1To James Madison from William Harris Crawford, 18 February 1809 (Madison Papers)
The undersigned having been informed, that the Honbl. Judge Bruin of the Mississippi Territory has resigned his appointment of Judge of the said Territory from & after the 3d. day of March next, beg leave to recommend as a person well qualified to fill that vacancy, Obadiah Jones Esquire of the State of Georgia. If individual merit, strict integrity, and a warm & sincere attachment to the...
2William Harris Crawford to James Monroe, 5 April 1812 (Madison Papers)
I have just recd. a letter from Genl Floyd (which I enclose for your perusal) giving an account of the transactions which have lately taken place at Amelia Island under the Auspices of Genl Mathews. From this account, the affair is worse than I had expected. The veracity and intelligence, & I may add, the patriotism of the writer, exclude the idea of misrepresentation, or mistake in the...
3To James Madison from William Harris Crawford, 25 May 1812 (Madison Papers)
I recd. the enclosed letter a few days since. You know the writer, & can properly appreciate the value of the information it contains. It was evidently written with an expectation that its contents should be communicated to you. On this account, and on this alone, I have submitted it your consideration. I have been informed that the professorships of natural & experimental philosophy, & of...
4To James Madison from William Harris Crawford, 30 June 1812 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
30 June 1812, Senate Chamber. Recommends “Mr Charles Sterrett Ridgely of Maryland for an appointment in the army of the United States.” “It is due to candor, to state, that he is a federalist, but it is equally due to him to state, that he is an American in feeling and principle.” RC ( DLC ). 2 pp.
5To James Madison from William Harris Crawford, 6 January 1813 (Madison Papers)
The very Kind and flattering manner in which you offered me a seat in the Cabinet, yesterday, has made a very deep impression upon my mind. Under the influence of this impression, and with a sincere desire to act in conformity with your wishes, I have reviewed the reasons which then induced me to decline that honorable distinction. This review has terminated in the conviction, that I am not...
6To James Madison from William Harris Crawford, 3 March 1813 (Madison Papers)
Before I leave this place, I beg leave to suggest the necessity of removing Genl Wilkinson from the New Orleans Station. The importance of that place, should induce a selection of a military commander, whose character is above suspicion. That Genl Wilkinson is not an officer of that description, will I believe be universally admitted. Those who adhere to him are constrained to admit, that...
7To James Madison from William Harris Crawford, 1 November 1814 (Madison Papers)
Your letter of August last, enclosed in one from Mrs Custis, has been recd. Colo. De Greffe, the Gentleman referred to, has not called upon me, nor do I know whether he has been in Paris. If he is here, it is very probable, that he has been prevented from calling, by the representations of Mr Warden, thro’ whom, Mrs Custis conveyed her letter. The conduct of Mr Warden since he has been removed...
8William H. Crawford to Thomas Jefferson, 12 December 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
I have just been informed that our Envoys at Ghent are about to dispatch a fast Sailing vessel from Amsterdam with dispatches. I have only time to Scribble you a few lines. Indeed I have but little to communicate in addition to my former letter . The Congress at Vienna proceeds much slower than had been anticipated. It is uncertain whether they have Settled any one point of importance. I am...
9To James Madison from William Harris Crawford, 28 December 1814 (Madison Papers)
On the 26th inst I recd. a note from the Duke of Wellington informing me that peace was signed on the 26th. and Congratulating me on the event. Yesterday evening he called upon me, as well as the Secy of legation Lord Fitzroy Somerset. I am informed he despatched a messenger immediately for Vienna. It is generally believed that nothing has been satisfactorily arranged at that place. The...
10To James Madison from William Harris Crawford, 4 August 1815 (Madison Papers)
The letter of the 18th. ult which you have had the Kindness to address to me, communicating my appointment as Secretary of the department of war, was handed to me Yesterday morning by Mr Forrest. The evidence which this appointment affords, that the Confidence heretofore reposed in my integrity and capacity, has not been diminished by the complete failure of the negociation committed to my...