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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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1 | Madison, James | Address of the President to Congress, [30 April] 1789 | 1789-04-30 | The term had not yet been coined, but JM was ghostwriting speeches for Washington during the... | |
2 | Madison, James | Tonnage Duties, [4 May] 1789 | 1789-05-04 | Before this day’s debate began, JM gave notice that on 25 May he would introduce the subject of... | |
3 | House of Representatives | Washington, George | Address of the House of Representatives to the … | 1789-05-05 | The Representatives of the People of the United States present their congratulations on the event... |
4 | Madison, James | Tonnage Duties, [5 May] 1789 | 1789-05-05 | Jackson moved to lower the proposed duty on vessels from nations having commercial treaties with... | |
5 | Madison, James | Hawkins, Benjamin | From James Madison to Benjamin Hawkins, 5 May 1789 | 1789-05-05 | Letter not found. 5 May 1789. Acknowledged in Hawkins to JM, 1 June 1789 . Encloses draft of the... |
6 | Madison, James | Tonnage Duties, [7 May] 1789 | 1789-05-07 | JM moved to lower the tonnage duty on ships of countries which had no alliance with the United... | |
7 | Madison, James | Jefferson, Thomas | From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 9 May 1789 | 1789-05-09 | My last was of the 29th. March. A few days ago I had the pleasure of yours of the 12. Jany. I... |
8 | Madison, James | Import Duties, [9 May] 1789 | 1789-05-09 | The impost bill, first read on 5 May, was under consideration by the Committee of the Whole.... | |
9 | Madison, James | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 9 May 1789 | 1789-05-09 | My last was of the 29th. March. A few days ago I had the pleasure of yours of the 12. Jany. I... |
10 | Madison, James | Randolph, Edmund | From James Madison to Edmund Randolph, 10 May 1789 | 1789-05-10 | Whilst I thank you for your favr of the 23d. Ult: I must remind you that it does not contain the... |
11 | Madison, James | Title for the President, [11 May] 1789 | 1789-05-11 | The debate concerned a title for the executive office. Should the House appoint a committee to... | |
12 | Madison, James | Import Duties, [12 May] 1789 | 1789-05-12 | The committee had resumed consideration of the impost bill. The question was whether to strike... | |
13 | Madison, James | Monroe, James | From James Madison to James Monroe, 13 May 1789 | 1789-05-13 | I have been favored with yours of April . The newspapers will have given you some idea of our... |
14 | Madison, James | Import Duty on Slaves, [13 May] 1789 | 1789-05-13 | Parker moved to fix a duty of ten dollars on each slave imported into the United States. Some... | |
15 | Madison, James | Import Duties, [15 May] 1789 | 1789-05-15 | JM moved to add a clause to the impost bill limiting its duration. Mr. Madison . When he offered... | |
16 | Madison, James | Pendleton, Edmund | From James Madison to Edmund Pendleton, 17 May 1789 | 1789-05-17 | Your favor of the 3d. instant was not recd. till two days ago. It is not certain however that the... |
17 | Madison, James | Removal Power of the President, [19 May] 1789 | 1789-05-19 | The House took up the establishment of executive departments. JM moved the creation of foreign... | |
18 | Madison, James | Treasury Department, [20 May] 1789 | 1789-05-20 | Gerry proposed to place the treasury in the hands of three commissioners. Baldwin preferred a... | |
19 | Madison, James | Trist, Eliza House | From James Madison to Eliza House Trist, 21 May 1789 | 1789-05-21 | Your favor of the 15th. gave me the first information of Browse’s illness. I hope his recovery is... |
20 | Madison, James | Citizenship, [22 May] 1789 | 1789-05-22 | The House took up the petition of David Ramsay, who claimed that the election of William Smith of... | |
21 | Madison, James | Jefferson, Thomas | From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 23 May 1789 | 1789-05-23 | This will I expect be handed you by a young gentleman, Mr. Colden, the son of an amiable lady of... |
22 | Madison, James | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 23 May 1789 | 1789-05-23 | This will I expect be handed you by a young gentleman, Mr. Colden, the son of an amiable lady of... |
23 | Madison, James | Jefferson, Thomas | From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 27 May 1789 | 1789-05-27 | Since my last which was written on sunday last and included an introduction of young Mr. Colden... |
24 | Madison, James | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 27 May 1789 | 1789-05-27 | Since my last which was written on Sunday last and included an introduction of young Mr. Colden... |
25 | Madison, James | Randolph, Edmund | From James Madison to Edmund Randolph, 31 May 1789 | 1789-05-31 | I have been favored with yours of the 19th. instant and thank you for the answer to Mr. St.... |
26 | Madison, James | Notes for Speech in Congress, [ca. 8 June] 1789 | 1789-06-08 | Reasons urging amendts. 1. to prove fedts. friends to liberty 2. remove remaining inquietudes 3.... | |
27 | Madison, James | Amendments to the Constitution, [8 June] 1789 | 1789-06-08 | On 25 May, the day assigned to take up amendments, JM moved to postpone the subject for two weeks... | |
28 | Madison, James | Jefferson, Thomas | From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 13 June 1789 | 1789-06-13 | The letter herewith enclosed from Col: H. Lee with the papers accompanying it fully explain... |
29 | Madison, James | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 13 June 1789 | 1789-06-13 | The letter herewith enclosed from Col. H. Lee with the papers accompanying it fully explain... |
30 | Madison, James | Randolph, Edmund | From James Madison to Edmund Randolph, 15 June 1789 | 1789-06-15 | The inclosed paper contains the proposition made on Monday last on the subject of amendments. It... |