1To James Madison from Edmund Pendleton, 8 October 1781 (Madison Papers)
, pp. 54–55). Too late to ease the present discontent, the Virginia General Assembly, in the session of October 1781, enacted two laws—one “for adjusting claims for property impressed or taken for public service” and the other “to regulate impresses” (...abandonment by the Virginia General Assembly and by Congress, early in 1781, of their former “ultimatum” that the court of Spain, in the...
2To James Madison from Edmund Pendleton, 15 April 1782 (Madison Papers)
, and n. 5. On 5 January 1782 the Virginia General Assembly had enacted a law “for ascertaining certain taxes and duties, and for establishing a permanent revenue.” The second section of this lengthy statute fixed the land tax at £1 for every £100 valuation, to be paid...
3To James Madison from Edmund Pendleton, 28 October 1782 (Madison Papers)
, II, 190–91. The Virginia General Assembly had created the High Court of Chancery on 24 January 1778 and reconstituted the Court of Appeals on 26 June 1779 (
4To James Madison from Edmund Pendleton, 12 May 1799 (Madison Papers)
The election for Orange County representatives to the Virginia General Assembly was held on 24 Apr. 1799. “We all went to the Election,” wrote Francis Taylor. “There was no Poll taken for County delegates—Col James Madison & Capt Jas Barbour Elected” (
5To James Madison from Edmund Pendleton, 14 May 1781 (Madison Papers)
Richard Henry Lee was not in the session of the Virginia General Assembly of May 1781, but Patrick Henry represented Henry County, as he had in the previous session (
6To James Madison from Edmund Pendleton, 2 September 1782 (Madison Papers)
This matter was neither referred by Governor Harrison to the Virginia General Assembly during the session of October 1782 nor made the subject of legislative instructions to the delegates in Congress. See
7To James Madison from Edmund Pendleton, 4 May 1783 (Madison Papers)
That is, of the Virginia General Assembly. See
8To James Madison from Edmund Pendleton, 16 June 1783 (Madison Papers)
, and n. 9. The delegates from Caroline County attending the session of the Virginia General Assembly were Robert Gilchrist and John Taylor (
9To James Madison from Edmund Pendleton, 28 January 1782 (Madison Papers)
Probably a reference to an act of 5 January 1782 of the Virginia General Assembly, declaring that, since the greatly depreciated paper currency of the state was “neither a proper medium of circulation nor a just standard whereby to settle and adjust debts and contracts,” it “shall no longer pass current”...
10To James Madison from Edmund Pendleton, 23 July 1781 (Madison Papers)
Edmund Randolph, one of the delegates of Virginia in Congress, and John Taylor of Caroline, a delegate to the Virginia General Assembly.