1From James Madison to William Harris Crawford, 23 September 1816 (Madison Papers)
...auditors of the Treasury Department decided that Hull was not entitled to receive two salaries for holding appointments as territorial governor of Michigan and commander of the Northwest Army during the War of 1812, the assumption being that Hull’s acceptance of the latter office necessarily ended his tenure in the former. Hull contested this ruling on the grounds that it was understood...
2From James Madison to William Harris Crawford, [4 February 1817] (Madison Papers)
Banks throughout the nation had generally been reluctant to resume specie payments after the conclusion of the War of 1812. At a 6 Aug. 1816 convention of delegates representing banks in New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, it was resolved that it would not be safe for state banks to resume specie payments before the first Monday in...