1231James Madison to Henry Colman, 1 June 1830 (Madison Papers)
J. M. with his respects to Mr. C. thanks him for the Copy of his "Hints addressed to the farmers of Essex." The Hints deserve attention every where; some of them particularly in this State, which though more & more exchanging its planting for a farming character, is not proportionally advanced in the rules of practice belonging to the latter Draft (DLC) .
1232James Madison to John G. Palfrey, 2 August 1831 (Madison Papers)
J. Madison, with his respects to Professor Palfrey thanks him for the Copy of his Address on the 4th. of July. It well rewards the perusal, by the patriotic sentiments & judicious observations so well applied to the occasion. RC (MH) ; draft (DLC) .
1233From James Madison to James Monroe, 6 July 1807 (Madison Papers)
The documents herewith inclosed from No. 1 to No. 9 inclusive explain the hostile attack with the insulting pretext for it lately committed near the Capes of Virginia by the British ship of war the Leopard on the American Frigate the Chesapeake. No. 10 is a copy of the Proclamation issued by the President, interdicticting in consequence of that outrage, the use of our waters and every other...
1234From James Madison to Jacob Wagner, 2 September 1805 (Madison Papers)
¶ To Jacob Wagner. Letter not found. 2 September 1805 . Mentioned in Wagner to Jefferson, 5 Sept. 1805, DLC : Jefferson Papers, as saying that JM had hoped Dolley was “considerably advanced to a cure, but that it was found unavoidable, in order to complete it, to resort to an expedient two days before, which retards the event a little.”
1235James Madison to Philip Pendleton Kennedy, 8 December 1830 (Madison Papers)
Your letter of Novr 22 came in due time. The pamphlet to which it refers was not received till the 5th instant. The more the doctrine under the name of "Nullification" is examined, the more it is found irreconciliable with the moral obligation involved in political compacts, the test to which the pamphlet justly and impressively brings the doctrine, as applied to the Constitutional compact of...
1236From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 1 September 1794 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 1 September 1794, Orange. Mentioned in JM to Jefferson, 5 Oct. 1794 . Discusses deer for stocking Jefferson’s park at Monticello. Received by Jefferson 18 Sept. (Jefferson’s Epistolary Record [DLC: Jefferson Papers]).
1237From James Madison to Benjamin W. Crowninshield, 20 May 1815 (letter not found) (Madison Papers)
¶ To Benjamin W. Crowninshield. Letter not found. 20 May 1815. Extract printed in Stan. V Henkels Catalogue No. 1379 (1925), item 4.
1238From James Madison to Alexander Saunders, 15 October 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
15 October 1804, Department of State. “Your letter [not found] & papers respecting the detention of the Sloop Narcissa in the Island of Cuba, have been received. It would appear necessary for you, considering the situation of the process depending respecting them, to transmit documents of a nature to clear up the doubts in which the detention originated to some correspondent in that Island,...
1239From James Madison to James Monroe, 26 December 1803 (Madison Papers)
I have recd I believe all your letters public and private down to that of October 22, written merely to say that all continued well. I have taken due care of the communications on the subject of your . Every thing seems to be well understood on this side the water. I can not say more now as I write of necessity without cypher. Mr. Merry has been with us some time. He appears to be an amiable...
1240From James Madison to John Randall, 4 January 1808 (Madison Papers)
Should H. B. M’s. Ship of the Statira, in which an Envoy Extraordinary, to the United States, has arrived, proceed into your district, you are hereby instructed to consider her as within the exception made by the President’s Proclamation of July last; and to admit her to whatever privileges and hospitalities would have been allowable previous to that Proclamation. You will consider her as...
1241From James Madison to James Madison, Sr., 8 December 1779 (Madison Papers)
Having an opportunity by Mr. Collins I add a few lines to those I sent by Col. Burnley on the Subject of your’s by him. The Assembly have not yet concluded their plan for complying with the requisitions from Congress. It may be relied on that that can not be done without very heavy taxes on every species of property. Indeed it is thought questionable whether it will not be found absolutely...
1242James Madison to Thompson and Homans, 5 July 1831 (Madison Papers)
J. M. with his respects to Messrs. Thompson & Homans, returns his thanks for the Copy of their new Edition of the "Federalist", politely sent him. Its convenient form, and still more its valuable Index, can not fail to recomend it much to those who may wish occasionally, to examine or refer to any part of its Contents. FC (ViU) .
