31To John Adams from Elbridge Gerry, 6 March 1813 (Adams Papers)
Your letters of the 11th of February has given me great pleasure. I regretted exceedingly that the incidents of the day, at our last interview, deprived me of the pleasure you then proposed, of conversing fully & freely on the subject of the Navy. I have this day written to Captain Selman (Commodore Broughton being no more) & have requested of him every information, & a copy of every document...
32To James Madison from Elbridge Gerry, 20 February 1813 (Madison Papers)
I have this day the honor of receiving, by James M Varnum Esq, your letter of the fourteenth instant; enclosing a Certificate, from the Honble William H. Crawford President of the Senate pro tempore, that I have been duly elected Vice President of the United States agreably to the Constitution. This distinguished testimony of the Confidence of a majority of the Honorable Electors duly invested...
33To James Madison from Elbridge Gerry, 15 February 1813 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor last week of addressing a line of introduction to yourself, of my neighbour John Appleton Esq, stating his desire to be occupied in some public office; and being apprized of his wish to administer the functions of the Marshalls office in regard to Prisoners, it is incumbent on me to be explicit on the subject, by declaring, that this was not my object, but that on the other...
34To John Adams from Elbridge Gerry, 9 February 1813 (Adams Papers)
I have deferred an answer to the letter, which you did me the honor of addressing on the 28th of Jany, ’till I could see Capt John Delman of Marblehead; who has refreshed my memory with the following statement, which he made in a short interview, as the facts then were presented to his recollection. “That in the fall of the year 1775, General Washington commissioned Nicolas Broughton &...
35To James Madison from Elbridge Gerry, 9 February 1813 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
9 February 1813, Cambridge. “The bearer John Appleton Esqr, one of the Consuls of the U.States, is a neighbour of mine, & proposes to pay his respects to you at Washington. His object, as he informs me, is to express his readiness, as he has much leisure time, to occupy it in any public employment which may be for the mutual benefit of the Publick & himself, in this quarter. Mr Appleton is a...
36To James Madison from Elbridge Gerry, 26 January 1813 (Madison Papers)
Accept my sincere thanks for your friendly favor, without date; & for the cheerful manner of your meeting my request. At the time prescribed, & before the District Judge & a circle of my friends, I propose to take the oath, agreably to your information; unless it should be requisite, for public purposes, to be then at Washington, in which event I shall claim no indulgence. Nothing delights me...
37To James Madison from Elbridge Gerry, 19 December 1812 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor on the 12th, to address a line to you, requesting information whether there probably will be a Session of Congress or of the Senate on the 4th of march next, & if so, of what duration? The principal object of this enquiry was to ascertain, in case of the success of the republican ticket for President & Vice President, & of no Session of Congress, or of the Senate on the day...
38To James Madison from Elbridge Gerry, 12 December 1812 (Madison Papers)
I am happy, extremely so, in the prospect of your re-election; for the reverse of this would, in my mind, have given to G Britain, a complete triumph over our most meritorious administration, & Legislature, & Would have been considered by her, & probably by all Europe, as a sure pledge of the Revocation of our Independence. If the issue of the Election should be such, as is here anticipated by...
39To James Madison from Elbridge Gerry, 8 November 1812 (Madison Papers)
I have read, my dear Sir, with inexpressible pleasure, your message to Congress; embracing, in my veiw of it, every important point, & every requisite observation thereon, compatible with elegant precision. Had Congress adjourned to an earlier period, this important document would have probably had a salutary influence on the elections. I observe with pleasure, that there is soon, to be a...
40To James Madison from Elbridge Gerry, 24 August 1812 (Madison Papers)
Our late Secretary, Benjamin Homans Esqr will have the honor of paying his respects, & presenting this to you. His object is to obtain some place, in which he may be employed for the mutual benefit of himself & the Publick. The Consulate to which he was lately appointed would not have enabled him to subsist himself, & his Family. His success in the present pursuit, would afford great pleasure...