1James Monroe to Thomas Jefferson, 23 February 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the pleasure to receive the letter which you forwarded to me through Col: Trumbull , & to apply it, with the best effect, to the purpose for which it was intended. Congress passed a law, under which a contract has been concluded with him, for the painting of four pieces; the declaration of Independance; the surrender of Burgoyne , that of Cornwallis ; & the resignation of Gen l...
2To James Madison from James Monroe, 22 February 1817 (Madison Papers)
The Secretary of State, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate of the 20th instant, requesting “the President to lay before the Senate a copy of the correspondence between the government of the United States and the government of Spain, relative to the subjects of controversy between the two nations, except such part as he may deem improper to disclose,” has the honour to submit to...
3To James Madison from James Monroe, 5 February 1817 (Madison Papers)
The Secretary of State to whom has been referred the resolution of the Senate of the 28th. of last month, requesting the President to cause to be laid before the Senate such information as he may possess touching the execution of so much of the first article of the late Treaty of peace and amity between his Britannic Majesty and the United States of America as relates to the restitution of...
4To James Madison from James Monroe, [ca. 6 December 1816] (Madison Papers)
I saw Mr Bishop this morning, on the subject of his late letter to me, communicated to Mr Crawford. I told him that no opinion had been formd against him, & that the representation to his prejudice, which had been made to the dept. of the Treasury, & sent to him by Mr Crawford, had been sent to him, in a spirit of candour, to enable him to give such explanation, as he might think proper: that...
5To James Madison from James Monroe, 2 December 1816 (Madison Papers)
I saw Mr de Neuville to day and explaind the cause, why, the article was not sent to the press. He was satisfied. I had mistaken his motive, in suggesting to me, his intention in writing another note. It was not, to press former demands or, relinquish them, but, leaving things where they were, to conciliate. If he writes any thing he will shew it to me, before making it official, as I have...
6James Monroe to Thomas Jefferson, 22 October 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
It would give me real pleasure to be useful to m r arm i stead , for the reasons which you have stated, if I had the power, but there is no vacancy in the dep t of State , and so closely beset are all the dep ts , by applicants for clerkships, that opportunities rarely occur of introducing into either, any person whom we wish, however deserving of it. I have spoken to the President in m r arm
7James Monroe to Thomas Jefferson, 30 September 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
The inclosed was left with me by M r Rush , for your opinion, of the propriety of the measure proposed. I retaind it, in the hope of finding you alone, before we separated, for a moments conversation on the subject. The first question is, whether such a notice of the occurrence, which it is proposed to commemorate, is proper, or silent contempt, will be, more expressive, & dignified? You will...
8To James Madison from James Monroe, 20 September 1816 (Madison Papers)
I send you a very interesting & indeed important Letter from Col: Jessup. Having this moment receivd it, I have not time to make any comment on it, especially as I have Cols: Barbour & Lindsay with me, as also Mr Monterey who lately left you—very respectfully yrs. I have positive information that an attack is contemplated by the Spaniards on this City during the present Season. The Spanish...
9To James Madison from James Monroe, 19 September 1816 (Madison Papers)
I send many letters recd. by this mail in favor of Mr Beaseley, which I have not had time to peruse. On the subject of the marshall to be appointed at New York, I shall direct, by next mail, a blank comn. to be forwarded to you, and it is probable I may be with you, by the time it arrives, as I shall leave this, according to present prospects, then, for your house on my way to Washington, to...
10To James Madison from James Monroe, 10 September 1816 (Madison Papers)
I now enclose you a project of a letter to ct. Nesselrode, on the subject of Mr Kosloff, with a short one to Mr Daschkoff, putting it under his last. You seemd to think that it wod. be best, to answer Daschkoffs letter, by one to his superior, in which, I entirely concur. In that case, the more concise the letter to Daschkoff the better. It will of course go sealed, I mean that to Ct....
