James Maury (1746–1840)
Maury was an acquaintance of Bushrod Washington.
James Maury, brother of Fontaine Maury and uncle of Matthew Fontaine Maury, was born on 14 February 1746 in Albemarle County, Virginia. A childhood classmate and friend of Thomas Jefferson, he worked as a merchant/importer in Fredericksburg and Liverpool. In 1790 President George Washington appointed him U.S. consul at Liverpool, a post he would hold for almost forty years.
"Liverpool," in Nicholas M. Keegan, ed., U.S. Consular Representation in Britain Since 1790 (Anthem Press, 2018), 169–72.
"To James Madison from James Maury, 10 July 1786," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-09-02-0020. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, vol. 9, 9 April 1786 – 24 May 1787 and supplement 1781–1784, ed. Robert A. Rutland and William M. E. Rachal. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1975, p. 86.]
"James Maury to Thomas Jefferson, 25 March 1809," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-01-02-0069. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 1, 4 March 1809 to 15 November 1809, ed. J. Jefferson Looney. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2004, pp. 82–83.]
"From George Washington to the United States Senate, 4 June 1790," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-05-02-0297. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 5, 16 January 1790 – 30 June 1790, ed. Dorothy Twohig, Mark A. Mastromarino, and Jack D. Warren. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1996, pp. 473–476.]
James Maury Letters, 1794–1805, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library, New York City.
Philadelphia Inquirer, 25 February 1840, page 2, column 5 (Newspapers.com).
James Maury at Find a Grave.
James Maury Jr at FamilySearch.