1To James Madison from Gideon Fitz, 26 February 1816 (Madison Papers)
Permit me Sir, to lay before you a brief explanation of some circumstances affecting my feelings and in some degree my reputation. A communication from Mr. Gallatin late Secretary of the Treasury, dated 24 May 1811 and which came to hand on the 12th. July 1811 expressive of the Presidents disapprobation of the Construction of the Act of Congress of the 3rd. March 1807, and the principals on...