1Power of Attorney by James Madison and Nelly C. Willis to John H. Lee, 28 January 1828 (Madison Papers)
...full power on receiving the said money or satisfactory provision for the payment thereof in whole or in part to make such conveyances of the whole or parts thereof, as he may judge necessary or proper and in general to agree to and concur in such conditions and compromises touching the final execution of the covenant in the other part as he may judge expedient, hereby ratifying and...
...Estate and to pay and assign to them whatever may be by the Will of said deceased or legally coming to them respectively: To commence and prosecute to final judgment and execution shall judge necessary or proper to commence against any person or persons, and to reply to and defend any cause or action that may by any person or persons be brought against us in the capacity aforesaid, relating...
3To Thomas Jefferson from Edward Livingston, 25 March 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
...aware of the great indiscretion, There would be in requesting any explanation on this point to entertain the most remote expectation that you will deem any to be necessary or proper, but I thought it just that you should know what meaning was affixed to your expressions used in a matter of national importance. Although if my motive for making this Communication were severely scrutinized,...
4To John Adams from John Warren, 8 August 1818 (Adams Papers)
...taken the liberty of enclosing a sketch of the life of General Joseph Warren, for the President’s perusal.—He would also take the liberty of requesting the President to make any alterations or additions, which he may judge necessary or proper.—
5John Armstrong to Thomas Jefferson, 4 January 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
, in relation to this event & (if it corresponds with mine) what other steps if any besides furnishing the original documents will be necessary or proper to give effect to
6Thomas Jefferson’s Bill for Establishing a System of Public Education, [ca. 24 October 1817] (Jefferson Papers)
33. The sd measures being approved or modified, the Visitors shall have all the powers relative thereto which shall be necessary or proper for carrying them into execution, and shall proceed in their execution accordingly.
7To John Adams from John Quincy Adams, 3 January 1817 (Adams Papers)
..., yet nothing has yet occurred which would justify me in taking any step on the presumption that it will—No direct Communication either from the present President or from his expected successor has made it necessary or proper for me to inform either of them what my decision would be upon it, and I think it due both to them and to myself, to reserve my answer, and even my resolution upon...
8Presidential Proclamation, 20 December 1814 (Madison Papers)
...and interest of the United States in and to the lot, piece or parcel of land hereinafter described, provided that there should be conveyed to the United States in exchange for the same other lands necessary or proper to be occupied for the defence of the city of New-York, and which may be equally advantageous to the United States; and that in case the lands to be conveyed in exchange to...
9To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 20 April 1813 (Madison Papers)
...restrain his Majesty … from giving such further Rules and Directions from Time to Time to his respective Courts of Admiralty and Vice Admiralty, for the Adjudication and Condemnation 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 remain here until I have the honor of receiving the Orders of Government; as it is the best point for a frequent communication with Barbary, and particularly to be...
11From John Adams to John Adams Smith, 22 December 1811 (Adams Papers)
United States have been my Constant toast: how then can it be necessary or proper for me to produce myself before the public
12Wilson Cary Nicholas to Thomas Jefferson, 25 May 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Will you do me the favour to give me your opinion as to the probability of the duration of the present session? It does not seem 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)
...opposition to them, I found full Employment for my time, without “repairing to Congress.” I sent on my Accounts which were soon approved and Settled by an honourable Vote. I Sent on all the Information I thought necessary or proper to be communicated and among the rest a Copy of all the Letters of the Commissioners
14To James Madison from Elizur Goodrich, 14 April 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
...and feel all that anxiety, which is natural on the Occasion. The Owners of the Vessel have requested the Honle James Hillhouse to converse with you, upon the subject & receive instructions whether any other or further measures are necessary or proper on their part, for the liberation of their Mariners or property.”
15From Thomas Jefferson to Napoleon, Emperor of the French, 24 August 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
...are accordingly herewith inclosed. He thinks it most proper that they should be communicated as you receive them to the Minister of foreign relations and filled up as he may state to be necessary or proper. This will not only guard against the possibility of error, but will be the strongest proof of the respect intertained here for the right of every nation to establish for itself what...
16From James Madison to John Armstrong, 21 August 1804 (Madison Papers)
...state are accordingly herewith inclosed. He thinks it most proper that they should be communicated as you receive them to the Minister of foreign relations and filled up as he may state to be necessary or proper. This will not only guard against the possibility of error, but will be the strongest proof of the respect intertained here for the right of every nation to establish for itself what...
17To Thomas Jefferson from Daniel Carroll Brent, 29 March 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
, will make me regret, that you shou’d find it necessary, or proper to remove him—I have been requestd to say that both Doct. Walter Jones, and Genl. Thomson Mason, the late State Senator from the Counties of Fairfax & Prince William, wish the appointment, if Col. Sims...
