1To James Madison from Richard Cooper, 25 April 1801 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 25 April 1801. Acknowledged in JM to Cooper, 13 May 1801 . Mentioned in Cooper to JM, 31 May 1801 . Informs secretary of state of expenses incurred in preparation for a Lake Superior expedition authorized by Congress.
2From James Madison to Richard Cooper, 13 May 1801 (Madison Papers)
I have received your letter of the 25th. ult, and regret, that the state of preparations for the expedition to Lake Superior should produce inconvenience to the individuals you had engaged. The obvious construction of the resolution under which you have acted is conceived to have required the completion of the expedition within a limited time, viz before the end of the last session of...
3To James Madison from Richard Cooper, 31 May 1801 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor of receiving your letter of the 13th. inst. yesterday, in answer to mine of the 25th. ulto. I conclude you do not understand the agency in its true light—it was the intention of Congress to have a true statement of the valuable Copper Mines on our side of Lake Superior, and to know the disposition of the Indian tribes (to whom they belong) relative to selling a tract of Land to...
4From James Madison to Richard Cooper, 6 November 1801 (Madison Papers)
As it appears that you have not sold the Boat and Stores prepared for the expedition to Lake Superior I request you to do it on the receipt hereof, and then to make out a new account accompanying it with proper vouchers, in which credit is to be given for the amount of sales. The charges to be contained in it must have relation to the state of the business on the day of your receiving Mr....
5To James Madison from Richard Cooper, 30 November 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
30 November 1801, Cooperstown. Acknowledges JM’s letter of 6 Nov. and promises to comply with his directions. Regrets that sale of boat and stores could not have been done when the expedition was canceled. The delay will result in considerable loss to the government. Tr ( DNA : RG 233, President’s Messages, 7A-D1). 1 p. Marked “Copy.” Enclosed in JM to Jefferson, 29 Mar. 1802 , and transmitted...
6To James Madison from Richard Cooper, 13 March 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
13 March 1802, Cooperstown. “I have to inform you that I have sold the greatest part of the articles in my possession belonging to the United States, and I hope to be able in a few weeks to make a final settlement with Government.” Tr ( DNA : RG 233, President’s Messages, 7A-D1). 1 p. Marked “Copy.” Enclosed in JM to Jefferson, 29 Mar. 1802 , and transmitted to the House of Representatives, 31...