12951To James Madison from Stephen Pleasonton, 31 December 1816 (Madison Papers)
Capt. Mullowny who holds the Commission of Consul at Tenneriffe, but who has not yet found it convenient to repair to his Station, has sent me the inclosed papers with a view to induce the appointment of Emanuel J. West as Vice Consul there, to act during his absence. The recommendations of Mr West are very respectable, and if he could be appointed, it would greatly accommodate Capt. Mullowny....
12952To James Madison from Stephen Pleasonton, 7 August 1815 (Madison Papers)
Agreeably to an arrangement suggested by the Secretary of State, I have the honor to inclose for your perusal, on their passage to him, a highly interesting letter from Mr. Russell, two letters on different subjects from Mr. Baker, and some others from individuals of minor importance. Mr. Crawford having accepted the appointment to the War Department, as you will perceive by a note from him...
12953To James Madison from Stephen Pleasonton, 27 January 1817 (Madison Papers)
The Secretary of State has directed me to submit to you the propriety of nominating to the Senate the following persons, viz Henry Wilson, of Maryland, at present the Consul at L’ Orient, to be Consul of the UStates at Nantz, vice, D. Strobel, resigned. Edward Church, of Kentucky, to be Consul at L’ Orient. John B. Frazier, of Massacts, to be Consul for the Island of Curracao. Stephen Bradley,...
12954To James Madison from Stephen Pleasonton, 4 January 1815 (Madison Papers)
In presenting the enclosed petition of Mr Shipley of Delaware, S. Pleasonton would respectfully remark to the President, that a remission was granted in February last for that part of the forfeiture in the case, which accrued in the Pennsa District, and which remission he supposed would operate equally in the District of Delaware. He accordingly sent to Mr. Rodney, Attorney for Mr. Shipley, a...
12955Plumard to Thomas Jefferson, 12 September 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the liberty to send you inclosed a letter for my relation and friend, M r P. Derieux , living in monroe County State of Virginia , these Some years past, and being ignorant if he has not been obliged to go and live elsewhere; according to his direction, I apply to you, to request of you to be So good as to forward it to him. he has been almost these two years without hearing of his...
12956To James Madison from William Plumer, 2 March 1816 (Madison Papers)
In consequence of reducing the military peace establishment of the United States to its present number, many deserving officers have necessarily been greatly injured, turned out of employment and deprived of their usual means of subsistence. Permit me to solicit your favorable attention to one of these unfortunate gentlemen, Lt. Col. Stephen Ranney, who now resides at Charlestown in the...
12957To John Adams from William Plumer, 21 March 1815 (Adams Papers)
I have for sometime neglected writing to my friend your son at St. Petersburg, because I expected his return early the approaching summer; but I now perceive he is appointed minster plenipotentiary to the court of St. James’s. My object in this Address is to enquire whether he will accept that mission or return to his native country? If he accepts that appointment, the son may terminate his...
12958To John Adams from William Plumer, 2 January 1813 (Adams Papers)
I received by the last mail your obliging letter of the 16th December; & be assured I am highly gratified by the information that my late speech merited your approbation. You observe that you are unable to account for the change in the sentiments of the New England states, & New York & New Jersey, as exprest in their recent elections; & request my opinion thereon. I regret that I have not the...
12959To James Madison from William Plumer, 24 May 1815 (Madison Papers)
As the important office of collector of the duties on imports for the district of New Hampshire is now held by Joseph Whipple Esq, a man of more than eighty years of age, & as public interest seems to require the appointment of a successor, permit to recommend Lt. col. Timothy Upham to your favourable attention, as a gentleman well qualified, & whose services merit that office. He was bred a...
12960To James Madison from William Plumer, 23 September 1812 (Madison Papers)
Having in common with every good citizen of the United States an anxiety, that the present necessary & just war against Great Britain & her savage allies, should be prosecuted not only with vigor but with success, I know your candor will excuse the freedom I indulge, in suggesting the propriety of allowing higher wages to the soldiers. In New England, the demand for laborers is so great, & the...
