411To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 29 November 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Tench Coxe. 29 November 1805, Philadelphia. “I am honored with your letter relative to the copies of the two patents to Mrs. Rebecca Blackwell and Mr. Geo. Fende or Fead. I have just recd. the originals and I take the liberty to transmit them for the purpose of being forwarded to the proper officer or officers, whether register or commissioners. I will take the necessary measures for...
412To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 8 June 1806 (Madison Papers)
I find myself greatly impressed with the idea of the recent inroad of G. Britain upon neutral rights. If a whig Administration treats us & neutrals in general thus, we are to expect nothing from a change of men in their Administration. If we submit to this measure it is to be presumed that something equally extravagant will follow from the other side. The example of outrage tolerated from one...
413To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 12 June 1806 (Madison Papers)
It is my own opinion that the enclosed paper will do good among our own citizens, and public men, and in several foreign countries. I therefore send it as others anxious to do no harm where I mean only to do good. If it were to be found unfit for publication the collective view of the facts may be useful. The other paper I shall endeavour to handle with care and temper, tho with firmness. If...
414To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 20 June 1806 (Madison Papers)
The subject on which I have lately expressed my sentiments to you is so important in itself and so influential in its consequences, that I am led to continue some attention to it. In Poulson’s Amern. daily advertiser of this city of the 17th. inst. there is a proclamation of the Russian Adml. Henry Bailey, in which confiscation is held up as the consequence of infractions of the general...
415To James Madison from Tench Coxe, [3] June 1809 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor respectfully to submit to your consideration the inclosed Memoir. A few hundred copies have been prepared in order to subject it to the examination of my fellow citizens and to the judgment of gentlemen in public life. Enquiries into the means of attaining public good, and escaping public evil, can never do harm and may be useful if made with sobriety, honesty & industry. If...
416To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 28 April 1810 (Madison Papers)
As it is possible, that the bill to create a quartermasters department may become a law, and its operation upon my situation will be the most unexpected & inconvenient, I do myself the honor to submit myself to your consideration as a candidate for the office of Deputy Quarter Master at this place. I shall be willing, to obtain subsistence for myself & family, to perform any or all of the...
417Memorandum from Tench Coxe, ca. 26 May 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
Ca. 26 May 1810. Discusses the need to encourage American manufactures and encloses some observations on a treasury report on the same subject. Lists merchandise now imported that might be produced in America (linen, iron, hemp, liquors), since European sources are likely to be cut off by war. Also stresses the need to encourage manufactures that will supply the means of national defense....
418To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 18 June 1810 (Madison Papers)
It would be a matter of surprize to you, if you were to learn that any person, who ever felt a solicitude for the public happiness & safety, were easy in the recent state of our foreign affairs. The provision in the treaty dismembring the Dutch Country on the avowed ground of a rule drawn from the French constitution . between France & Holland, the complicated but consolidated power of France...
419To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 10 November 1810 (Madison Papers)
The great intrinsic importance of Banking institutions, both associated and incorporated, will be considered, I trust, by you as a sufficient apology for this respectful solicitation of a small portion of your valuable time. The system of commerce and credit, and the laws of property in the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland have been considered, as on the whole, the most perfect in...
420To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 24 April 1812 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to inclose to you a copy of a paper, which is written, in part, with a view to exemplify the mode in which it is considered, that the press and the operations of the offices or of some proper agents ought steadily to develope the cardinal truths and the practical details, on which are to be founded those vast and important aids, which internal trade can afford to Agriculture....