1Memorandum to Thomas Jefferson, [17 July] 1801 (Madison Papers)
The following memoranda, & the inclosed letter from Mr. Dallas will present to the President the state of the information in the office of State on the subject of the indictmt. under the sedition act agst. Duane, at the request of the Senate. The President will observe, that another prosecution agst. him, at Common law , is pending in the same Court. 16. May. 1800. Mr: Lee’s letter to Mr....
2From James Madison to Tench Coxe, 5 June 1801 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 5 June 1801. Acknowledged in Coxe to JM, 11 June 1801 . Discusses Jacob Mayer’s recent visit to Washington (see Mayer to JM, 23 May and 1 June 1801 ). The date and contents coincide with a three-page letter from JM to an unnamed correspondent offered for sale by Parke-Bernet Galleries and described by them as including JM’s complaints of ill health, his cryptic discussion of...
3From James Madison to Isaac Hite, 25 March 1801 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your favor of by which we learn that we cannot have the pleasure of your & my sister’s company, in paying the last tribute of our affection & duty, to our deceased parent. It was indeed rather wished than expected, that such a journey would be practicable at this season, & under other existing circumstances. The funeral is to take place on saturday next, and a sermon is to be...
4From James Madison to Rufus King, 23 July 1801 (Madison Papers)
Mr. William Gibson, Merchant of Charleston, south Carolina, has represented to me, that he has two appeals now depending in London from the sentences of the Vice Admiralty Court of the Bahamas in the cases of the American Ship Sally and Brig Isabella, the former owned and both of them laden in part with his property, and which the presiding Judge, Condemned for the sole reason, that Mr. Gibson...
5From James Madison to Louis-André Pichon, 12 June 1801 (Madison Papers)
Le contenu de Votre lettre du 18. ayant été référé au département de la trésorerie, il a été Constaté que le 28. Xbre. 1798. la Somme de 11,02⟨2⟩. dollars a été passée au credit de la République française et que le Jour Suivant le Controleur de la trésorerie a notifié à l’agent de Mr. Létombe qui avait fait le dépot Sur lequel le crédit avait été passé qu’il y avait à opposer au crédit une...
6From James Madison to Edward Thornton, 12 July 1801 (Madison Papers)
I have been duly honoured with your letter of the 6th instant. Mine of the 12th of June made you acquainted that orders had issued for the immediate departure of the British prize brought into the port of Philadelphia by a Spanish armed Ship; and that the circumstances of the latter would be enquired into particularly as a guide to any farther steps that might be requisite. Information has...
7From James Madison to Charles Peale Polk, 19 April 1801 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 19 April 1801. Acknowledged in Polk to JM, 14 May 1801 . Quoted in Polk to JM, 12 Oct. 1809 (DLC). Complains of indisposition. Gives assurances that JM will offer Polk and his family help if the opportunity arises.
8From James Madison to James Monroe, 1 June 1801 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your favor of the 23 Ult. Callendar made his appearance here some days ago in the same temper which is described in your letter. He seems implacable towards the principal object of his complaints and not to be satisfied in any respect, without an office. It has been my lot to bear the burden of receiving & repelling his claims. What feelings may have been excited by my plain...
9From James Madison to Edward Thornton, 11 May 1801 (Madison Papers)
I have the honour to transmit herewith by direction of the President copies of certain acts of the Executive authority, bearing date in the years 1794 and 1795. These acts resulted from the circumstances which then existed, and from a just solicitude to maintain the laws and the rights of neutrality within the jurisdiction of the United States. The intervention of other circumstances rendered...
10From James Madison to Rufus King, 24 July 1801 (Madison Papers)
My letter of the 15th. of June acknowledged the receipt of your communications of April 20 and 21st. by Mr. Sitgreaves. Your several favours received prior to that date and since, and not acknowledged complete your new series including No 36 with the addition of No 19. Having already communicated to you the decision of the President with regard to the proposed commutation of the claims against...
11From James Madison to Levi Lincoln, 13 June 1801 (Madison Papers)
I recollect that on your leaving us you took with you certain papers relating to a case in which Mr. Bingham was concerned, and the U. S. alledged to be involved, with a view of examining them in your domestic leisure. I have just recd. the inclosed letter from Mr. Otis on the same subject, and beg leave to trouble you with it for the same purpose. Notwithstanding the budgets from abroad which...
12From James Madison to William Jones, 13 July 1801 (Madison Papers)
I have been duly favored with yours of the 6th. instant inclosing the Memorial of Mr. Torey. It has been for some time supposed that an American Consul at St. Petersburg might be useful, in the present course of trade and general turn of affairs; but besides the difficulty of finding a Citizen well qualified for the service & willing to undertake it, there has been no regular proof as yet that...
13From James Madison to David Humphreys, 22 June 1801 (Madison Papers)
The letter of the day of March last from Mr. Lincoln, then acting Secretary of State will have made you acquainted with the grounds on which the President has permitted your return. A duplicate of that letter and a letter under a flying seal to His Catholic Majesty communicating the permission, are herewith forwarded. You will derive from them the sentiments which it will be proper for you to...
14From James Madison to Albert Gallatin, 20 July 1801 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 20 July 1801. Mentioned in JM to Pichon, 20 July 1801 . Concerns Pichon’s request for the payment of $11,000 credited to the French Republic on the Treasury Department books.
15From James Madison to David Lenox, 12 May 1801 (Madison Papers)
I transmit herewith copies of sundry documents relating to impressed American seamen, whose names are noted below, and who are stated or supposed to be in British vessels of war on the English station. I request you to use the necessary means to procure their liberation. I am Sir &c. &c. Wm. F Lathom—on board the Princess of Orange Samuel Peabody—Earl Curso— Wm. Corbett Junr.—Robust Thomas...