11To James Madison from James Monroe, 4 September 1816 (Madison Papers)
I send you a Sketch of a reply to the French minister, subject to your correction, to be forwarded afterwards to Mr Graham. If the affr. is discussd with him, there will be no end to it, & we shall lose ground in every step. He must I think be a little alarm’d by adverting to the fate of Jackson, and Genet. Unless some tone is taken, all hope of indemnity is lost. I infer from yours, that this...
12To James Madison from James Monroe, 31 August 1816 (Madison Papers)
Owing to some accident I did not receive your letter of the 28. untill after Mr Rush left me, which I much regret, as it deprivd me of the opportunity, of conferring with him, on the answers to be given to those of the French & Russian ministers, which accompanied it. I am astonished at the contents of both, as they put us to trials, which, if either of them had good sense or moderation would...
13James Monroe to Thomas Jefferson, 29 August 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
m r Rush has just left me to bid you farewell, intending, when he departed, to set out on his return to washington tomorrow. If you can keep him, I will be happy to join with him, the party, from your house , on the visit to m r Divers . But if he proceeds on his journey, it is possible that my engagments with him, may prevent me. I will join you if in my power, & at an early hour. RC ( DLC );...
14To James Madison from James Monroe, 14 August 1816 (Madison Papers)
The Spanish officer to whom the enclosed papers relate, having obtaind an interview, presented them, and pressed most earnestly for such aid, or countenance, as would enable him to obtain it of individuals, as their present exigencies requird. He wanted particularly four or five vessels to take supplies from St Domingo, to some part of the coast, where he might co operate with Bolivar, and...
15To James Madison from James Monroe, 14 August 1816 (Madison Papers)
I have yours of the 12. Mr Rush and I shall set out for your house on friday eveng, with intention to get as far as Fairfx ct H. that night. We shall move slowly, so that we may not arrive, before monday or tuesday. The letter to the dey of Algiers, will, as you will find, by the translation of his, sent to you, yesterday, require much attention. The state of things there, and in Engld., and...
16To James Madison from James Monroe, 12 August 1816 (Madison Papers)
Mr Bagot has offerd, an alternative, in the coast of the Island of New Foundland, from Cape Ray to the Raimia Islands, if preferr’d to that on the Labrador, from Mt. Joli to the bay of Esquimaux. I have conferr’d with Mr Homans respecting it, who fears that it is too much Subjected to fog. I believe it will be best to refer it to Mr Adams with all the light we can obtain, together with the...
17To James Madison from James Monroe, 11 August 1816 (Madison Papers)
I return’d here last night from Loudoun, in rather better health. I shall apply closely to the unfinished business, with which you are acquainted, and after making the best arrangment that circumstances will admit of, in each instance, set out with Mr Rush for your house, which I hope we shall be able to do, the latter end of next week; perhaps on thursday. I have just read a letter from Mr...
18To James Madison from James Monroe, 31 July 1816 (Madison Papers)
I wrote you a few lines the day I left Washington, to advise of it, and of the state in which the affairs then were, which had so long detaind me there. You have already, as I presume, recd., Mr Bagots letter to me respecting the armament on the lakes, the vague character of which, seems to leave little hope of a satisfactory result, at this time. I enclose you a project of an answer, the...
19To James Madison from James Monroe, 26 July 1816 (Madison Papers)
I have not yet heard from Mr Crowninshield, and I begin to fear that Mr Bagot’s power relative to the arming on the lakes is of a very limited nature. Finding many admonitions that my constitution does not accord with this climate, I must move to a higher surface. I shall therefore go to Loudoun, transacting by letter thence, all that can be managed in that way, as indeed most of the business...
20To James Madison from James Monroe, 24 July 1816 (Madison Papers)
I have not yet receiv’d an answer from Mr Crowninshield, respecting the Labrador coast, or the Algerine letter. The letter to Le Harris will be ready for Mr Coles whenever he arrives. It being pretty much a legal subject, I have availd myself of the aid of Mr Rush in preparing the despatch. Mr Homans says that a corvette is prepard to take him, & that the cost will be inconsiderable, she being...
