1To Alexander Hamilton from Abraham Van Vechten, [30 April 1804] (Hamilton Papers)
In Consequence of a Letter from Mr. Jac. R. Van Rensselaer I have been with the Chancellor in order to have a guardian appointed for ⟨Mr.⟩ Kane’s Daughter, but on acct. of Mr. Kanes absence nothing can be done. The Chancellor requires a Petition from himself or an Atty in fact regularly constituted by him. He however suggests that as there are two Children you may procure a petition including...
2From James Madison to John J. Murray, 30 April 1804 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 13th. of March last and to enclose you a copy of a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury of the 26th. inst.—together with the act of Congress therein referred to. I am &c. Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, IC , vol. 1). PJM-SS Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series (7 vols. to...
3From James Madison to Louis-André Pichon, 30 April 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
30 April 1804, Department of State. Acknowledges Pichon’s note of 27 Apr. and informs him that the War Department will inquire into the circumstances that gave rise to the complaint. The harmony and trust that exist between the two governments should not allow Pichon to doubt that any proven intentional act disrespectful of the French flag will incur a censure corresponding to the nature of the...
4To James Madison from Albert Gallatin, 30 April 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
30 April 1804, Treasury Department. “I have the honor to transmit for your information a letter received from Governor Claiborne, together with his accounts therein enclosed. If he has mistaken the intention of the four hundred dollars monthly allowance, his error may induce him to incur a higher rate of personal expences than he will find convenient to discharge from his compensation. The...
5To James Madison from Albert Gallatin, 30 April 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
30 April 1804, Treasury Department. “I had the honor to receive your letter of the 28th. instant; and have directed a remittance of two thousand dollars to be made to Tench Coxe Esquire. If that sum is not sufficient to purchase the four hundred additional copies of the laws of the United States, contemplated by the Act of last session, as ther[e] is no other fund from which the deficiency can...
6From Thomas Jefferson to Craven Peyton, 30 April 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I have recieved from mr D. Carr copies of the papers in court respecting your injunction against Henderson. they give a serious aspect to the case, and render it indispensable that the whole subject should be thrown into a single bill in Chancery before the Chancellor at Richmond. there would be no end of changes to the suits which detached parts of the subject would give rise to. the bill...
7III. Notes on Henderson Land Deeds, 30 April 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
✓ 1799. Dec. 28. James L. Henderson to Tucker Woodson. deed for ‘all his right &c in the lands of his father,’ to wit 1 10 & reversion of dower except his interest in the mill now standing, and the lot occupied by Henderson & Connard; but conveys all the other unsold lots in Milton, in considn of a negro man James or £110. & of the relinqmt of a debt of 152. D. due from sd James to Tucker....