16From James Madison to Louis-André Pichon, 13 July 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
13 July 1801, Department of State. Encloses list of French ships taken by U.S. naval vessels and not condemned by 1 Oct. 1800 as well as those taken since that time. This list comes from the Navy Department, and Pichon can probably add to it. Given the lack of reliable sources, the list is not as correct as desired. Accordingly, JM reserves the right to correct it if, as a result of subsequent...
17From James Madison to Israel Whelen, 18 May 1801 (Madison Papers)
Be pleased to examine what timber is in Mr. Humphreys possession (except live-oak) which will suit the Algerine order and enquire what further quantity may be had at Philadelphia and on what terms. The utmost dispatch is necessary, in making your report. I am, Sir, very respectfully your most obed. servt. RC ( MB ). In Wagner’s hand, signed and franked by JM; docketed by a clerk as received 21...
18From James Madison to Samuel Cabot, 21 July 1801 (Madison Papers)
Your letter of the 11th. instant has duly come to hand. This being the first notice received by the Executive of your being still in the United States, no time is lost in observing to you, that under circumstances where services cannot be rendered to the public, it is deemed reasonable that the public should not be chargeable with the expense attached to them. I am accordingly instructed by...
19Circular Letter to Port Collectors, [8 July] 1801 (Madison Papers)
You will receive herewith a list of men who alledge they are American citizens, born in the State of Pennsylvania, and are detained on board British ships of War, for want of proof of their being such, together with an additional one of persons in the same predicament, whose places of birth or abode in the United States ⟨are un⟩known. Both these lists are sent to you ⟨for the⟩ same purpose,...
20From James Madison to Israel Whelen, 9 June 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
9 June 1801, Department of State. Since the naval agent at New York reports freight charges on plank and timber from there to Philadelphia will amount to as much as purchase price, the agent has received orders not to ship. Instructs Whelen to provide those articles from another source. RC ( NN ). 1 p.; in Wagner’s hand, signed by JM; addressed: “The Purveyor of the U. states / Philadelphia.”
21From James Madison to Levi Lincoln, 25 July 1801 (Madison Papers)
Tho’ much hurried in preparing for my journey home I can not leave this place without thanking you for your last very kind letter, and wishing you all the happiness in your domestic situation which will be added by the perfect reestablishment of Mrs. Lincoln’s health, and that of her mother. Mine in which you are so good as to take an interest, ⟨h⟩as with a slight bilious interruption...
22From James Madison to William Loughton Smith, 1 June 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
1 June 1801, Department of State. Recalls Smith for reasons of economy; requests him to assure Portuguese government of American friendly sentiments. Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, IC , vol. 1). 2 pp. Virtually a copy of JM’s letter of the same day to William Vans Murray.
23From James Madison to Louis-André Pichon, 1 July 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
1 July 1801. Invites the Pichons to dine with the Madisons “on Sunday next at 3 oClock.” RC (Biblioteca Civica, Torino, Italy). 1 p.; in Dolley Madison’s hand.
24From James Madison to Alexander Hamilton, 26 May 1801 (Madison Papers)
I have received your letter of the 20th. enclosing one from Paris of March 23d. The Cession of Louisiana by Spain to the French Republic, referred to in the latter, had been previously signified to this Department from several sources, as an event believed to have taken place. Supposing you might wish to repossess the letter from Mr. C I herein return it. I have the honor to remain, Sir, Your...
25From James Madison to William Eaton, 20 May 1801 (Madison Papers)
Your letters of 2 & 18 Septr. 6 Octr. 1. 9. 10. 15. 16. 13. 25, 19, & 21 Novr. and 8th. Decr. have been received since the date of Mr. Lincoln’s letter by the Grand Turk, which sailed from New York in March last, with the third cargo of Regalia for Tunis. The proofs, which have been given by the Bashaw of Tripoli, of hostile designs against the United States, have, as you will learn from...
26From James Madison to Edward Stevens, 2 June 1801 (Madison Papers)
Your letter of January 6th. 1801 containing a resignation of the appointment you have held in St. Domingo, having been received and the resignation accepted by the President, Tobias Lear Esqr. has been commissioned as your successor. The delay in his relieving you has been produced by circumstances which unavoidably had that effect. It will be particularly regretted if in its consequences it...
27From James Madison to Henry Craig, 12 May 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
12 May 1801, Department of State. Encloses copies of documents in cases of Samuel Gawler and Daniel Clark, American citizens reportedly impressed by British naval officers at Martinique; orders Craig to “lose no time” in trying to obtain their release. Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, IC , vol. 1). 1 p. Enclosures not found. JM wrote Craig again on 16 June 1801 concerning seaman Samuel Culver...
28From James Madison to Louis-André Pichon, 12 May 1801 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 12 May 1801. Acknowledged in Pichon to JM, 17 May 1801 . Relays president’s directions concerning French ship La Sémillante at Norfolk. Returns commissions and conveys exequaturs from president.
29From James Madison to David Meade Randolph, 6 May 1801 (Madison Papers)
Your letter of the 3rd. Instant addressed to Mr. Lincoln has been just received. According to the construction of the law actually applied to a case in the State of Pennsylvania, similar to that in Virginia, it has been decided, that the task of compleating the Census devolves on the two new Marshals, who are to take each the part of it unfinished within his district. It will be proper...
30Circular Letter to the Agents of the United States for the Relief and Protection of American Seamen, 22 July 1801 (Madison Papers)
You will be pleased to furnish this Department as soon as possible with a statement concerning impressed American seamen, that have come under your notice since your appointment as Agent in which shall contain the following particulars: 1st. An annual and aggregate account of the number impressed. Citizens { Native Aliens { British