301Proportional Representation, [19 December] 1791 (Madison Papers)
On 9 December 1791 the Senate approved the apportionment bill but amended the ratio of...
302From James Madison to Daniel Carroll, 20 December 1791 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 20 December 1791. Acknowledged in Carroll to JM, 26 and 30 Dec. 1791 . Reports...
303Bill for Pennsylvania Land Contract, [21 December] 1791 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Madison, from the committee appointed, presented a bill for carrying into effect a contract...
304From James Madison to Daniel Carroll, 25 December 1791 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 25 December 1791. Acknowledged in Carroll to JM, 30 Dec. 1791 . Informs Carroll...
305For the National Gazette, 31 December 1791 (Madison Papers)
In monarchies there is a two fold danger—1st, That the eyes of a good prince cannot see all that...
306From James Madison to Henry Lee, 1 January 1792 (Madison Papers)
I have received your’s of the 22d Dec, and am sincerely sorry that I cannot be as instrumental on...
307From James Madison to Daniel Carroll, 1 January 1792 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 1 January 1792. Acknowledged in Carroll to JM, 5 and 8 Jan. 1792 . Discusses...
308From James Madison to Henry Lee, 8 January 1792 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 8 January 1792. Acknowledged in Lee to JM, 17 Jan. 1792 . Discusses pending...
309Low Postage for Newspapers, [9 January] 1792 (Madison Papers)
On 9 January the post office bill was read a third time. Murray moved to recommit and amend it by...
310Memorandum on Specie, post 12 January 1792 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
Abstract. Post 12 January 1792. Calculates the standard alloy and pure silver content of the...
311For the National Gazette, 18 January 1792 (Madison Papers)
In Europe, charters of liberty have been granted by power. America has set the example and France...
312From James Madison to Henry Lee, 21 January 1792 (Madison Papers)
On the receipt of your favour of the 9th. I communicated to Mr. Freneau the complaint of his...
313From James Madison to Edmund Pendleton, 21 January 1792 (Madison Papers)
I have delayed for some time writing in the daily expectation that I should be able to resume the...
314For the National Gazette, [ca. 23 January] 1792 (Madison Papers)
In every political society, parties are unavoidable. A difference of interests, real or supposed,...
315Proportional Representation, [24 January] 1792 (Madison Papers)
The Committee of the Whole considered a resolution to break the impasse with the Senate over...
316Bill for Protection of the Frontiers, [25 January] 1792 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Madison, from the committee appointed, presented a bill for making further and more effectual...
317For the National Gazette, 28 January 1792 (Madison Papers)
The boasted equilibrium of this government, (so far as it is a reality) is maintained less by the...
318From James Madison to Henry Lee, 29 January 1792 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Marshall called last evening with your favor of the 17th. but not being at home, I have not...
319From James Madison to Joseph Jones, 29 January 1792 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 29 January 1792. Acknowledged in Jones to JM, 10 Feb. 1792 . Requests...
320For the National Gazette, 31 January 1792 (Madison Papers)
Among the various reforms which have been offered to the world, the projects for universal peace...
321From James Madison to John Moore, ca. 1 February 1792 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. Ca. 1 February 1792. Acknowledged in Moore to JM, 27 Mar. 1792 . Encloses...
322For the National Gazette, 4 February 1792 (Madison Papers)
Power being found by universal experience liable to abuses, a distribution of it into separate...
323Bounty Payments for Cod Fisheries, [6 February] 1792 (Madison Papers)
On 3 February 1792 the Committee of the Whole began consideration of the bill for encouragement...
324From James Madison to James Madison, Sr., 9 February 1792 (Madison Papers)
Inclosed are three numbers of the National Gazette to which I refer for the proceedings of...
325From James Madison to Henry Lee, 12 February 1792 (Madison Papers)
I have your favor of the 29th Ultmo. The Senate have disagreed to that part of the Military Bill...
