26191James Ronaldson to Thomas Jefferson, 26 December 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Fearfull letters from so many different places may impress you with doubts of the character of the writer—I shall even tell you what I been about—The want of Antimony ( all indespensible in the Letter foundry) induced me to visit France , first to procure an immedeately supply, and in the next place to make arrangements for a regular supply for the future, with this adventure we had reason to...
26192From John Adams to Benjamin Rush, 25 December 1811 (Adams Papers)
I never was so much at a loss how to answer a Letter, as yours of the 16th. Shall I assume a Sober Face and write a grave Essay on Religion Philosophy, Laws or government? Shall I laugh like Bacchus among his grapes, Wine fats Vatts and Bottles? or Shall I assume the Man of the World, the Fine Gentleman, the Courtier, and Bow and Scrape with a smooth smiling Face, soft words, many compliments...
26193To James Madison from Charles Collins, 25 December 1811 (Madison Papers)
Well assured that matters of high consideration press upon thy attention I feel diffident in diverting thee a moment therefrom, but would just say in a brief manner that for sometime past I have felt it my duty to abstain from the consumption of the produce of Slaves and there being some in our society similarly situated I have been induced to commence the trading in such articles as do not...
26194To James Madison from William Hawkins, 25 December 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
25 December 1811, Raleigh. Transmits the enclosed resolutions at the request of the General Assembly of North Carolina. RC and enclosure ( DNA : RG 45, Misc. Letters Received). Both the RC and the enclosure are printed copies, one page each, with Hawkins’s signature and JM’s name as addressee added to the RC and the signatures of the clerks of both houses of the North Carolina General Assembly...
26195To James Madison from Willie Blount, 24 December 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
24 December 1811, Knoxville. “I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of yours of the 10th Instant, in reply to an address of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, which will be laid before that body, at next Session. It breathes the true American Spirit, and contains Sentiments worthy of the chief Magistrate of an independent Government, who is determined it shall remain so. I...
26196To James Madison from Anthony Charles Cazenove, 24 December 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
24 December 1811, Alexandria. “Enclosed is Messrs. Murdoch Y. W. & Co.’s draft on you in my favor for £60. Stg for your last pipe of wine, the amount of which you have been good enough to remit me per your letter of 16th. instt. The vessel I have mentioned before will sail for Madeira, in case you should have any further commands to go by her.” RC and enclosure ( DLC ). RC 1 p. Docketed by JM....
26197Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 24 December 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
6.℔ oznabrigs thread 3.℔ blue & green thread, of the size of oznabrigs thr d RC ( ViCMRL , on deposit ViU : TJP ); dateline beneath signature; written on a small scrap; at foot of text: “M r Leitch.” Not recorded in SJL .
26198From James Madison to Congress, 23 December 1811 (Madison Papers)
I communicate to Congress copies of an Act of the Legislature of New York, relating to a canal from the Great Lakes to Hudsons river. In making the communication, I consult the respect due to that State; in whose behalf, the commissioners appointed by the Act, have placed it in my hands for the purpose. The utility of canal navigation is universally admitted. It is not less certain that...
26199To James Madison from John Gassaway, 23 December 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
23 December 1811, Adjutant General’s Office, Annapolis. Transmits a general return of the Maryland militia for 1811 [not found]. RC ( DNA : RG 107, LRRS , G-31:6). 1 p. Docketed by a War Department clerk as received 26 Dec. 1811.
26200To James Madison from Jonathan Russell, 23 December 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
23 December 1811. Introduces Thomas L. Halsey, Jr., who will hand this letter to JM and is “a Gentleman with whom I have been well acquainted from his childhood.” Halsey desires either to serve in the army, if the country should be involved in war, or to obtain a consular appointment to South America. He will faithfully discharge any trust, and “I shall feel personally much gratified in the...