21To James Madison from James Monroe, [20] 21 July 1816 (Madison Papers)
I have written to day to Mr Coles to come here immediately, to take despatches, to Mr Harris in Russia. I have recd. Mr Ingersols report; the despatches will therefore be ready for Mr Coles, by the time he gets here. He will be plac’d, of course, on the best footing, that precedents will admit of. I have not yet heard from Mr Crowninshield, either, respecting the Labrador coast, or the letter...
22To James Madison from James Monroe, 17 July 1816 (Madison Papers)
I had an interview with Mr de Kantzow yesterday, whose object in it was, to present a copy of his power to form a commercial treaty, which is sent to you. I inform’d him that Mr Russell was instructed on the subject; he seemed to be aware that there would be some impropriety in acting on it, till we heard from Stockholm. He said he should return to day to Phila., where he would receive my...
23To James Madison from James Monroe, 16 July 1816 (Madison Papers)
I returnd last night and receivd your letters of 7th & 8th. The letter of the Dey of Algiers, is sent to Mr Crowninshield at Salem, for an experiment, to obtain a translation of it, there, & at Boston, to be made under his auspices. It could not be translated at New York, or Phila., and I fear, that we shall have no better success, to the East. I have recd. no answer to the enquiry respecting...
24To James Madison from James Monroe, 8 July 1816 (Madison Papers)
The business with Mr Bagot being suspended, & that with Algiers on acct of the Deys letter which I have sent first to New York, & in case of failure there, to Mr Crowninshield for translation, & that with Russia in the same state, till I get an answer from Mr Ingersol, I shall take a trip for a few days to Loudoun, to look to my harvest, & to my health. Mr Hughes has returnd. His communication...
25To James Madison from James Monroe, 7 July 1816 (Madison Papers)
I had an interview with Mr Bagot yesterday on the subject of the fisheries. He proposes, to allot for our use, a certain tract on the Labrador shore, lying between Mt Joli & the strait of Belle Isle, the Esquimaux bay, a distance of more than 150 miles, being between 2. and 3. degrees. Ships which descend the St. Lawrance pass, generally, I believe, thro that Strait by Mt. Joli. His idea is,...
26To James Madison from James Monroe, 6 July 1816 (Madison Papers)
Your letter with Mr Harris’s respecting Mr Kosloff has been receivd, and will be duly attended to. I have written to Mr Ingersol to obtain a correct copy of every measure which was taken in the affair there, & Mr Rush has given him hints in a private letter, which will aid him in the details. I find that the evidence, in the proceeding, will operate more against the consul than I had supposed,...
27To James Madison from James Monroe, 3 July 1816 (Madison Papers)
The minister of France intending himself the honor of paying his respects to you at your residence in Virginia, I have taken the liberty to assure him of the pleasure it would afford you to receive him. He expects to set out this evening, & I avail myself of the opportunity of assuring you of the high consideration with which I have the honor to be your very obt servant RC ( DLC : Rives...
28To James Madison from James Monroe, 29 June 1816 (Madison Papers)
The enclosed from Mr Harris, shews, that the affair of Kosloff the Russian consul at Phila., has been taken up in a high tone, under the representation’s of Daschkoff, at St Petersburg, and you will find by Mr Adams’s letter, that he had become acquainted with it. I wrote to Mr Harris according to my recollection, three letters, in which this affair was notic’d; the most important of the three...
29To James Madison from James Monroe, 27 June 1816 (Madison Papers)
I return’d here yesterday morning, having been prevented arriving the preceding evening by the rain. The case with Algiers is interesting. The sentiments expressd in your letter of the 25th. which I have just receivd, accord in every circumstance, with those of the gentlemen in the admn. here. Anxious to communicate theirs, to you, we had an informal meeting on the subject yesterday, in which...
30To James Madison from James Monroe, 21 June 1816 (Madison Papers)
Mr Hay set out yesterday with my family for New York, & I had intended going to Loudoun to morrow & thence home, had not Mr Roth calld to inform me, that Mr de Neuville will probably be here, as soon as he hears that an opportunity will be afforded him to present a copy of his letter of credence. I told him that you would not return for some months, & that I would forward to you the copy, as...
