51From James Madison to the Senate, 13 March 1816 (Madison Papers)
I nominate Abel Boynton, of Massachusetts, to be consul in the Island of Curacoa. RC ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A1). In John Payne Todd’s hand, signed by JM . The Senate confirmed the nomination on 14 Mar. 1816 ( Senate Exec. Proceedings, Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America (3 vols.; Washington, 1828). 3:36–37).
52From James Madison to the Senate, 11 March 1816 (Madison Papers)
I nominate Peter P. Ferry, of Ohio, to be Collector of the Customs for the district of Sandusky in the same state, in the place of E.W. Bull, deceased. RC ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A1). In John Payne Todd’s hand, signed by JM . The Senate approved the nomination on 14 Mar. 1816 ( Senate Exec. Proceedings, Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the...
53From James Madison to the Senate, 8 March 1816 (Madison Papers)
I nominate Anthony Haden, of the Mississippi Territory to be a member of the legislative counsel of the same Territory, in the place of Mathias McGirk resigned. Benjamin Cooper, of the Missouri Territory to be a member of the legislative Counsel of the same territory in the place of Abraham Gallatin resigned. RC ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14A–B1). In John Payne Todd’s...
54From James Madison to the Senate, 6 March 1816 (Madison Papers)
An error having been committed in the nomination approved by the Senate, of P.E. Dessessarts, as principal Assessor, I nominate D.R.D. Dessessarts, of Louisiana, to be principal Assessor of the Third Collection District of the same State. RC ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A1). In John Payne Todd’s hand, signed by JM . The Senate approved the nomination on 7 Mar. 1816 (...
55From James Madison to the Senate, 5 March 1816 (Madison Papers)
In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the Second instant, they are informed that great losses having been sustained by Citizens of the United States from unjust seizures and confiscations of their property, by the late Government at Naples; it was deemed expedient that indemnification should be claimed by a special mission for that purpose. The occasion may be proper also for...
56From James Madison to the Senate, 28 February 1816 (Madison Papers)
I nominate, William Pinkney of Maryland, to be Envoy extraordinary & Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia, with a special Mission to the King of the Two Sicilies. RC ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A1). In John Payne Todd’s hand, signed by JM . On 2 Mar. 1816 the Senate requested JM to provide “such information as he may deem proper, showing the expediency of a special...
57From James Madison to the Senate, 27 February 1816 (Madison Papers)
I nominate, William Habersham, of Georgia, to be a Commissioner of Loans of the same State in the place of Robert Habersham resigned. RC ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A1). In John Payne Todd’s hand, signed by JM . The Senate approved the nomination of Habersham on 2 Mar. 1816 ( Senate Exec. Proceedings, Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United...
58From James Madison to the Senate, 26 February 1816 (Madison Papers)
I nominate, William Little, of Massachusetts, to be principal assessor of the 11th Collection district of the same state. Richard Douglass, of Ohio, to be principal assessor for the 3d Collection district of the same state in the place of James Denny deceased. Nicholas Scales, of Tennessee, to be principal assessor of the 5th Collection district of the same state in the place [of] John R...
59From James Madison to the Senate, 13 February 1816 (Madison Papers)
I nominate, Thomas Posey, whose commission as Governor of the Indiana Territory will expire on the third of March next to be Governor of the same Territory for three years next ensuing that date. John Peter & Daniel Buzzard [ sic ] of the District of Columbia to be justices of the peace for the County of Washington in said District. William Langley, of South Carolina as Collector of direct...
60From James Madison to the Senate, 9 February 1816 (Madison Papers)
I nominate, Washington Boyd, of the District of Columbia, whose commission as Marshal has expired, to be Marshal of the said District for the term of four years. Thomas Morris, of Newyork to be a Commissioner for carrying into effect the fifth Article of the treaty of Peace and Amity between the United States and His Britannic Majesty concluded on the twenty fourth day of December one thousand...
