7861Method of Appointing the Executive, [25 July] 1787 (Madison Papers)
Ellsworth moved that the executive be chosen by the national legislature, except when an...
7862The Federalist Number 44, [25 January] 1788 (Madison Papers)
A Fifth class of provisions in favor of the federal authority, consists of the following...
7863Military Establishment, [3 February] 1795 (Madison Papers)
The Committee of the Whole rejected Nicholas’s report on the military establishment and took up...
7864Agreement for Anna P. Cutts, [12 June 1824] (Madison Papers)
We James Madison & Dolly P. Madison have received and promise to hold in trust for the use of...
7865Motion for Financial Reports, [30 April] 1782 (Madison Papers)
MS ( NA : PCC , No. 36, I, 291). Written by JM. Docketed, “Motion of Mr Madison seconded by Mr...
7866Notes on Debates, 4 June 1783 (Madison Papers)
MS ( LC : Madison Papers). For a description of the manuscript of Notes on Debates, see Papers of...
7867Notes on Debates, 5 November 1782 (Madison Papers)
MS ( LC : Madison Papers). See Notes on Debates, 4 November 1782 , ed. n. A Resolution passed...
7868House Address to the President, [27 November] 1794 (Madison Papers)
After JM withdrew his amendment concerning foreign policy, FitzSimons proposed an amendment that...
7869Notes on Debates, 5 June 1783 (Madison Papers)
MS ( LC : Madison Papers). For a description of the manuscript of Notes on Debates, see Papers of...
7870Certification of Authenticity, [19 October 1825] (Madison Papers)
At the request of Mr. Browere Busts of myself and of my wife regarded as exact likenesses have...
7871Indenture for Land at Fort Warburton, 31 August 1815 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ Indenture for Land at Fort Warburton. 31 August 1815. “This Indenture … between Thomas Attwood...
7872Minutes of the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia, 3 October 1826 (Madison Papers)
The board met according to adjour[n]ment, present the same members as yesterday. Resolved, that a...
7873From James Madison to an Unidentified Correspondent, 25 November 1818 (Madison Papers)
I recd. a few days ago a little package of Talavera Wheat sent from Washington by the gentleman I...
7874Executive Pardon, [7 March] 1809 (Madison Papers)
James Madison , President of the United States of America To all to whom these Presents shall...
7875Opinion in Controversy between Joseph Jones and William Lee, 26 June 1784 (Madison Papers)
A dispute between Mr. Joseph Jones of King George and Mr. William Lee being mutually referred to...
7876Pardon for William Fitzgerald, 6 January 1816 (Madison Papers)
Whereas at a Circuit Court of the United States for the County of Washington in the District of...
7877Pardon for John Everingham, 13 March 1816 (Madison Papers)
Whereas it has been represented to me that at the session of the District Court of the United...
7878For the National Gazette, [ca. 23 January] 1792 (Madison Papers)
In every political society, parties are unavoidable. A difference of interests, real or supposed,...
7879Motion concerning Peace Negotiations, [17 June] 1782 (Madison Papers)
MS ( NA : PCC , No. 36, I, 345). In JM’s hand. Docketed: “Motion of Mr Witherspoon Mr Madison....
7880Report on Memorial from Merchants of Hamburg, [26 July] 1783 (Madison Papers)
MS ( NA : PCC , No. 41, X, 348). On 20 December 1782 Caspar Voght and Company of the “neutral...
7881Notes on Law Cases, [ca. 4 November] 1792 (Madison Papers)
A. brought trespass on case vs. B. damages laid at £50 B. instead of expected offsetts, brought...
7882For the National Gazette, 28 January 1792 (Madison Papers)
The boasted equilibrium of this government, (so far as it is a reality) is maintained less by the...
7883Minutes of the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia, 17 July 1827 (Madison Papers)
The board met, present the same as yesterday. A letter was received and read from Professor...
7884Presidential Proclamation, [9 August] 1809 (Madison Papers)
By the President of the United States of America , A Proclamation . Whereas in consequence of a...
7885Excise, [11 January] 1791 (Madison Papers)
The motion for striking out the twelfth section was defeated, 42 to 11. Jackson then moved to...
