1To James Madison from William Ellery, 19 January 1804 (Madison Papers)
I am informed that measures have been devised or are devising to procure my removal from Office. What allegations have been or may be made against me to accomplish this purpose I do not know, and therefore cannot undertake to invalidate them. These things I do know, that my official conduct has been faithful in every respect, and for the truth of this I dare appeal with confidence to the...
2To James Madison from William Ellery, 14 January 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
14 January 1804, Newport. “At the request of James Tabor of New Bedford State of Massachusetts I now send you papers relative to the citizenship of Godfrey Hyer, and his impressment into the British Service. Mr. Tabor who married Hyer’s Sister, and to whom his letter from Liverpool is addressed, informs me that he had been absent many years, and that the last account they had concerning him...
3To James Madison from William Ellery, 16 November 1804 (Madison Papers)
The confidence I reposed in you the last session of Congress I have found, as I expected, was well placed. One favour conferred encourages the receiver, on a like occasion, to request another. The eager pursuit of Offices has not abated in this State. It has become so ardent as to excite bitter dissentions among the competitors, their adherents, and expectants. Amidst this contest and...