12961William Plumer to Thomas Jefferson, 25 November 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Permit me to congratulate you on the success of the Republicans in this State in the choice of Electors & Representatives to Congress ; and of the prospect of great unanimity in the approaching interesting presidential election. I avail myself of this opportunity of presenting you with a copy of my speech to the legislature at the opening of their present session. RC ( MHi ); at foot of text:...
12962To James Madison from William Plumer, 10 February 1817 (Madison Papers)
In compliance with a resolution of the legislature of this State, I have requested the Collector of the port of Portsmouth to send you by the first opportunity a box containing a Map of New Hampshire, to be left in the Collectors office in Alexandria in the District of Columbia. I have the honor to be with much respect and esteem, Your Excellency’s most obedient humble servant RC ( DNA : RG...
12963To John Adams from William Plumer, 17 August 1813 (Adams Papers)
A few days since I received your obliging letter of the 25th of July with “Clark’s Sketches of the Naval history of the United States”; for which be pleased to accept my grateful acknowledgment. The letters from Prince & Clark & the prospectus are herewith inclosed. I have read the sketches with attention, & think they contain much useful information. In the compilation of my history of the...
12964To James Madison from William Plumer, 25 November 1816 (Madison Papers)
Permit me to congratulate you on the success of the republicans in this State in the choice of Electors & representatives to Congress; and of the prospect of great unanimity in the approaching presidential election. I avail myself of this opportunity of presenting you with a copy of my speech to the legislature at the opening of their present session. I have the honor to be with much respect...
12965William Plumer to Thomas Jefferson, 27 April 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
When I had the honor of communicating to you, at the city of Washington , my intention of compiling the history of our country from its discovery by Columbus to the present time, you was pleased to assure me that after your Presidential term should expire, you would transmit me a number of manuscript & other documents in your possession, in relation to the great events in which you have been...
12966To John Adams from William Plumer, 25 November 1814 to 26 November 1814 (Adams Papers)
A variety of avocations, and a degree of ill health, has prevented me till now from making my grateful acknowledgement for the receipt of your obliging letter of the 27th of last month. You ask my opinion whether New Hampshire is prepared to adopt the measures of the Massachusetts legislature? I think they are not. Though the damning doctrine of dismemberment has advocates here, yet I do not...
12967To James Madison from William Plumer, 30 October 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
30 October 1810, Epping, New Hampshire. Recommends Gideon Granger for the vacancy on the Supreme Court. RC ( DNA : RG 59, LAR , 1809–17, filed under “Granger”); FC ( DLC : William Plumer Papers). RC 1 p. William Plumer (1759–1850) had been a Federalist senator from New Hampshire, 1802–7. He later served as a Republican governor of New Hampshire, 1812–13 and 1816–19.
12968To John Adams from William Plumer, 12 July 1814 (Adams Papers)
Permit me to request you to accept of the enclosed address to the Clergy. Their systematic opposition to our government evinces a spirit equally hostile to Christianity and the real interests of their country. How far I have succeeded in exposing their misconduct you will judge. I wish some abler pen, and one more at leisure, had undertaken & more fully investigated the subject. What is your...
12969To James Madison from William Plumer, 6 June 1812 (Madison Papers)
Permit me to enclose to your Excellency my speech this day delivered to the legislature of this State, and to assure you, that at this eventful era, there is a republican majority in each branch of the legislature. I am with much personal respect and esteem, your most obedient humble servant RC ( DLC ). Docketed by JM. For enclosure, see n. 1. On 4 June 1812 Plumer had been elected governor of...
12970To John Adams from William Plumer, 28 October 1809 (Adams Papers)
Although I have never had the pleasure of a personal acquaintance with you, yet to your real character & to the great services you have rendered our common country, I am no stranger. With your worthy son, now on a mission to St. Petersburg, I served three years in the Senate of the United States, & contracted a friendship with him that I hope will terminate but with life. You no doubt will...