18From James Madison to John Graham, 17 October 1803 (Madison Papers)
...that a mere private Secretaryship at London, unaccompanied by the provisional grade now united with it, might not be acceptable to you, and Mr Monroe having actually engaged Mr. Purviance for that service, it has not been thought necessary or proper to mention your name to him, with reference to it.
19To James Madison from John J. Murray, 1 October 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
...County &, a few months immediately preceeding” his departure for Europe, “Chief Judge of the same.” These facts are known to DeWitt Clinton and Governor Clinton. But should it “not be thought necessary or proper by the President to appoint me Agent at London for American Seamen … I will consider it my duty to remain in my present situation & to do all that I can for the benefit of...
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 American Seamen—that I will consider it my duty to remain in my present situation & to do all that I can for the benefit of my Country and,...
21From Thomas Jefferson to Horatio Gates, 11 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
...pluck feathers from Munroe, although not fond of sticking them into Livingston’s coat. the truth is, both have a just portion of merit, & were it necessary or proper it could be shewn that each has rendered peculiar services, & of important value. these grumblers too are very uneasy lest the administration should share some little credit for the acquisition, the whole of which they...
22To James Madison from John M. Forbes, 13 June 1803 (Madison Papers)
...on this Subject, which may hereafter be magnified into Some importance by the French Government, whose Agents here will Come to the knowledge of it. I have not, as yet, thought it necessary or proper to intimate to any public Agent here—but should my present remonstrances prove ineffectual, on the next case that occurs, I shall endeavour to obtain the Co operation of the Prussian, and other...
23To Thomas Jefferson from David Austin, 21 March 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
so far, the President might rely on the accuracy of the appointment should it be thought necessary or proper.
24From Alexander Hamilton to James McHenry, 9 March 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
of what is learnt in the fundamental school to the practical purpose of the others. My plan supposes that it is not necessary or proper in the fundamental school to do more than give that elementary instruction which is equally necessary for all the corps—leaving the
25From John Adams to Timothy Pickering, 12 November 1799 (Adams Papers)
the insurrection in Pensylvania and that respecting St. Domingo should also be laid before congress, together with copies of any other papers relative to both transactions, which you may judge necessary or proper & I pray you to have them prepared accordingly.
26From John Adams to Benjamin Stoddert, 18 October 1799 (Adams Papers)
I beg the favor of your ideas of the information and recommendations necessary or proper to be made to congress at their approaching session. Your observations on the mission to France, the rebellion in Pensylvania, the negotiations with St Domingo, the interuption of the board of commissioners & every other subject will be...
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 execution any specifyed power.
28Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, 18 May 1798 (Adams Papers)
, 12 May, and concluded: “It must, however be a very unnatural, and peculiar state of things, to make it necessary, or proper, in you, or any other American in your behalf, to declare to the world, what the world ought to have known and acknowledged without hesitation—that you are not humiliated under a colonial sense of fear, that...
29Political Observations, 20 April 1795 (Madison Papers)
It may possibly be said, that the frigates, though not necessary or proper for the service first contemplated, may usefully be applied to the security of our coasts, against Pirates, Privateers, and Smugglers. This is a distinct question. The sole and avowed object of the naval armament was the protection...
30To George Washington from David Humphreys, 8 April 1795 (Washington Papers)
Expecting few occasions which will make it either necessary or proper to trouble you with my letters; I hasten to conclude with assurances, that no one of all your friends has ever been more sincerely attached to the promotion of your glory, & that no one more ardently prays...
31To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Morris, 8 December 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
From the evidence that came to my knowledge, I did not consider Clarkson Freeman a necessary, or proper selection for the purposes mentioned by Mr. Ogden, and I should now doubt the policy of promulgating the existence of the pardon, least it should induce him to return within the jurisdiction of the United States; leaving which...
32From Alexander Hamilton to Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 10 October 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
...to the persecution which I experience; but it may be relied upon, that I shall desert no post, which I ought to endeavour to maintain, so long as my own reputation or the public good may render perseverance necessary or proper. When it is not requisite either to the one or the other my friends will excuse me, if I recollect that I have a growing and hitherto too much neglected family.
33To George Washington from Thomas Jefferson, 19 August 1792 (Washington Papers)
..., and need only promulgation to oblige all persons to obey them, and to entitle all to those privileges which such treaties confer. that promulgation having taken place, no other act is necessary, or proper, on the part of our government, according to our rules of proceeding, to give effect to the treaty. this treaty however has not specified the privileges or functions of consuls; it...
34From Thomas Jefferson to Charles Gottfried Paleske, 19 August 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
..., and need only promulgation to oblige all persons to obey them, and to entitle all to those privileges which such treaties confer. That promulgation having taken place, no other act is necessary, or proper, on the part of our government, according to our rules of proceeding, to give effect to the treaty. This treaty however has not specified the privileges or functions of consuls; it...
