1To James Madison from John Beckley, 15 October 1796 (Madison Papers)
...he broke a tie vote on 29 Apr. 1796 to refer to the House a resolution to implement the Jay treaty. He retired from Congress and on 11 Oct. lost the Pennsylvania gubernatorial election to incumbent Thomas Mifflin (Philadelphia Aurora General Advertiser
2To James Madison from Samuel Dexter, Jr., 3 February 1795 (Madison Papers)
...runoff congressional election for the second middle district of Massachusetts on 1 Feb., Dexter placed a close second behind Republican Joseph Bradley Varnum, but neither candidate had a majority. Dexter was finally defeated after two more runoff elections (Philadelphia Aurora General Advertiser
3To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 27 March 1796 (Madison Papers)
On 14 Mar. Benjamin Franklin Bache’s Philadelphia Aurora General Advertiser
4From Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 27 March 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
...special powers granted to Congress limit the general power of Treaty-making,” Gallatin contended “there are no bounds to it, it must absorb all others, repeal all laws in contravention to it, and act without control” (Philadelphia Aurora,
5To James Madison from Joseph Jones, [ca. 15 December] 1796 (Madison Papers)
...vigorously protested by the Federalists. The officially proclaimed electors cast their votes in Harrisburg on 7 Dec. 1796, and two days later Mifflin defended his conduct in his address to the Pennsylvania legislature (for Mifflin’s address, see Philadelphia Aurora General Advertiser
6To James Madison from Joseph Jones, [ca. 16 February] 1797 (Madison Papers)
...by “A Citizen” under the title, “An Examination of a Late Letter from Mr. Pickering to Mr. Pinckney.” Numbers two through five appeared on 4, 8, and 15 Feb. and 1 Mar. 1797. The Philadelphia Aurora General Advertiser
7To James Madison from Joseph Jones, 19 December 1795 (Madison Papers)
Jones subscribed to Benjamin Franklin Bache’s Philadelphia Aurora General Advertiser
8To James Madison from Joseph Jones, 23 November 1796 (Madison Papers)
Leven Powell and Littleton Eyre were both Adams candidates for presidential elector in 1796. Powell was elected, but Eyre was not (Philadelphia Aurora General Advertiser
9To James Madison from Joseph Jones, 19 November 1794 (Madison Papers)
Jay’s negotiations in Britain reportedly “have made a considerable advance towards a settlement … and there is reason to expect that definitive arrangements will be received before the rising of Congress” (“Important,” Philadelphia Aurora General Advertiser
10To James Madison from Joseph Jones, 10 June 1795 (Madison Papers)
in the Philadelphia Aurora General Advertiser