61From James Madison to the Senate, 2 February 1816 (Madison Papers)
I nominate, John Page Junr, of New Hampshire to be principal assessor of the 5th Collection District of the same state in the place of Abel Merrile, resigned. William Tolley, of New York to be principal assessor of the 27th Collection district of the same state in the place of Andrew Backus, removed out of the District. William Roberts, of Maryland, to be principal assessor of the 2d...
62From James Madison to the Senate, 26 January 1816 (Madison Papers)
Commissions having issued during the recess of the Senate to the following persons, I now nominate them to the Offices respectively annexed to their names. … RC ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A1). In John Payne Todd’s hand, followed by a list, in a clerk’s hand, of nineteen nominees to be principal assessors of the revenue throughout the nation, signed by JM . The...
63From James Madison to the Senate, 26 January 1816 (Madison Papers)
I nominate, Josiah Simpson, of the Mississippi territory, to be one of judges of the same territory. Herman Visger, of New York, to be consul at Bristol in Great Britain. RC ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A1). In John Payne Todd’s hand, signed by JM . The Senate confirmed the nominations on 9 and 28 Feb. 1816 ( Senate Exec. Proceedings, Journal of the Executive...
64From James Madison to the Senate, 25 January 1816 (Madison Papers)
Commissions having been issued during the recess of Congress to the following persons as Collectors of direct taxes and internal duties, I now nominate them to the Collectorships respectively annexed to their names. RC ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A1). In John Payne Todd’s hand. Of the appended list of fifteen names in a clerk’s hand, signed by JM , the Senate...
65From James Madison to the Senate, 22 January 1816 (Madison Papers)
I nominate John Taylor, of Mississippi Territory, to be a member of the Legislative Council of the same Territory, in the place of Thomas Barnes, resigned. RC ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A1). In John Payne Todd’s hand, signed by JM . The Senate approved the nomination on 23 Jan. 1816 ( Senate Exec. Proceedings, Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of...
66From James Madison to the Senate, 17 January 1816 (Madison Papers)
I nominate, John M. Forbes of Newyork, to be Consul General for Denmark, his consulate to embrace also Meacklenburg and Schwerin, and the Prussian Ports of Stettin and Stralsund. RC ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A1). In John Payne Todd’s hand, signed by JM . The Senate approved the nomination on 22 Jan. 1816 ( Senate Exec. Proceedings, Journal of the Executive...
67From James Madison to the Senate, 15 January 1816 (Madison Papers)
I nominate Joseph Bartholemew, of Indiana Territory, to be Major General in the Militia of the same Territory. James Dill, of Indiana Territory to be a Brigadier General of Militia of the said Territory. Walter Wilson, of Indiana Territory, to be a Brigadier General of Militia in the same Territory. RC ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A1). In John Payne Todd’s hand, signed...
68From James Madison to the Senate, 15 January 1816 (Madison Papers)
An Error having taken place in the nominations, confirmed by the Senate, of commissioners on the part of the United States for carrying into effect certain Articles of the Treaty, concluded with Great Britain, on the twenty fourth day of December one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, I now nominate, Peter B. Porter, of Newyork, to be Commissioner on the part of the United States for...
69From James Madison to the Senate, 10 January 1816 (Madison Papers)
I nominate, Peter B. Porter, of New York to be commissioner on the part of the United States for carrying into effect the 4th Article of the Treaty of Peace and Amity, concluded on the 24th Decr: 1814, between the United States and His Brittannic Majesty. John Holmes, of Massachusetts to be commissioner on the part of the United States for carrying into effect the 6th Article of said Treaty....
70From James Madison to the Senate, 9 January 1816 (Madison Papers)
I nominate Richard Been, of Pennsylvania, to be Collector for the 23d district of Pennsylvania in the place of P. Ferrally resigned. John S. Moffit, of Maryland, to be Collector for the 3d District of Maryland in the place of George W Thomas resigned. Thomas Binns Ellis, of Virginia, to be collector for the 15th District of Virginia in the place of John Stith, resigned. Isaac Johnson, of...