35From George Washington to Henry Knox, 5 August 1792 (Washington Papers)
...St Clair will not forget that there are duties which require his attention in the Territory committed to his care although his presence at the trial of Ensign Morgan may not be necessary or proper. But, if an important lawsuit claims his attendance in the State of Pennsylvania in September and it can be dispensed with in his Government, I would not wish to deprive him of the...
36From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, [13 March] 1791 (Madison Papers)
...interruption—& some trouble on my side whatever it might do on yours. Add that my leaving the house at the moment it is entered by the new member might appear more pointed than may be necessary or proper. As the weather grows better I shall however avail myself of it, to make some amends to myself, for what I lose in yielding to these circumstances, by seeing you more & using oftener...
37II. James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, [13 March 1791] (Jefferson Papers)
...interruption—and some trouble on my side whatever it might do on yours. Add that my leaving the house at the moment it is entered by the new member might appear more pointed than may be necessary or proper. As the weather grows better I shall however avail myself of it, to make some amends to myself for what I lose by yielding to these circumstances by seeing you more and using oftener one...
38To Alexander Hamilton from William Short, 4 March 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
...its length & on its being a translation from the Dutch in which it is thought necessary to conform literally to the original. It is the form to which the money lenders here are accustomed & which it is neither necessary or proper to change. The conditions of the loan being clearly expressed in it I suppose you will consider its form & language as of little importance.
39Amendments to the Constitution, [8 June] 1789 (Madison Papers)
...by Congress, for it is them who are to judge of the necessity and propriety to accomplish those special purposes which they may have in contemplation, which laws in themselves are neither necessary or proper; as well as improper laws could be enacted by the state legislatures, for fulfilling the more extended objects of those governments. I will state an instance which I think in point,...
40To George Washington from Edward Carrington, 11 May 1789 (Washington Papers)
...Trusts which were committed to my management during the late War, although mostly at a distance from your immediate view, were, I believe not unknown to you—upon this ground together with such information as you may think it necessary or proper yet to obtain by enquiry, I beg leave to rest my pretentions to your Excellencies confidence.
41To George Washington from Moustier, 1 May 1789 (Washington Papers)
...to the application of this principle, it depends altogether on the prudence and a proper knowledge of the motives which may render such a measure or continuance of measure either necessary or proper. It is on that distinction that depends the facility of extending or restraining the practice of communication with all Diplomatic caracters. Public forms are not to vary, but confidential...
42The Federalist Number 44, [25 January] 1788 (Madison Papers)
Had they attempted to enumerate the particular powers or means, not necessary or proper for carrying the general powers into execution, the task would have been no less chimerical; and would have been liable to this further objection; that every defect in the enumeration, would have been equivalent to a positive grant...not necessary or proper
43From John Adams to the Marquis of Carmarthen, 6 February 1786 (Adams Papers)
general Terms, and unsupported by any particular Facts or Evidence, they do not think it necessary or proper, to take any measures in consequence of it: and with this Assurance, that as it is their Determination the Treaty of Peace Shall be punctually observed by their Citizens, and that his Majesty’s Subjects Shall enjoy,...
44To John Adams from John Jay, 2 January 1786 (Adams Papers)
...it to His Britannic Majesty— That you inform him, that the Complaint stated in it, being in general Terms, and unsupported by any particular Facts, or Evidence, they do not think it necessary, or proper, to take any Measures in Consequence of it. And that you assure him, that as it is their determination the Treaty of Peace shall be punctually observed by their Citizens, and that His Majesty...
...it to his britannic Majesty—that You inform him that the Complaint stated in it, being in general Terms and unsupported by any particular Facts or Evidence, they do not think it necessary or proper to take any Measures in Consequence of it—And that you assure him, that as it is their Determination the Treaty of Peace shall be punctually observed by their Citizens, and that his...
reported to Congress that it was not “necessary or proper” for Congress to render an opinion on Barbé Marbois’s 25 Aug. query whether French subjects can purchase and own real estate in the United States since a treaty existed between the two countries.
47From James Madison to Caleb Wallace, 23 August 1785 (Madison Papers)
...in departing from Annual elextions in this case lies in the want of some other natural term to limit the departure. For the other branch 4 or 5 Years may be the period. For neither branch does it seem necessary or proper to prohibit an indefinite reeligibility.
6. &. 7. to these we do not propose to make any reply unless 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)
We do not propose to respond, unless future overtures from them or other circumstances render it necessary or proper.
50American Commissioners to President of Congress, [9] February 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
...of Messina as a free port) which we now enclose, distinguished by the Nos. 6 and 7. To these we do not propose to make any reply unless future overtures from them or other circumstances should render it necessary or proper.