Tobias Lear letter to James Madison

1801 letter by Tobias Lear to the U.S. Secretary of State, James Madison. Lear was traveling in Saint-Domingue after his appointment as U.S. Consul by U.S. President Jefferson in 1801. Lear reports about a meeting with his predecessor Dr. Edward Stevens and a meeting with Moïse, Henri Christophe and Toussaint Louverture. Lear had arrived in the French colony on July 4, 1801.

His predecessor as Consul in Saint-Domingue: Dr. Edward Stevens.