022728/

James Madison to John Armstrong, October 8, 1813. Extract.

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https://www.loc.gov/item/mjm022730/

James Madison to John Armstrong, October 11, 1813.

[DiogenesLamp]

Thanks for finding those, though the first three do not seem to deal with James McClure at all, which is curious, because I recall seeing something from Ambassador Armstrong specifically informing Madison of the doings of James McClure, which were of great interest to James Madison.

They are hard to read, and hard to get loaded on my machine. I have a slow connection and an old browser.

But I will look through the rest to see if I see any mention of James McClure.

Due to the serious nature of what McClure was doing in Europe, I cannot believe Armstrong did not discuss the matter with Madison.