8491Case of Randall and Whitney, [7 January] 1796 (Madison Papers)
Giles (Virginia) moved that Whitney’s case be dismissed as it involved no breach of privilege....
8492Memorandum to Thomas Jefferson, [15 October] 1804 (Madison Papers)
Perhaps the language may be a little more effectually guarded agst. the idea of making a sort of...
8493Instructions in re Treaty with Sweden, [28 September] 1782 (Madison Papers)
MS ( NA : PCC , No. 47, fol. 303). In JM’s hand. In his dispatch of 25 June, Benjamin Franklin...
8494Circular Letter to the Justices of the Supreme Court, 30 March 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
30 March 1804, Department of State. “By the direction of the President of the United States I...
8495Note on Motion on Illicit Trade with the Enemy, 17 June 1782 (Madison Papers)
MS ( NA : PCC , No. 186, fol. 36). 17 June 1782. On 14 June 1782 Congress named eleven of its...
8496Bill Relating to the Office of Lieutenant Governor, [5 December] 1786 (Madison Papers)
Be it enacted that the Act, entitled an Act empowering one of the Privy Council to officiate in...
8497Report on Treaty with Sweden, [24 July] 1783 (Madison Papers)
MS ( NA : PCC , No. 29, fols. 323–25). In JM’s hand. Docketed: “Rept. of Ratification &...
8498[JM] to George B. Graham and John H. Crothers, 22 June 1836 (Madison Papers)
I have received in the due course of the Mail your letter of June 2d. notifying my election as an...
8499Report on Maryland’s Payment to Troops, [28 July] 1783 (Madison Papers)
MS ( NA : PCC , No. 19, IV, 411–13). Docketed: “Report of Come. on Lettr. from Supt of Finance of...
8500The Federalist Number 53, [9 February] 1788 (Madison Papers)
I shall here perhaps be reminded of a current observation, “that where annual elections end,...
8501Advertisement for Missing Horse, 25 October 1779 (Madison Papers)
Strayed or stolen from the common of this city, a sorrel horse, about 12 years old, and upward of...
8502Notes on Debates, 4 February 1783 (Madison Papers)
MS ( LC : Madison Papers). For a description of the manuscript of Notes on Debates, see Papers of...
8503Notes on Debates, 7 February 1783 (Madison Papers)
MS ( LC : Madison Papers). For a description of the manuscript of Notes on Debates, see Papers of...
8504Method of Choosing the Judiciary, [13 June] 1787 (Madison Papers)
Charles Pinckney and Sherman moved that the judges of the supreme tribunal be appointed by the...
8505Resolution to Transfer Negotiations with Spain to Madrid, [18 April] 1787 (Madison Papers)
Resolved that the present State of the negociations with Spain, and of the affairs of the United...
8506Notes on Debates, 25 November 1782 (Madison Papers)
MS ( LC : Madison Papers). See Notes on Debates, 4 November 1782 , ed. n. Immediately preceding...
8507Act Giving Canal Company Shares to General Washington, [4–5 January] 1785 (Madison Papers)
JM was ordered to prepare a bill that would give Washington shares in the budding Potomac and...
8508Remission for William Cross, 29 January 1817 (Madison Papers)
Whereas it has been represented to me that William Cross, of the City of Washington, in the...
8509Committee Report on Relief to Prisoners, [8 January] 1781 (Madison Papers)
MS ( NA : PCC , No. 19, VI, 329–30). Written by JM. Docketed by clerk “Report of Comee. on report...
8510Transfer of Naval Appropriations, 11 November 1815 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ Transfer of Naval Appropriations. 11 November 1815. “In pursuance of the authority vested in...
8511Power of Congress to Direct Military Forces, [16 June] 1788 (Madison Papers)
Henry continued his harangue against the powers granted Congress under Article I, Section 8,...
8512Notes on War Department Correspondence, [ca. 16 August 1814] (Madison Papers)
May 7. Izard asks bounds of commd. Wanted Letters from Genl. Jackson between May 8. & July 14....
8513Notes on Debates, 16–17 May 1783 (Madison Papers)
MS ( LC : Madison Papers). For a description of the manuscript of Notes on Debates, see Papers of...
8514Public Debt, [31 March] 1792 (Madison Papers)
On 1 November 1791 the House requested that the secretary of the treasury prepare a report on the...
