1From James Madison to Richard Harrison, 13 July 1804 (Madison Papers)
The President directs that there be admitted in the accounts of Mr. King credits in his favor for all such sums as he may state to have been given by him as usual & necessary presents at Christmas to the Officers and Servants of the Court of Great Britain during his residence there as Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States; that he be further allowed credit for the sum of twenty-five...