7886Notes on Emigration, [ante 19 November] 1791 (Madison Papers)
Emigration Both in the vegetable and animal Kingdoms every species derives from nature a...
7887Minutes of the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia, 7 April 1826 (Madison Papers)
At a meeting of the Visitors of the University of Virginia held at the said University on Monday...
7888Minutes of the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia, 14 December 1826 (Madison Papers)
Present James Madison Rector, James Monroe, John H. Cocke, Joseph C. Cabell and Chapman Johnson....
7889Deed of Sale, 29 July 1796 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
29 July 1796, Orange County, Virginia. Indenture by which Boswell Thornton and his wife Lucy of...
7890Power of Originating Money Bills in the Legislature, [13 June] 1787 (Madison Papers)
Gerry moved to prohibit the Senate from originating money bills. Mr. Madison observed that the...
7891Notes on Debates, 18 April 1787 (Madison Papers)
See Journal till April 18th [1787] Wednesday It having appeared by the Report of Mr. Jay on the...
7892Power of Congress over Federal District, [16 June] 1788 (Madison Papers)
The power of Congress to exercise exclusive legislation over the federal district was dangerous,...
7893Expense Account as Delegate in Congress, 20 March 1782 (Madison Papers)
MS (Virginia State Library). In LC : Madison Papers are notes by JM written on four sheets of...
7894From James Madison to an Unidentified Correspondent, 11 February 1821 (letter not found) (Madison Papers)
¶ To an Unidentified Correspondent. Letter not found. 11 February 1821 . Described as a two-page...
7895Account with the Commonwealth of Virginia, [ca. December] 1788 (Madison Papers)
The Commonwealth of Virginia to James Madison Jr. Dr. Dollars 1788. To balance on account made...
7896Motion of Instructions to Peace Commissioners, [20 May] 1783 (Madison Papers)
MS ( NA : PCC , No. 69, II, 433–34). In JM’s hand and docketed by him, “Motion of Mr. Madison May...
7897The Federalist Number 10, [22 November] 1787 (Madison Papers)
Among the numerous advantages promised by a well constructed union, none deserves to be more...
7898Protest of Virginia Delegates, [10 October] 1781 (Madison Papers)
MS ( NA : PCC , No. 30, fols. 557–59). In JM’s hand, except for Joseph Jones’s and Edmund...
7899Notes on Debates, 20 March 1783 (Madison Papers)
MS ( LC : Madison Papers). For a description of the manuscript of Notes on Debates, see Papers of...
7900Circular Letter to American Consuls and Commercial Agents, 12 July 1805 (Madison Papers)
THE multiplied abuses of the certificates which the Consuls of the United States were, by the...
7901Petition of Gilbert Dench, [11 January] 1797 (Madison Papers)
The House went into a Committee of the Whole to consider the report of the Committee of Claims on...
7902Power of Congress to Prohibit the Slave Trade, [25 August] 1787 (Madison Papers)
A grand committee report of 24 August proposed that Congress be prohibited from banning the slave...
7903James Madison to Unknown, 6 April 1835 (Madison Papers)
Being disappointed in the rect. of a debt, which I had the best reasons to expect wd. be...
7904Excise, [9 May] 1794 (Madison Papers)
On 7 May the Committee of the Whole reported eight resolutions on ways and means of raising...
7905Bill Prohibiting Further Confiscation of British Property, 3 December 1784 (Madison Papers)
Whereas by the Definitive treaty of peace as now ratified Between the united States of America...
7906Motion on the Virginia Resolutions of 1798, [23 December] 1799 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Madison moved, that the committee of the whole should be discharged from further proceedings...
7907For the National Gazette, [ca. 12 December 1791] (Madison Papers)
Dependent Territories Are of two kinds. First —Such as yield to the superior state at once a...
7908Pardon and Remission for John Hugh Reilly, 1 March 1817 (Madison Papers)
Whereas it has been represented to me that at the Circuit Court of the United States for the...
7909Report on Memorial of Massachusetts General Court, [19 September] 1783 (Madison Papers)
MS ( NA : PCC , No. 20, I, 155–56). In a memorial of 11 July to Congress, the General Court of...
7910The Federalist No. 52, [8 February 1788] (Hamilton Papers)
To the People of the State of New-York. FROM the more general enquiries pursued in the four last...