12971William Plumer to Thomas Jefferson, 9 July 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
On my return from an active and interesting session of our legislature, permit me to present you with a copy of my speech to the legislature them at the commencement of their session. I offer this as a tribute of respect to your exalted talents & public services, and as an exposition of my own prin c iples & views of government. RC ( MHi ); at foot of text: “Hon. Thomas Jefferson Montecello...
12972To John Adams from William Plumer, 30 October 1810 (Adams Papers)
Permit me to congratulate you on this your natal day —& to express my sincere wishes, that a life that has been so greatly important and so highly useful to his country, may yet experience the return of many revolving seasons, accompanied with sound health, the zest of life. We have reports that the American Minister at St. Petersburg does not enjoy good health—and that he will soon return to...
12973To John Adams from William Plumer, 5 September 1811 (Adams Papers)
It is sometime since I have had any information from my much esteemed friend, your worthy son, the minister of the United States at St. Petersburg. There is a report that he has not accepted the office of Judge, but will still remain at that court in the character of minister—permit me therefore to ask the favor of informing me per mail when you last heard from him—when you expect his return...
12974To James Madison from William Plumer, 22 January 1813 (Madison Papers)
As a law has recently passed for building ships of the line, with an additional number of frigates, permit me to suggest for your consideration, the propriety & expediency of building one of the seventy fours at Portsmouth in this State. The harbor is not only good, but the situation & means for building is convenient. In that place the America was built, the only ship of the line, I beleive...
12975To John Adams from William Plumer, 27 January 1810 (Adams Papers)
Permit me to request you to accept my cordial thanks for the list of your works, obligingly communicated by your letter of the 9th. I hope I shall profit by the hints you give respecting the origen of the constitutions of several of the States & that of the United States, should I live to bring my history up to that period. Let me entreat you, whenever you write your son in Russia, to mention...
12976William Plumer to Thomas Jefferson, 30 December 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
Having been sometime engaged in writing the history of the United States , & the biography of some of its most eminent citizens ; & knowing, from the acquaintance I had with you at Washington during the five years I was a member of the Senate , of your extensive knowledge of historical facts not only relating to this country but of the world in general, I am induced to take the liberty of...
12977To James Madison from William Plumer, 27 March 1813 (Madison Papers)
The recent elections in New Hampshire, it appears, have terminated by small majorities in favor of the federalists. The three branches of our State government in June next will each of them have small majorities of that character. Mr Gilman is probably elected Governor by a constitutional majority of from one to three hundred votes. Had our republicans who are in the army & in privateers been...
12978To John Adams from William Plumer, 19 March 1813 (Adams Papers)
I am ashamed of having so long delayed acknowledging the receipt of your most excellent & truly innstinctive letter of the 10th of January. The pressure of official business, company, & partial, but necessary attention to my private concerns have so entirely engrossed my time for two months past, as to afford me no leisure to write a friend. In speaking of our Country you state a serious fact,...
12979To John Adams from William Plumer, 14 October 1811 (Adams Papers)
By the last mail I received your favour of the 7th instant, informing me that your son has declined the appointment of Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States, & that he will remain at Russia, at the least another winter. In the course of the present week I shall address myself to him, by letter, in that distant country. I think your invaluable correspondence, published in the Boston...
12980To James Madison from William Plumer, 30 March 1816 (Madison Papers)
The office of collector of the port of Portsmouth in this state being vacant by the death of the former collector, permit me to recommend Col. Timothy Upham of that town as a person well qualified for that office. He is a gentleman of strict integrity & of an unblemished moral character; a good scholar, & correct accountant. The services he rendered the nation, as an officer in the late war,...
