1Power of Attorney by James Madison and Nelly C. Willis to John H. Lee, 28 January 1828 (Madison Papers)
...or parts thereof, as he may judge necessary or proper and in general to agree to and...
...final judgment and execution shall judge necessary or proper to commence against any person or...
3To Thomas Jefferson from Edward Livingston, 25 March 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
...expectation that you will deem any to be necessary or proper, but I thought it just that you...
4To John Adams from John Warren, 8 August 1818 (Adams Papers)
...to make any alterations or additions, which he may judge necessary or proper.—
5John Armstrong to Thomas Jefferson, 4 January 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
...steps if any besides furnishing the original documents will be necessary or proper to give...
6Thomas Jefferson’s Bill for Establishing a System of Public Education, [ca. 24 October 1817] (Jefferson Papers)
...powers relative thereto which shall be necessary or proper for carrying them into execution,...
7To John Adams from John Quincy Adams, 3 January 1817 (Adams Papers)
...from his expected successor has made it necessary or proper for me to inform either of them...
8Presidential Proclamation, 20 December 1814 (Madison Papers)
...in exchange for the same other lands necessary or proper to be occupied for the defence of...
9To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 20 April 1813 (Madison Papers)
...of Prizes, as by his Majesty … shall be thought necessary or proper” (
10To James Madison from Tobias Lear, 31 August 1812 (Madison Papers)
Unless circumstances should make it necessary or proper for me to remove from this place, I shall...
11From John Adams to John Adams Smith, 22 December 1811 (Adams Papers)
...my Constant toast: how then can it be necessary or proper for me to produce myself before...
12Wilson Cary Nicholas to Thomas Jefferson, 25 May 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
...to me that any legislative measure wou’d now be necessary or proper as to
13From John Adams to Mercy Otis Warren, 28 July 1807 (Adams Papers)
...Sent on all the Information I thought necessary or proper to be communicated and among the...
14To James Madison from Elizur Goodrich, 14 April 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
...any other or further measures are necessary or proper on their part, for the...
15From Thomas Jefferson to Napoleon, Emperor of the French, 24 August 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
...filled up as he may state to be necessary or proper. This will not only guard against the...
16From James Madison to John Armstrong, 21 August 1804 (Madison Papers)
...filled up as he may state to be necessary or proper. This will not only guard against the...
17To Thomas Jefferson from Daniel Carroll Brent, 29 March 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
...me regret, that you shou’d find it necessary, or proper to remove him—I have been requestd to...
18From James Madison to John Graham, 17 October 1803 (Madison Papers)
...that service, it has not been thought necessary or proper to mention your name to him,...
19To James Madison from John J. Murray, 1 October 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
.... But should it “not be thought necessary or proper by the President to appoint me Agent...
20To James Madison from John J. Murray, 1 October 1803 (Madison Papers)
not be thought necessary or proper by the President to appoint me Agent at London for...
21From Thomas Jefferson to Horatio Gates, 11 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
...just portion of merit, & were it necessary or proper it could be shewn that each has...
22To James Madison from John M. Forbes, 13 June 1803 (Madison Papers)
.... I have not, as yet, thought it necessary or proper to intimate to any public Agent here—but...
23To Thomas Jefferson from David Austin, 21 March 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
...on the accuracy of the appointment should it be thought necessary or proper.
24From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 9 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
.... My plan supposes that it is not necessary or proper in the fundamental school to do more...
25From John Adams to Timothy Pickering, 12 November 1799 (Adams Papers)
...to both transactions, which you may judge necessary or proper & I pray you to have them...
26From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 18 October 1799 (Adams Papers)
...ideas of the information and recommendations necessary or proper to be made to congress at...
27Edmund Randolph’s Notes on the Common Law, [ca. September] 1799 (Madison Papers)
It is not necessary or proper (merely as being the Common law) to carry into...
28Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, 18 May 1798 (Adams Papers)
...peculiar state of things, to make it necessary, or proper, in you, or any other American...
29Political Observations, 20 April 1795 (Madison Papers)
..., that the frigates, though not necessary or proper for the service first contemplated,...
30To George Washington from David Humphreys, 8 April 1795 (Washington Papers)
...occasions which will make it either necessary or proper to trouble you with my letters; I...
31To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Morris, 8 December 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
...not consider Clarkson Freeman a necessary, or proper selection for the purposes mentioned...
32From Alexander Hamilton to Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 10 October 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
...the public good may render perseverance necessary or proper. When it is not requisite...
33To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 19 August 1792 (Washington Papers)
...having taken place, no other act is necessary, or proper, on the part of our government,...
34From Thomas Jefferson to Charles Gottfried Paleske, 19 August 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
...having taken place, no other act is necessary, or proper, on the part of our government,...
35From George Washington to Henry Knox, 5 August 1792 (Washington Papers)
...trial of Ensign Morgan may not be necessary or proper. But, if an important lawsuit claims...
36From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, [13 March] 1791 (Madison Papers)
...might appear more pointed than may be necessary or proper. As the weather grows better I...
37II. James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, [13 March 1791] (Jefferson Papers)
...might appear more pointed than may be necessary or proper. As the weather grows better I...
38To Alexander Hamilton from William Short, 4 March 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
...are accustomed & which it is neither necessary or proper to change. The conditions of the...
39Amendments to the Constitution, [8 June] 1789 (Madison Papers)
..., which laws in themselves are neither necessary or proper; as well as improper laws...
40To George Washington from Edward Carrington, 11 May 1789 (Washington Papers)
...with such information as you may think it necessary or proper yet to obtain by enquiry, I beg...
41To George Washington from Moustier, 1 May 1789 (Washington Papers)
...a measure or continuance of measure either necessary or proper. It is on that distinction that...
42The Federalist Number 44, [25 January] 1788 (Madison Papers)
...the particular powers or means, not necessary or proper for carrying the general powers into...
43From John Adams to the Marquis of Carmarthen, 6 February 1786 (Adams Papers)
...or Evidence, they do not think it necessary or proper, to take any measures in consequence of...
44To John Adams from John Jay, 2 January 1786 (Adams Papers)
...or Evidence, they do not think it necessary, or proper, to take any Measures in Consequence of...
...Evidence, they do not think it necessary or proper to take any Measures in Consequence of...
...Congress that it was not “necessary or proper” for Congress to render an opinion on Barbé...
47From James Madison to Caleb Wallace, 23 August 1785 (Madison Papers)
...the period. For neither branch does it seem necessary or proper to prohibit an indefinite...
...future overtures from them or other circumstances should render it necessary or proper.
49The American Commissioners to Richard Henry Lee: Résumé, [9] February 1785 (Franklin Papers)
...unless future overtures from them or other circumstances render it necessary or proper.
50American Commissioners to President of Congress, [9] February 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
...future overtures from them or other circumstances should render it necessary or proper.