31To James Madison from James Monroe, 13 June 1816 (Madison Papers)
I hope that you & Mrs Madison derive all the satisfaction & comfort which the country can afford, after the fatigue of the last winter here. My daughter continues to be very weak, but as Mr Hay has arrivd; they, with Mrs M. will probably set out on their intended journey sometime next week. After their departure, I shall leave this for Albemarle by Loudoun, calling on you as I pass, of which...
32To James Madison from James Monroe, 12 May 1816 (Madison Papers)
As my letters to Mr Pinkney & Mr Gallatin are essentially concluded, and little is to add to that to Mr Russell I have thought that a trip to Loudoun to return on tuesday, will be no embarrassment to public concerns, and some advantage to my self. You will, I understood, from Mr Todd, yesterday, not leave town till the last of the week. Mr Dallas leaves it on wednesday. I saw him last night....
33James Monroe to Thomas Jefferson, 28 April 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
The enclosed may gave you some amusment. I have read neither, and cannot therefore speak of their merits. one is attributed to armstrong & the other to winder. The book which you were so kind as to send me respecting Louisiana will be taken advantage of, in the contemplated discussion with the Spanish gov t . It shall be restord afterwards. your letter to Miss Bruff was sent to her as soon as...
34To James Madison from James Monroe, 27 April 1816 (Madison Papers)
The Secretary of State, to whom was referred the Resolution of the House of Representatives, requesting the President to cause to be laid before the House, a statement of the number of Impressed American Seamen confined in Dartmoor Prison, the number surrendered, given up, or taken from on board British Vessels, Captured during the late war; together with their places of residence...
35To James Madison from James Monroe, [ca. 21 April 1816] (Madison Papers)
The Revd. John H. Rice called on me today, with a view that I might present him to you. He is on his way to New York, to attend a general meeting of the bible societies of the UStates, and the object of his call was, to solicit such countenance to them, as yourself & the others, in the principal offices of the govt., might be disposed to give, not as members of the govt., but individuals...
36To James Madison from James Monroe, 17 April 1816 (Madison Papers)
The Secretary of State, to whom was referred the Resolution of the House of Representatives, requesting the President to cause to be laid before that House information relative to the duties laid on Articles imported from the United States into the British Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick; relative to the Duties on Articles exported to the United States from the said...
37To James Madison from James Monroe, [ca. 15 April 1816] (Madison Papers)
Major Thompson belongd to a Pena. brigade in the revolutionary war, when I knew him. He was I think a subaltern. I have seen him often, since I came here, & apparently in indigent circumstances. I have always thought well of him, without any minute knowledge of him. RC and enclosure ( DNA : RG 59, ML). Enclosure is John Thompson to Monroe, 15 Apr. 1816 (1 p.), seeking any appointment that...
38To James Madison from James Monroe, 14 April 1816 (Madison Papers)
The enclosed from Genl. Ripley, was intended for my own inspection only; but as it is interesting in many views, and especially as his objects can be effected only by your being acquainted with them & his reason, in their favor, and your se[e]ing it, can do no harm to him or any other person, I send it to you. I send also Mr Bagots reply to my note respecting the British Commissrs. for the...
39To James Madison from James Monroe, 9 April 1816 (Madison Papers)
Col: Hawkins, will accept the offer as of agent, for the boundary under Porter, and there is reason to think that they are on a very good footing. His name is “Samuel.” He had better be sent in to day, and it will be fortunate if he & Col: Austin go together. Consuls, I. C. Barnett for Paris of Jersey Septimius Tyler of Connecticut for Bayonne. Joseph Ficklin, Kentucky, for St Bartholomews....