326From James Madison to Daniel Carroll, 16 February 1792 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 16 February 1792. Acknowledged in Carroll to JM, 23 Feb. 1792 . Reports on...
327For the National Gazette, 18 February 1792 (Madison Papers)
No Government is perhaps reducible to a sole principle of operation. Where the theory approaches...
328From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 20 February 1792 (Madison Papers)
J. M. returns Mr. J. his note endorsed for negociation at the Bank, but recommends in preference...
329From James Madison to Edmund Pendleton, 21 February 1792 (Madison Papers)
Your favor of the 8th. did not come to hand till this afternoon. I thank you for the very just &...
330Account with the United States, [21 February] 1792 (Madison Papers)
1792 The United States to James Madison Jr. Drs. Feb 21 To attendance in Congress from Jany 16...
331From James Madison to Joseph Jones, 21 February 1792 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 21 February 1792. Acknowledged in Jones to JM, 2 Mar. 1792 . Concerns the terms...
332From James Madison to Hubbard Taylor, 22 February 1792 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 22 February 1792. Acknowledged in Taylor to JM, 16 Apr. 1792 . Contains...
333Memorandum on New Orleans, [ca. 1 March] 1792 (Madison Papers)
Information of Phil. Barbour, who resided long in West Florida After N. Orleans fell into the...
334From James Madison to James Madison, Sr., 2 March 1792 (Madison Papers)
I have for some time past written once a week, inclosing always the Natl Gazettees as they come...
335For the National Gazette, 3 March 1792 (Madison Papers)
A perfect theory on this subject would be useful, not because it could be reduced to practice by...
336From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 5 March 1792 (Madison Papers)
The inclosed papers which I have got from Mr. Beckleys office furnishes an answer to your letter....
337Resolution on the French Constitution, [10 March] 1792 (Madison Papers)
The president forwarded to the House a letter from Louis XVI announcing that the French king had...
338From James Madison to Joseph Jones, 13 March 1792 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 13 March 1792. Acknowledged in Jones to JM, 22 Mar. 1792 . Concerns the...
339From James Madison to James Madison, Sr., 15 March 1792 (Madison Papers)
The last letter recd. from you was that of Feby. 1. Since my answer to that the state of the...
340Notes for Speech in Congress: The Contested Georgia Election, [ca. 19 March] 1792 (Madison Papers)
The election of General Anthony Wayne to the House of Representatives from a Georgia...
341The Contested Georgia Election, [19 March] 1792 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Madison replied generally to all the reasoning of the gentlemen who had gone before him in...
342For the National Gazette, 20 March 1792 (Madison Papers)
An humble address has been lately presented to the Prince of Wales by the buckle manufacturers of...
343Proportional Representation, [22 March] 1792 (Madison Papers)
During debate on the apportionment bill in Committee of the Whole on 16 February, JM opposed...
344Design of Coinage, [24 March] 1792 (Madison Papers)
The Senate passed a bill establishing the mint which included a provision for displaying an image...
345From James Madison to Edmund Pendleton, 25 March 1792 (Madison Papers)
Your favor of the 14th. came to hand yesterday. You were right in saying “that the Northern Cocks...
346For the National Gazette, 27 March 1792 (Madison Papers)
This term in its particular application means “that dominion which one man claims and exercises...
347Inquiry into General St. Clair’s Defeat, [27 March] 1792 (Madison Papers)
Giles moved that the House request the president to conduct an inquiry into the causes of the...
348From James Madison to Henry Lee, 28 March 1792 (Madison Papers)
No nomination has yet been made of a new commander for the military establishment, nor of any of...
349Inquiry into General St. Clair’s Defeat, [28 March] 1792 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Madison moved, “that it be an instruction to the committee of seven, appointed yesterday, to...
350From James Madison to James Madison, Sr., 30 March 1792 (Madison Papers)
I have procured & inclose with the two last Natl. Gazettes, the 1st. No. which compleats your...