71From James Madison to the Senate, 8 January 1816 (Madison Papers)
Commissions having issued during the recess of the Senate to the following persons I now nominate them to the offices respectively annexed to their names. RC ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A1). In John Payne Todd’s hand, signed by JM , listing forty-six appointments (printed in Senate Exec. Proceedings, Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United...
72From James Madison to the Senate, 8 January 1816 (Madison Papers)
I nominate, Thomas Torrence of the Mississippi Territory to be a Legislative Councillor of the same Territory in the place of Ferdinand L. Claiborne deceased. RC ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A1). In John Payne Todd’s hand, signed by JM . The Senate approved the nomination on 11 Jan. 1816 ( Senate Exec. Proceedings, Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of...
73From James Madison to the Senate, 4 January 1816 (Madison Papers)
I withdraw, the nomination of Nathaniel Goodwin, to be principal assessor of the 4th Collection District of Vermont. I nominate Nathaniel Goodwin, to be the principal assessor of the 4th District of the State of Connecticut in the place of Jonathan Palmer deceased. RC ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A1). In John Payne Todd’s hand, signed by JM . The Senate approved the...
74From James Madison to the Senate, 3 January 1816 (Madison Papers)
I nominate, John Mullowny, of Pennsylvania, to be Consul of the United States for the Island of Tenneriffe. Nathaniel G. Ingraham Jnr, of New York, to be Consul at Plymouth in England. George Read Jnr, of Delaware, to be the Attorney of the United States for the District of Delaware. RC ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A1). In John Payne Todd’s hand, signed by JM . On 5...
75From James Madison to the Senate, 2 January 1816 (Madison Papers)
I nominate the persons named in the accompanying list for the Offices respectively, as stated in the letter from the Secretary of War. RC and enclosures ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A1); letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 94, Letters Sent). RC in John Payne Todd’s hand, signed by JM . For enclosures, see n. 1. JM enclosed a 28 Dec. 1815 letter from Secretary of War William...
76From James Madison to the Senate, 2 January 1816 (Madison Papers)
I nominate, Solathiel Curtis, to be collector of Direct taxes and Internal duties for the 5th District of Virginia, in the place of Wm. McKinley resigned. John Mason, principal assessor of the 1st: Collection District of the State of Vermont in the place of Thomas Hammond resigned. Nathaniel Goodwin, principal assessor, of the 4th Collection District of Vermont in the place of Jonan: Palmer,...
77From James Madison to the Senate, 23 December 1815 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ To the Senate. 23 December 1815. “I nominate Joseph S. Morrison to be Collector of Direct taxes and Internal duties for the fourteenth collection district of Pennsylvania, in the room of David Reiley.” RC ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A1). 1 p.; in a clerk’s hand, dated and signed by JM . The Senate approved the nomination on 26 Dec. 1815 ( Senate Exec. Proceedings,...
78From James Madison to the Senate, 14 December 1815 (Madison Papers)
Commissions of appointments and promotions having issued during the recess of the Senate to the persons whose names are stated in the enclosed lists: I now nominate them to the offices therein respectively annexed to their names. RC and enclosures ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A1). RC in John Payne Todd’s hand, signed by JM . The enclosures are 1) a list of four...
79From James Madison to the Senate, 11 December 1815 (Madison Papers)
I transmit the original of the Convention between the United States and Great Britain, as Signed by their respective plenipotentiaries on the 3d day of July last; a copy of which was laid before the Senate on the 5th. instant. I transmit also a copy of the late Treaty of Peace with Algiers, as certified by one of the Commissioners of the United States; An office Copy of which was laid before...
80From James Madison to the Senate, 6 December 1815 (Madison Papers)
I lay before the Senate for their consideration and advice, as to a ratification, a Treaty of Peace with the Dey of Algiers, concluded on the 30th day of June 1815; with a letter relating to the same from the American Commissioners to the Secretary of State. RC ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Foreign Relations, 14B–B1). In John Payne Todd’s hand, signed by JM . For enclosures, see nn....