1243James Madison to Ebenezer B. Williston, 29 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. yr. letter of the 24th inclosing the prospectus of a work you are about to publish. Havg found it convt. especially at my advanced age, to reduce rather extend my subscriptions of every sort, I must offer this as an explanation for not complying with your request, I offer at the same time my thanks for the intended favor you intimate, which under existing circumstances, it will be...
1244From James Madison to Philip Freneau, ca. 1 May 1809 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. Ca. 1 May 1809. Acknowledged in Freneau to JM, 12 May 1809 . Subscribes for ten copies of Freneau’s Poems Written and Published during the American Revolutionary War and suggests “the insertion of a piece or two in prose.”
1245From James Madison to Edward Thornton, 30 July 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
30 July 1802, Department of State. “I have the honor to enclose a copy of a letter from the District Attorney of Vermont reporting the result of the enquiries he was directed to make on the subject of a communication some time since received from you.” Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, DL , vol. 14). 1 p. For David Fay’s letter, see Levi Lincoln to JM, 6 July 1802 , and nn.
1246From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 29 March 1818 (Madison Papers)
The day on which the first instalment for the Central College becomes due, being near at hand, I think it not amiss, as no conveyance of mine offers, to intimate, that it shall be paid on draft, or if requisite sent by a special hand. Yrs. affectionately RC ( MoHi ). Docketed by Jefferson, “recd Apr. 2.” JM subscribed $1,000 to the Central College fund (Cabell, Early History of the University...
1247From James Madison to Jesse B. Thomas, 8 February 1809 (Madison Papers)
The Secretary of state presents his compliments to Mr. Thomas, and has the Honor by direction of the President, to send him inclosed, a copy of a Letter written to Governor Williams, from which it will appear that the President is of opinion that a dissolution of the General assembly of a Territory, puts an end to the Council, as well as to the Representative Branch of that Body. IHi .
1248James Madison to Richard Cutts, 29 March 1831 (Madison Papers)
Yours of the 25th. with the articles it refers to came duly to hand. And that of the 4th. supposed to be lost has also made its appearance. What has been the upshot, or is the present condition, of the suit in Chancery? and what a suitable fee to Genl. Jones to whom it has been a troublesome one? I thank you for the steps taken for ensuring the House. With cordial respects & salutations RC (NjP) .
1249From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 29 November 1806 (Madison Papers)
that whilst the public force was acting strictly on the defensive, & merely to protect our Citizens from aggression, the criminal attempts of private individuals to decide for their Country the question of peace or war, by commencing active & unauthorized hostilities, ought to be promply and effectually suppressed DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
1250From James Madison to James Monroe, 24 September 1805 (Madison Papers)
The decision in the Admiralty Courts of G. B. disallowing the sufficiency of landing, and paying duties on, Colonial produce of belligerent Colonies, re-exported from ports of the U.S., to protect the produce agst. the British Cruisers & Courts, has spread great alarm among merchants & has had a grievous effect on the rate of insurance. From the great amt. of property afloat subject to this...
1251From James Madison to Walter Jones, 12 July 1789 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 12 July 1789. Acknowledged in Jones to JM, ca. 25 July 1789 . Indicates JM’s willingness to correspond with Jones concerning legislative matters.
1252From James Madison to John Graham, 12 August 1810 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 12 August 1810. Acknowledged in Graham to JM, 15 Aug. 1810 . Forwards a letter from Mr. Balch [not found] and asks Graham to consult with Mr. Jones.
1253From James Madison to Congress, 16 December 1809 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
16 December 1809. Transmits report of the surveyor of public buildings. RC and enclosure, two copies ( DNA : RG 233, President’s Messages; and DNA : RG 46, Legislative Proceedings, 11A-E2). Each RC 1 p., in a clerk’s hand, signed and dated by JM. Received, read, and tabled by the House on 21 Dec. and by the Senate on 22 Dec. ( Annals of Congress Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the...
1254From James Madison to Edward Thornton, 21 October 1801 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 21 October 1801. Acknowledged in Thornton to JM, 30 Oct. 1801 . Also mentioned in Thornton to Hawkesbury, 25 Nov. 1801 (PRO: Foreign Office, ser. 115, 9:149–50). Repeats the complaints of the American government on the continued detention at Quebec of Lewis Le Couteulx, demands his release, and expresses the expectation that he will receive indemnification for his losses and...
1255From James Madison to Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, 1 November 1804 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 1 November 1804. Calendared in the index to the State Department notes to foreign legations as “relative to Mr. Cabrenas [ sic ] case” (DNA: RG 59, Notes to Foreign Ministers and Consuls, vol. 1).
