1To James Madison from Robert Harrison Grayson (Abstract), 1 May 1805 (Madison Papers)
1 May 1805, Washington, Kentucky . “Relying on the intimacy which I have understood, subsisted between my father and yourself, and on the small acquaintance which I have the honor to have with you, I have taken the liberty of writing to you on a subject relating principally to myself. My friends in this state (among whom are Mr. Breckenridge and Mr. Brown) wish me to accept of one of the...
2From James Madison to Robert Harrison Grayson, 6 June 1805 (Madison Papers)
I duly recd. your letter of the 1st. Ulto. inclosing the address to the voters of your District. Previous to its receipt all the appointments for the Territory of Orleans which could be within the object of it, had been decided by the President. I have presumed it nevertheless to be not inconsonant to your ideas, that he shoud know the purport of your letter; which was accordingly mentiond to...
3To James Madison from Robert Harrison Grayson, 17 March 1807 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Moses Daulton a resident of Limestone, in this State, and an acquaintance of mine, perceiving by an act of the last session of Congress, that a surveyor is to be appointed for the port of Limestone has requested of me a letter of recommendation to the president in order to obtain the appointment to the office. I avail myself of the acquaintance Sir, I have the honor to have with you, to...