81From James Madison to the Senate, 6 December 1815 (Madison Papers)
I lay before the Senate for, their consideration and advice, as to a ratification, a convention to regulate the commerce between the United States & Great Britain, Signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries on the 3d of July last; with letters relating to the same, from the American Plenipotentiaries to the Secretary of State; and also the declaration with which it is the intention of the...
82From James Madison to the Senate, 6 December 1815 (Madison Papers)
I lay before the Senate for their consideration and advice, as to a ratification, Treaties which have been concluded with the following Indian Tribes. … I communicate also the letters from the Commissioners on the part of the United States relating to their proceedings on those occasions. RC and enclosures ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Indian Relations, 14B–C1). RC in John Payne Todd’s...
83From James Madison to the Senate, 15 February 1815 (Madison Papers)
I have received from the American Commissioners, a Treaty of Peace and Amity, between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America, signed by those Commissioners, and by the Commissioners of His Britannic Majesty, at Ghent on the 24th of December 1814. The termination of hostilities depends upon the time of the ratification of the Treaty by both parties. I lose no time, therefore, in...
84From James Madison to the Senate, 30 January 1815 (Madison Papers)
Having bestowed on the Bill, entitled, “An Act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States of America,” that full consideration which is due to the great importance of the subject, and dictated by the respect which I feel for the two Houses of Congress, I am constrained by a deep and solemn conviction that the Bill ought not to become a law, to return it to the Senate, in...
85From James Madison to the Senate, 18 November 1814 (Madison Papers)
I lay before the Senate, for their consideration, whether they will advise and consent to the ratification thereof, a Treaty concluded on the twenty-second day of July last, with the Tribes of Indians, called the Wyandots, Delawares, Shawanoese, Senecas, and Miamies. I lay before the Senate, also, for the like purpose, an Instrument, entitled Articles of agreement and capitulation, made and...
86From James Madison to the Senate, 28 July 1813 (Madison Papers)
I transmit to the Senate a Report of the acting Secretary of the Treasury, containing the information requested by their Resolution of the 27th. inst. RC and enclosure ( DNA : RG 46, President’s Messages, 13A-E4). For enclosure, see n. 1. JM enclosed a report from William Jones, 28 July 1813 (3 pp.; printed in ASP American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of...
87From James Madison to the Senate, 22 July 1813 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
22 July 1813, Washington. “Commissions having been granted during the recess of the Senate to the persons in the accompanying list, I now nominate them to the same offices respectively annexed to their names.” RC and enclosure ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 13B-A1). RC 1 p. Enclosure (1 p.) is a list of nine appointments in the dragoons and infantry (printed in Senate Exec....
88From James Madison to the Senate, 6 July 1813 (Madison Papers)
I have received from the Committee appointed by the resolution of the Senate of the 14th day of June a copy of that resolution, which authorizes the Committee to confer with the President on the subject of the nomination made by him of a Minister Plenipotentiary to Sweden. Conceiving it to be my duty to decline the proposed conference with the Committee, and it being uncertain when it may be...
89From James Madison to the Senate, 3 June 1813 (Madison Papers)
In compliance with their resolution of the 3d instant, the Senate are informed that the office of the Secretary of the Treasury is not vacated, and that, in the absence of Albert Gallatin, commissioned as one of the Envoys to treat with Great Britain and Russia, the duties of that office are discharged by William Jones, Secretary of the Navy, authorized therefor according to the provisions of...
90From James Madison to the Senate, 29 May 1813 (Madison Papers)
The Swedish Government having repeatedly manifested a desire to interchange a public Minister with the U. States, and having lately appointed one with that view, and other considerations concerning to render it advisable at this period, to make a correspondent appointment, I nominate Jonathan Russell of Rhode Island, to be Minister Plenipotentiary of the U. States to Sweden. RC ( DNA : RG 46,...
