1From James Madison to John Breckinridge, 15 June 1806 (Madison Papers)
I recd. by the last mail yours of the 24th. may. Black Sultan will not be farmed, after the present Season, but sold for the best price that can be had. It is supposed that the race fields this fall will present the best Markets; and that in the neighbourhood of this City will probably the one entitled to preference. Our last letters from Armstrong & Bowdoin, were of the 9th. of March. They...
2From James Madison to John Breckinridge, 31 January 1806 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to enclose a letter from Mr. Merry of the 7th. inst. in which he complains of the construction put, by the officers of the Treasury Department and other branches of the Government, upon the treaty of Amity with Great Britain, and the explanatory articles, in three particulars: 1st. respecting the mode of calculating the duties collected in the Northern Districts of the...
3From James Madison to John Breckinridge, 25 January 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ To John Breckinridge. 25 January 1806, Department of State. “The Secretary of State presents his respects to the Attorney General, and transmits him a letter from the District Attorney for Pennsylvania, respecting the case of Shattuck vs Maley, in which if the Plaintiff should prevail, a claim will probably be made on the responsibility of the U. States to indemnify for the capture of a...
4From James Madison to John Breckinridge, 19 November 1793 (Madison Papers)
I take the liberty of making known to you the Revd. Mr. Toulmin who visits Kentucky with a view to transmit its character to a body of his friends in England who wish to exchange their native Country for some part of ours. He has a secondary view of trying whether he can be engaged on acceptable conditions as an Instructor of youth in classical and other liberal branches of education. At...