1256From James Madison to William F. Gray, 11 June 1821 (letter not found) (Madison Papers)
¶ To William F. Gray. Letter not found. 11 June 1821 . Offered for sale in Stan. V. Henkels Catalogue No. 1405 (24 June 1927), item 41, where it appears as the following extract: “J. Madison presents his respects to Mr. Gray and encloses $40—which balances his account within 37½ cents (which cannot be well sent in a letter) after deducting $6.—for two copies of Horace paid for by J. P. Todd.”
1257From James Madison to Richard Cutts, 10 September 1823 (Madison Papers)
The Carriage we brought from Washington being nearly worne out, & not well to be replaced here, you will oblige Mrs. M. & myself, by procuring for us one suited to the Country at a price between 5 & 6 hundred dollars on a credit till the 1st. of Jany. next, on or before which payment will be remitted. Friendly respects RC ( MHi ).
1258From James Madison to Ebenezer Stevens, 6 May 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
6 May 1801, Department of State. Since his letter to Stevens of 4 May [not found] JM has learned that War Department will ship from Philadelphia gunpowder due Tunis; supply from navy unnecessary. RC ( NHi ). 1 p. In Wagner’s hand, signed and franked by JM. Stevens’s docket damaged by torn seal.
1259From James Madison to Daniel Carroll, 6 April 1792 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 6 April 1792. Acknowledged in Carroll to JM, 9 Apr. 1792 . Reports the president’s veto of the apportionment bill.
1260From James Madison to Daniel Carroll, 10 April 1788 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 10 April 1788 . Mentioned in JM to Washington, 10 Apr. 1788 . Acknowledged in Carroll to JM, 28 Apr. 1788 . Urges speedy adoption of the Constitution by Maryland. A delay there could prove fatal to ratification in Virginia.
1261From James Madison to Asher Robbins, 10 June 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
10 June 1811, Washington. Acknowledges receipt of a letter from Robbins. “Its declaration of your principles & sentiments on certain subjects will have the attention which is due to the frankness and explicitness with which it is made.” Does not authorize “any inference from this assurance, that might prejudice any individual whatever in your estimation.” Printed summary ( The Collector , No....
1262James Madison to Edward Everett, 30 November 1835 (Madison Papers)
J. Madison tenders his thanks to Mr Everett for his interesting and eloquent address at Bloody Brook. It has been read with much pleasure; and with a full perception of its parentage in all the lineaments of the Offspring. RC ( MHi : Everett Collection); FC (DLC) .
1263James and Dolley P. Madison v. Edward Heston, 10 January 1797 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
10 January 1797, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. Dolley Madison and JM brought suit against Edward Heston to recover costs incurred by Dolley Madison and the late John Todd for nursing and burying Heston’s son, Isaac, in 1793. The plaintiffs abandoned the cause and agreed to a nonsuit. Ms ( InU ). 3 pp. Notes on the case taken by Jonathan Williams, who was associate judge of the court of...
1264James Madison to John Griscom, 11 August 1833 (Madison Papers)
J. Madison, with his respects to J Griscom thanks him for the copy of the well executed and instructive address to the Mechanics of Manchester, by J. J. Gurney. J. M. takes this occasion to repeat his thanks for the "Year in Europe," the sequel of what he had not read, at the date of his last, in no respect disappointed the favorable anticipations then expressed. RC (owned by Todd M. Axelrod,...
1265From James Madison to [Charles Pinckney?], ca. 10 April 1788 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. Ca. 10 April 1788 . Mentioned in JM to Washington, 10 Apr. 1788, and Griffin to JM, 28 Apr. 1788 . Adoption of the Constitution in South Carolina is of critical importance in determining the question in Virginia.
1266From James Madison to Jonathan Steele, 31 March 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
31 March 1804, Department of State. Encloses Steele’s commission as U.S. attorney for the New Hampshire District. RC (owned by American Museum of Historical Documents, Las Vegas, Nev., 1988). 1 p.; in a clerk’s hand, signed by JM.
1267From James Madison to Caleb Wallace, 15 March 1786 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 15 March 1786. Printed copy of Memorial and Remonstrance enclosed. Mentioned in Wallace’s letter of 30 September 1786 to JM (DLC).
1268From James Madison to Albert Gallatin, 10 July 1808 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to request that you cause a warrant to be issued in favor of William Lewis, lately charged with Dispatches to Europe, for one hundred and Seventy nine dollars & ninety two cents, to be paid out of the foreign intercourse fund. The said Lewis to be charged accordingly on the Books of the Treasury. I am &c. DNA : RG 59—DL—Domestic Letters.
