7401From James Madison to Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, 29 November 1804 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 29 November 1804. Calendared in the index to the State Department notes to foreign legations as “relative to a complaint of the Marquis of Casa Calvo” (DNA: RG 59, Notes to Foreign Ministers and Consuls, vol. 1).
7402From James Madison to Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, 25 May 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
25 May 1801, Department of State . Responds to Yrujo’s 14 May request to suspend establishment of an American consulate in the Philippine Islands. A decision has been made not to establish such a post, but the matter may be reconsidered at a later time. Tr ( AHN : State Archives, vol. 5630). 1 p.; in Spanish. JM’s original letters to Yrujo for this period have not been found, but the...
7403From James Madison to Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, 11 June 1805 (Madison Papers)
From information which seems to claim belief, it appears that the Ship Huntress, laden by the Government of the United States with Stores for their squadron in the Mediterranean, was taken about the third day after her departure from the Port of Alexandria by a Privateer stated to be Spanish. This lawless act is marked by circumstances which render it peculiarly impudent and provoking. The...
7404From James Madison to Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, 3 February 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
3 February 1803, Department of State, Washington. Acknowledges Yrujo’s letters of 25 , 26 , and 27 Jan. “The last mentioned letter, relating to another department, when the necessary information is received from it, I shall communicate to you the result.” Encloses “an answer to the letter of His Catholic Majesty received with your’s of the 26th. ult.” Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, DL , vol....
7405From James Madison to Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, 1 March 1804 (Madison Papers)
I have laid before the President your letter of the 23d Ult, in which the United States are called upon, in the name of His Catholic Majesty, to control the commerce of their Citizens, in provisions of every sort, with Negroes of St Domingo, in rebellion against the French Republic; with an intimation that in this demand His Catholic Majesty will be supported by some of the first powers of...
7406From James Madison to Josef Yznardy, 10 December 1801 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 10 December 1801. Acknowledged in Yznardy to JM, 18 Dec. 1801 . Discusses the suspension of Patrick Mullony’s consular functions.
7407From James Madison to Joseph M. Yznardy, 14 May 1801 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 14 May 1801. Referred to in Yznardy to JM, 6 June 1801 . Requests Yznardy to produce certain financial records of his service as consul at Cádiz.
7408From James Madison to Nicholas Van Zandt, [ca. 1 March 1820] (Madison Papers)
J Madison presents his respects to Mr Vanzant, with an acknowlegement of the receipt of the acct. of Mr. Clark. After a lapse of eight years from the original date, and a silence for three more, it could not but be unlooked for. It might fairly be presumed that the Newspaper for which the charge is made, was like sundry others, never subscribed for; being voluntarily sent to the Executive of...
7409James Madison to William Zollickoffer, 24 March 1836 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your letter of the 17th. The best answer I can give, will be found in the enclosed paper containing the last proceedings of the Historical Society in this State. With respect, FC and enclosure (PHi) . Enclosure is William Zollickoffer to Socrates Maupin, 27 Aug. 1837, re proceedings of Virginia Historical Society.
7410The Virginia Plan, 29 May 1787 (Madison Papers)
The Federal Convention plunged into its momentous assignment without great delay chiefly because a prepared outline for a new government was ready for the delegates’ consideration—the so-called Virginia Plan. JM never claimed to be the author of this plan, but his guiding influence in the Virginia caucus, which drafted the resolutions, is beyond dispute. Some weeks before the delegates...