91From James Madison to the Senate, 2 March 1813 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
2 March 1813. Submits ten nominations for appointments in the infantry and artillery, including that of Thomas M. Randolph as a colonel in the Twentieth Regiment of Infantry. RC ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 12B-A2). 1 p. In Edward Coles’s hand, signed by JM. The Senate approved the nominations on 3 Mar. 1813 ( Senate Exec. Proceedings Journal of the Executive Proceedings...
92From James Madison to the Senate, 27 February 1813 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
27 February 1813. “I nominate Oliver H. Perry—appointed a master-commandant during the recess—to be a master commandant in the navy—to take rank of those lately nominated—to be masters commandants.” RC ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 12B-A2). 1 p. In a clerk’s hand, signed by JM. The Senate approved Perry’s appointment on 3 Mar. 1813 ( Senate Exec. Proceedings Journal of the...
93From James Madison to the Senate, 26 February 1813 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
26 February 1813. “I nominate Brigadier General James Wilkinson, Brigadier General Wade Hampton, William R. Davy of South Carolina, Morgan Lewis now Quarter Master General, William H. Harrison of Indiana Territory, and Aaron Ogden of New Jersey, to be Major Generals in the Army of the U. States. “Thomas Posey to be Governor of the Indiana Territory. “George Poindexter to be a Judge of the...
94From James Madison to the Senate, 24 February 1813 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
24 February 1813. “I nominate, Charles Gordon, Jacob Jones, James Laurence, and Charles Morris, to be Captains in the Navy of the United States. “Joseph Bainbridge, William M Crane, and James Biddle, to be Master Commandants in the navy of the United States.” Also nominates ten others as lieutenants in the U.S. Navy. RC ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 12B-A2). 1 p. In Edward...
95From James Madison to the Senate, 27 January 1813 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
27 January 1813. “I transmit to the Senate a Report of the Secretary of War, complying with their Resolution of the 7th instant.” RC and enclosures ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, 12B-D2). RC 1 p.; in the hand of Edward Coles, signed by JM. For enclosures, see n. 1. On 7 Jan. 1813 the Senate passed a resolution that had been presented by Samuel Smith of Maryland on the previous day,...
96From James Madison to the Senate, 14 January 1813 (Madison Papers)
I transmit to the Senate a Report of the Secretary of State complying with their Resolution of the 22d December. The Secretary of State to whom was referred the Resolution of the Senate of the 22d ult. has the honor to report to the President, that no precise information has been communicated to this Department, of any movement of British troops, for the purpose of taking possession of East...
97From James Madison to the Senate, 13 January 1813 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
13 January 1813. Transmits to the Senate “copies of the correspondence called for by their Resolution of the 7th instant.” RC and enclosures ( DNA : RG 46, President’s Messages, 12A-E2). RC 1 p.; in a clerk’s hand, signed by JM. For enclosures, see n. 1. Printed in ASP American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States … (38 vols.; Washington,...
98From James Madison to the Senate, 21 December 1812 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
21 December 1812. Nominates seven men, “Midshipmen since 1806, and now acting Lieutenants,” to be lieutenants in the U.S. Navy and nine, including Samuel P. Todd, to be pursers. Printed copy ( Senate Exec. Proceedings Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America (3 vols.; Washington, 1828). , 2:312).
99From James Madison to the Senate, 6 July 1812 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
6 July 1812. “I transmit to the Senate copies and extracts of documents in the Archives of the Department of State, falling within the purview of their Resolution of the 4th instant, on the subject of British Impressments from American vessels. The information, tho’ voluminous, might have been enlarged, with more time for research and preparation. In some instances, it might at the same time,...
100From James Madison to the Senate, 23 June 1812 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
23 June 1812. “I transmit to the Senate a Report of the Secretary of war, complying with their Resolution of the 19th instant.” RC ( DNA : RG 46, TP , Indiana). 1 p. In the hand of Edward Coles, signed by JM. For enclosures, see Eustis to JM, 22 June 1812 , and n. 1. See Eustis to JM, 22 June 1812, n. 2 .