12981To John Adams from William Plumer, 6 June 1812 (Adams Papers)
Permit me to enclose you a copy of my speech this day delivered to our Legislature; & to assure you that there is a decided majority of Republicans in each branch of our government. I am with much respect & esteem / your friend & humble servant, MHi : Adams Papers.
12982To John Adams from William Plumer, 22 December 1809 (Adams Papers)
I owe you a thousand apologies for not sooner acknowledging your obliging letter of the fourth of November; but it would be more than useless to trouble you with the enumeration. With respect to my intended history, my design is to commence with the discovery of America by Columbus, & bring it down to as late a period as my time & health will permit. I have commenced, but am very far from...
12983To James Madison from William Plumer Jr., 8 June 1815 (Madison Papers)
The subject of this letter will, I flatter myself, be considered as a sufficient excuse for the liberty which I take in addressing you. Considering the late war with Great Britain as one of the most important epochs in our national history, I have observed its progress & termination with great interest & anxiety. Now that it is happily concluded, I feel, in common with many others, a strong...
12984To James Madison from the Inhabitants of Plymouth, Massachusetts, 20 July 1812 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
20 July 1812. Submit “the following memorial,” which “was unanimously adopted and voted to be … forwarded to the president of the United States.” “The inhabitants of the town of Plymouth in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in legal town meeting assembled, respectfully shew. “That having recently united with their fellow-citizens in the vicinity, in memorializing congress, upon the menacing...
12985George Poindexter to James Monroe, [before 20 March 1813] (Jefferson Papers)
M r Poindexter with his respects to M r monroe asks the favor of him to convey the Guinea grass seed, sent herewith, to m r Jefferson . M r Poindexter regrets that through the carelessness of his servant the grass seed were mixed with some of another kind, and a quantity of them lost, by being loose in the Portmanteau. m r P.
12986Joel R. Poinsett to James Monroe, 16 November 1815 (Madison Papers)
I have received by a friend from Rio de Janeiro accounts from the river of Plate to the first of August. Shortly after I left Buenos Ayres, Posadas withdrew from the command, and Dn. Carlos Alvear was appointed Supreme Director. At this period the Expedition under Murillo was hourly expected on the shores of La Plata, and all parties united in the common defence. The undisguised ambition, and...
12987Joseph Léonard Poirey to Thomas Jefferson, 1 March 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
[ Ed. Note : On 1 Mar. 1812 Joseph Léonard Poirey addressed TJ a letter from Rue Mézieres number 4, Paris ( RC in DLC, endorsed by TJ as received 27 May 1812 and so recorded in SJL , enclosed in John Graham to TJ, 23 May 1812 , or James Madison to TJ, 25 May 1812 ; Dupl in DLC, dated Paris , 1 Mar. 1813, endorsed by TJ as received 18 Aug. 1813 and so recorded in SJL ) that was nearly identical...
12988To James Madison from Charles Peale Polk, 12 October 1809 (Madison Papers)
My feelings are deeply excited by the Step which I now take in addressing a letter to you, not knowing in what light it may be viewed. But of this I am conscious that I do it with the most respectful motive. I take the liberty of enclosing several letters for Your perusal, and among them One which I had the honor of receiving from you in April 1801, in which you were pleased to say “I shall...
12989To James Madison from Robert Polk, 10 March 1815 (Madison Papers)
Permit me, with the respect due to your character and station to address you with a view to request your favorable regard in a case relating to my personal interests. In so doing I am unconscious how far I may be trespassing upon the rules of official decorum, but must trust, for my apology, to that liberality which has uniformly distinguished your character. It is not without reluctance that...
12990To James Madison from Robert Polk, 3 March 1817 (Madison Papers)
In doing myself the honor of addressing you on the present occasion, permit me to say that it is not without reluctance I have prevailed upon myself to add one to the number of those who may appear before you as Candidates for a portion of Executive favor. But relying on the liberality of your disposition for indulgence, I take the freedom to address you. A bill, providing for the prompt...