8515Executive Memorandum, 1 September 1809 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
1 September 1809. Under the authority of the 3 Mar. 1809 act entitled “An act further to amend...
8516Standing Instructions to American Consuls and Vice-Consuls, 10 June 1801 (Madison Papers)
In addition to the special duties pointed out in the act of Congress relative to Consuls, passed...
8517Slave Trade and Slaveholders’ Rights, [17 June] 1788 (Madison Papers)
The importation of slaves until 1808, guaranteed by Article I, Section 9, was attacked by Mason...
8518Notes on Debates, 19 May 1783 (Madison Papers)
MS ( LC : Madison Papers). For a description of the manuscript of Notes on Debates, see Papers of...
8519Notes on Debates, 21 March 1787 (Madison Papers)
The subject of yesterday Resumed. Mr. Yates was now satisfied with the Resolutions as they stood....
8520Settlement of Accounts with Virginia, [31 December] 1783 (Madison Papers)
FC ( LC : Madison Papers). In JM’s hand. Ink faded and some of the writing rendered illegible by...
8521Notes on Debates, 19 March 1783 (Madison Papers)
MS ( LC : Madison Papers). For a description of the manuscript of Notes on Debates, see Papers of...
8522Motion of Virginia Delegates on Western Lands, [16 October] 1781 (Madison Papers)
MS ( NA : PCC , No. 36, I, 223–24). Written by JM. Docketed, “Motion of Delegates of Virginia—Oct...
8523Bill Extending the Alien Veterans’ Land Rights, 30 November 1784 (Madison Papers)
For extending the benefit of lands granted by the laws of this Commonwealth to Officers and...
8524Notes on Debates, 22 March 1783 (Madison Papers)
MS ( LC : Madison Papers). For a description of the manuscript of Notes on Debates, see Papers of...
8525Account of David Gelston, 14 October 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ Account of David Gelston. 14 October 1806. States Gelston’s charges against the State...
8526Power to Regulate the State Militia, [23 August] 1787 (Madison Papers)
A grand committee had reported a militia plan delineating national and state militia...
8527Location of the Capital, [4 September] 1789 (Madison Papers)
Debate continued on Goodhue’s motion to fix the permanent location of the capital on the east...
8528Bill for the Relief of Lewis Garanger, 2 January 1793 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
Abstract. 2 January 1793. The bill authorizes the comptroller of the treasury, “in the adjustment...
8529Circular Letter to Governors, 5 June 1804 (Madison Papers)
Agreeably to an Act of Congress, entitled “An Act for the more general promulgation of the Laws...
8530Import Duties, [24 April] 1789 (Madison Papers)
Formal consideration of the Committee of the Whole report was now before the House. Several...
8531Report on Mission To Inform States of Financial Crisis, [22 May] 1782 (Madison Papers)
MS ( NA : PCC , No. 47, fols. 341, 343). Docketed by JM, “Report of The Committee Appointed to...
8532Notes for Speech Opposing Paper Money, [ca. 1 November] 1786 (Madison Papers)
Agst. Paper money. Novr. 1786 Virg: Assy. Ms ( DLC ). The one-page document is an expanded...
8533Pardon for Thomas Dykes and Others, 1 August 1815 (Madison Papers)
Whereas at a General Court Martial began & holden at Carlisle Barracks in the State of...
8534The Federalist Number 43, [23 January] 1788 (Madison Papers)
The fourth class comprises the following miscellaneous powers: 1. A power to “promote the...
8535Remission for Michael Coxe, 8 November 1816 (Madison Papers)
Whereas at a Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Pennsylvania, Michael Cox,...
8536Motion on Outrages by Enemy, 26 February 1783 (Madison Papers)
MS ( NA : PCC , No. 36, II, 35). In JM’s hand. Docketed by Benjamin Bankson, Jr., a clerk in the...
8537Qualifications for Holding National Office, [26 July] 1787 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Madison moved to strike out the word landed , before the word “qualifications.” If the...
8538Presidential Proclamation, 16 March 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
16 March 1811. Declares and makes known, in conformity with the provisions of section 12 of “An...
8539Circular Letter to American Ministers, 16 January 1804 (Madison Papers)
By the mail of last Evening, dispatches were received from New Orleans, announcing the formal...
8540Minutes of University of Virginia Board of Visitors, 3 April 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
At a meeting of the Visitors of the University of Virginia at the said University on monday the 3...