1269From James Madison to James Monroe, 4 December 1784 (Madison Papers)
On Saturday last a proposition was agreed to for establishing Circuit Courts throughout this Commonwealth, and yesterday a bill for that purpose was reported. On wednesday next it will undergo a discussion of the Come. of the Whole. The circumstances under which it has passed thus far seem to promise a favorable issue, but the dangers which it is yet to go thro’ are formidable. They proceed...
1270From James Madison to James Monroe, 27 March 1795 (Madison Papers)
I wrote to you yesterday acknowledging yours by Mr. Swan and answering that of the 18th. Decr. which covered your very interesting remarks in a confidential letter to Mr. Randolph. The latter was sent to Mr. R today, there being no good reason for witholding it as you authorised me to do. I write this cheifly on acct. of the Bearer Mr. John Mercer son of our friend the judge, who means to...
1271From James Madison to David Gelston, 24 December 1815 (Madison Papers)
¶ To David Gelston. Letter not found. 24 December 1815. Offered for sale in Christie’s “American and European Manuscripts and Printed Books” Catalogue, 19 Dec. 1986, lot 33), where it is described as a one-page autograph note, signed, and quoted as follows: “J. Madison requests the favor of Mr. Gelston to have the enclosed letter [not present] delivered according to its address.” MS torn and...
1272From James Madison to Samuel Snow, 1 July 1806 (Madison Papers)
The President of the United States having judged it expedient to supersede your commission as Consul for Canton; by issuing another to Mr. Edward Carrington, it is proper that you should be apprized of it, that the change may have a just influence upon your concerns. I am &c. Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, DL , vol. 15); addressed to Snow at Providence, R.I.
1273From James Madison to Edwin C. Holland, 30 November 1822 (Madison Papers)
JM. presents his respects to Mr. H. with thanks for the copy of his pamphlet; which is made particularly interesting by some of the views given of the subject discussed. Draft ( DLC ).
1274From James Madison to John D. Heath, 16 January 1814 (letter not found) (Madison Papers)
¶ To John D. Heath. Letter not found. 16 January 1814. Acknowledged in Heath to JM, 29 Jan. 1814 , as complying with a request from Heath and expressing sympathy for a misfortune about to befall him.
1275From James Madison to Nicholas Lewis, 4 November 1786 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 4 November 1786. Mentioned in Nicholas Lewis’s letter of 26 November 1786 to JM . Included Walker Maury’s account against Jefferson for the tuition and board of Peter Carr.
1276From James Madison to Levi Lincoln, 26 February 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
26 February 1803, Department of State. Asks Lincoln’s opinion on the enclosed papers [not found] as to “whether the Indenture of Daniel Clark to Jane Clark, supposed by the Will of Daniel Clark Senr., is sufficient to authorize patents to be issued to the said Jane Clark on the enclosed surveys in the name of the Testator?” Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, DL , vol. 14). 1 p.
1277From James Madison to Albert Gallatin, 4 October 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
4 October 1802, State Department. Provides a “rough estimate, for a Remittance to the Bankers of the United States at London,” listing $12,000 for diplomatic purposes, $13,000 for the British treaty, $5,000 for the relief of American seamen, including the agent’s salary, and $26,000 for the prosecution of claims in prize cases, for a total of $56,000. Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, DL , vol....
1278James Madison to Robert T. Paine, 19 February 1832 (Madison Papers)
J. Madison presents his respects to Mr. Paine, with many thanks for the Copy of his very valuable "American Almanac," the scientific merit of which is recognized by the best Judges. The volume is made the more acceptable to the public, by the miscellaneous information comprized in it. He offers his thanks also for the accompanying pamphlets the names of whose Authors will be a sufficient...
1279From James Madison to George Washington Parke Custis, 2 August 1807 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Madison has received Mr. Custis’s note of the 30th ultimo, with the specimen of fine wool accompanying it. He offers for himself the thanks to which Mr. Custis is entitled, from all his fellow-citizens, for his laudable and encouraging efforts to increase and improve an animal which contributes a material so precious to the independent comfort and prosperity of our country. Mr. Madison...
1280From James Madison to Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, 20 June 1805 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 20 June 1805 . Calendared in the index to the State Department notes to foreign legations as “relative to the capture of the Huntress” ( DNA : RG 59, Notes to Foreign Ministers and Consuls, vol. 1).