40To James Madison from James Monroe, [February 1816] (Madison Papers)
The Secretary of State respectfully submits to the President the ⟨propriety of⟩ nominating to the ⟨Senate this⟩ gentleman as consul for the Island of St. Thomas. RC ( DNA : RG 59, LAR , 1809–17, filed under “Harrison, Robert M.”). Undated; written on the verso of Robert Monroe Harrison to Monroe, 6 Jan. 1816 (ibid.; 3 pp.); in a clerk’s hand, docketed by Monroe. Harrison was seeking the...
41James Monroe to Thomas Jefferson, 27 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I was much gratified to find that you approved the ground taken with the Spanish minister , respecting the sp h colonies & in our affairs with Spain generally. the minister left this shortly after the correspondence for Phil a , on account of the ill health of his family, not in disgust as has been represented. He has since arrival there written me another letter, adhering to his former...
42To James Madison from James Monroe, 31 January 1816 (Madison Papers)
The Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 4th inst: requesting the President to cause to be laid before that House (if in his opinion it will not be inconsistent with the public welfare) any authentic information he may have received, or communications which may have passed between this Government and the Government of Great Britain, in relation to the transactions at Dartmoor...
43James Monroe to Thomas Jefferson, [22] January 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
The letters to D r Jackson & mr Appleton received with yours of the 16 th shall be forwarded by the first opportunity, of which, many, frequently offer. you will settle the question between m r Short and me, whenever it may be most convenient to yourself & the arbitrators. my attendance is altogether unnecessary. I will instruct a m r York who has succeeded
44James Monroe to Thomas Jefferson, 16 November 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Permit me to present to your acquaintance & to that of your family m r Gray & his Lady of Boston . M r Gray is the son of the late L t governor of Mass : who is so well known to you for his patriotism, & attachment to the republican cause. He is on a visit to the southern states, & from motives of respect, is particularly desirous, of being made to
45To James Madison from James Monroe, 17 October 1815 (Madison Papers)
I have this moment recd. a letter from mr Hay, & several others from other persons, chiefly on private concerns, from Mr Graham, by the messenger of the dep’t. I found on my arrival, Mrs Hay much indisposed of a sore throat & fever, of which she was beginning to recover, & from which she has since so far recover’d, as to authorize a hope of our being able to set out for washington the day...
46To James Madison from James Monroe, 10 October 1815 (Madison Papers)
I intended to have written you by the two last mails but was interrupted at the moment I had allotted for the purpose. In truth I had little to communicate, which it was worth troubling you with, while ingaged in packing up & preparing for your departure for this place. Mr Cutts intimated to me that you would probably leave home the beginning of this week, which, coinciding with your intention...
47To James Madison from James Monroe, 8 October 1815 (Madison Papers)
I arriv’d here last night, having left my family in Loudoun, to attend some preparation for their reception, & my report of the health of the city. I find that cases of indisposition have occurr’d, proceeding from the late heat, but untill the last & present week, the city was never more healthy. I hope that the present approaching change in the weather will dissipate every unfavorable...
48James Monroe to Thomas Jefferson, 23 September 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Judge Roane committed to my charge his opinion on the question whether the congress had power to regulate an appeal from the superior courts of the States individually, and of course from any of their courts, in cases relating to treaties & laws of the U states , with a view that I might submit it to you. He remarked that his opinion had not been deliver’d, the cause tho’ argued, being still...
49To James Madison from James Monroe, 19 September 1815 (Madison Papers)
I returnd here on friday last, the 15., much improvd in my health, & propose setting out on monday or tuesday for your house, from whence I shall proceed by Loudoun, for Washington, at such time, as it shall appear to you adviseable for me to be there. My whole family accompany me, tho’ I fear, as mr Clay & his, form a part of it, that we shall subject mrs. Madison to some inconvinence. We...
50To James Madison from James Monroe, 11 September 1815 (Madison Papers)
I am now on my return home, where I expect to arrive on friday next. I visited the white sulphur, & sweet springs, & staid 10 or 12. days at each. From the former I derivd advantage, and might have been equally fortunate at the latter, had I not caught a cold, from which I have not had entirely recoverd. I think on the whole that the trip promises to be useful to me. Bonaparte it seems has...