James Innerarity to Harry Toulmin, November 22, 1810, with reply of November 23
Innerarity reports a conversation with Governor Folch about abolishing duties on American goods if support for the Kemper and Kennedy expedition is withdrawn. Toulmin's reply of November 23 discusses the expedition's leaders and possible efforts to discourage them.
Transcription status: AI-assisted transcription; not human-proofread. Uncertain readings are marked. Consult the preserved images for exact wording and cancellations.
The letter reports Folch's proposed conditions through Innerarity; it does not establish that those conditions were implemented. A separate strip asks for the writer's name to be concealed. The associated reply and address panel are preserved. An unrelated opening page dated November 24 was wrongly grouped with this item during intake and is excluded from this record.
Date
1810-11-22; reply dated 1810-11-23
Credits
James Innerarity (letter writer); Harry Toulmin (addressee and author of reply dated November 23); Library of Congress (digitization)
Publisher
Library of Congress (digital images)
Where to find it
4 cataloged digital images; Text PDF has an editorial cover plus 4 image-keyed transcription pages
Reference collection
Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, James Madison Papers
Collection reference
James Madison Papers, Series 1: General Correspondence, 1723-1859; microfilm reel 12
Identity, date and grouping checked against LOC mjm016106. All four images visually compared during Codex-assisted transcription preparation. No separate human proofread is claimed. Transcription has explicitly marked uncertainties; use the Image PDF to verify exact wording, cancellations and layout. Line breaks, capitalization and punctuation lightly regularized. Owner authorized publication with this explicit transcription limitation on September 30, 2026; this is an exception to the manual's human-proofreading release requirement, not a claim that human review occurred.
Identity, date and grouping checked against LOC mjm016106. All four images visually compared during Codex-assisted transcription preparation. No separate human proofread is claimed. Transcription has explicitly marked uncertainties; use the Image PDF to verify exact wording, cancellations and layout. Line breaks, capitalization and punctuation lightly regularized.
Identity, date and grouping checked against LOC mjm016106. All four images visually compared during Codex-assisted transcription preparation. No separate human proofread is claimed. Transcription has explicitly marked uncertainties; use the Image PDF to verify exact wording, cancellations and layout. Line breaks, capitalization and punctuation lightly regularized.
Identity, date and grouping checked against LOC mjm016106. All four images visually compared during Codex-assisted transcription preparation. No separate human proofread is claimed. Transcription has explicitly marked uncertainties; use the Image PDF to verify exact wording, cancellations and layout. Line breaks, capitalization and punctuation lightly regularized.
Identity, date and grouping checked against LOC mjm016106. All four images visually compared during Codex-assisted transcription preparation. No separate human proofread is claimed. Transcription has explicitly marked uncertainties; use the Image PDF to verify exact wording, cancellations and layout. Line breaks, capitalization and punctuation lightly regularized.
Identity, date and grouping checked against LOC mjm016106. All four images visually compared during Codex-assisted transcription preparation. No separate human proofread is claimed. Transcription has explicitly marked uncertainties; use the Image PDF to verify exact wording, cancellations and layout. Line breaks, capitalization and punctuation lightly regularized.
Identity, date and grouping checked against LOC mjm016106. All four images visually compared during Codex-assisted transcription preparation. No separate human proofread is claimed. Transcription has explicitly marked uncertainties; use the Image PDF to verify exact wording, cancellations and layout. Line breaks, capitalization and punctuation lightly regularized. Owner-approved release with explicit AI-transcription limitation; no human proofreading claimed.
Innerarity, James, to Harry Toulmin, November 22, 1810, with note by Harry Toulmin dated November 23, 1810. James Madison Papers, Series 1, reel 12, Library of Congress, Manuscript Division. mjm016106; mjm.12_0951_0954. https://www.loc.gov/item/mjm016106/ (accessed 30 September 2026).
Public domain. Library of Congress states that the contents of its James Madison Papers collection are free to use and reuse. Credit: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, James Madison Papers.