12991Enclosure: Oliver Pollock to William Robertson, and Reply, 30 January 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
Thomas Jeffersons letter or Copy when Governor of Virginia dated the 6 th Nov r 1779 at the Board of Trade directed to Oliver Pollock Esq. Commercial Agent New orleans . O.P s account was settled in Richmond the 18 th December 1785 & about that period it is probable the above letter or Copy may be found on the files.
12992Oliver Pollock to Thomas Jefferson, 28 March 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the Honor of receiving your letter of Dec. 31 st in due Course, for which, as well as in the sentiments, and good wishes therein expressed, I beg you to accept my acknowledgments. Altho’ you were put to some trouble to retrace the events of such antiquity in order to answer my letter as correctly as you could—Yet with all that trouble it seems that you have been mistaken in a very...
12993Oliver Pollock to Thomas Jefferson, 19 November 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the honor of receiving your letter dated on the 4 th of may , some time back and delayed making an acknowledgement until I could do it fully to my own Satisfaction. I find to my regret that you do not retain as particular a recollection of the transactions of the Government of Virginia as I had hoped, this indeed is not surprising considering the numerous and important offices which you...
12994Oliver Pollock to Thomas Jefferson, 23 April 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
When you recve this you will discover that my carreer of misfortunes and trouble has not yet terminated, nor am I satisfied, notwithstanding all the sac r afices of time trouble and expense for the Actual losses sustained by me in my concerns with the public—to you who knew so well there nature their extent and there importance I need not delate—but I may use that Recolle c tion as an...
12995To James Madison from Benjamin Pond, 20 May 1812 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
20 May 1812, Washington. Recommends William P. Van Ness “as a person of high respectability … who is well versed in legal knowledge.” Believes him suitable for appointment to a district judgeship in New York. RC ( DNA : RG 59, LAR , 1809–17, filed under “Van Ness”). 1 p. Benjamin Pond (1768–1814) was a Republican representative from a northern New York district in the Twelfth Congress. JM was...
12996To James Madison from M. Pontoire, 22 December 1812 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
22 December 1812, Nantes. Offers his services as a military or naval engineer. RC ( DLC ). 1 p.; in French.
12997To James Madison from John Pope, 30 September 1816 (Madison Papers)
I beg leave to recommend for the vacancy in the judiciary occasioned by the death of Judge Innis Mr Silus M. Noel residing near Frankfort. I am not intimately acqua[i]nted with him but have understood that he has been a practising lawyer & for a time a judge. He is a gentleman of excellent education, good mind & very respectable legal attainments. His private character is unexceptionable & his...
12998To James Madison from John Pope, 19 April 1809 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
19 April 1809, Washington. Has heard from Ninian Edwards, chief justice of the Kentucky appeals court, who wishes the appointment as governor of the Illinois Territory. From previous conversations, Pope thought Edwards wanted to serve in the Mississippi Territory. Edwards is a talented former member of the Kentucky legislature, served as a presidential elector, and is capable of observing and...
12999To James Madison from John Pope, 13 December 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
13 December 1811, Washington. Recommends John Edwards King of Cumberland County, Kentucky, for the judicial vacancy in upper Louisiana. He is a lawyer of “experience, respectability & influe⟨nce⟩ & qualified for the office.” RC ( DNA : RG 59, LAR , 1809–17, misfiled under “Edwards”). 1 p. Docketed by Monroe. Damaged at margin.
13000To James Madison from Buckner Thruston and John Pope, 16 December 1809 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
16 December 1809, Senate Chamber. Encloses recommendations on behalf of John Coburn for the position of governor of the Louisiana Territory. They have also received letters in favor of John Allen for the same position and concur in recommending both men. RC and enclosures ( DNA : RG 59, LAR , 1809–17, filed under “Coburn”). RC 1 p. Enclosures (4 pp.) are two letters signed by citizens of...