231Motion on Letter of Vermont Agents, [20 April] 1782 (Madison Papers)
MS ( NA : PCC , No. 36, I, 289). Docketed: “Motion of Mr J Jones Seconded by Mr. Madison[.] Negatived April 20h 1782.” This motion, presented by Jones, is in JM’s hand. Jonas Fay. M. R. & I. T. styling themselves Agents and Delegates from the State of Vermont having in a letter dated the 19th. instant informed Congress “that in consequence of the faith of Congress pledged to them, in and by a...
232Report Approving John Jay’s Negotiations with Spain, [22 April] 1782 (Madison Papers)
MS ( NA : PCC , No. 19, III, 263). Written by JM. Docketed: “No 6. Report of the Committee on the Letter of the 3d. of October 1781—from Mr Jay at Madrid—April 22. 1782[.] Referred to the Secy for foreign Affairs to report.” The Committee to whom was referred the letter from Mr Jay of the 3d. of Octr. 1781, recommend the following answer thereto, to be subscribed by the Secy. of F. A. Your...
233From James Madison to Edmund Pendleton, 23 April 1782 (Madison Papers)
RC (New York Public Library). Addressed to “The Honble Edmund Pendleton Esqr. Caroline County Virginia.” Docketed by Pendleton, “James Madison Esqr. April 23d. 1782.” We have had here the same reports of the evacuation of Charleston which your letter of the 15. recites, but the wished for confirmation is still wanting. That it will take place in the course of the Campaign cannot I think be...
234From James Madison to Edmund Randolph, 23 April 1782 (Madison Papers)
RC ( LC : Madison Papers). The words written by JM in the official cipher are italicized in the present copy. Although the letter is incomplete, the missing portion apparently contained only a few concluding words and JM’s signature. I am at length assured of your safe arrival at your destination by your favor of the 11 continued on the 13th. The little necessity I understand there was for...
235Motion on Colonel Edward Carrington, [26 April] 1782 (Madison Papers)
MS ( NA : PCC , No. 19, I, 541½). In JM’s hand. Resold That Lt Colo. Carrington be informd that the 7th. Art: of the Confederation having reserved to the States the right of appointing all officers of & under the rank of Colonels for the forces respectively raised by them & of filling up all vacancies of such officers, Congress cannot appoint him to the vacancy in the Command of the 4th. Regt....
236Motion for Financial Reports, [30 April] 1782 (Madison Papers)
MS ( NA : PCC , No. 36, I, 291). Written by JM. Docketed, “Motion of Mr Madison seconded by Mr [Joseph] Montgomery[,] passed April 30h 1782.” Ordered, That the Superintendt of Finance do prepare & lay before Congress a State of the monies borrowed & not repaid by the U. S. prior to the 1st. day of Jany. last and that he also lay before Congress every half year computing from the sd. 1st. day...
237Motion Approving John Jay’s Negotiations with Spain, [30 April] 1782 (Madison Papers)
MS ( NA : PCC , No. 36, IV, 7). In JM’s hand. Docketed, “Motion of Mr Madison seconded by Mr Jones. That Congress approved of the Conduct of the Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Madrid.” In view of the Report Approving John Jay’s negotiations with Spain, 22 April 1782 ( q.v. ) and the fact that between that date and 30 April Congress received no dispatches from Jay or William...
238Report on Communication from La Luzerne, [1 May] 1782 (Madison Papers)
MS ( NA : PCC , No. 25, II, 95). The manuscript, written by JM, is docketed: “Report of Committee on foreign Communications. Passed May 1st 1782.” The Committee to whom were referred the Communication &c laid before Congress by the Secy. of F. Affairs, submit the following resolutions. Resolved. The Secretary of Fo. Affairs be directed to make a confidential communication to the Several...
239Account with Edmund Randolph, [ca. 1 May] 1782 (Madison Papers)
RC ( LC : Madison Papers). At the top of this undated, torn, and water-stained scrap of paper, Randolph wrote “Madison to Randolph E.” On the reverse of the sheet, “J. Madison” appears twice in Randolph’s hand and also a “32.” What this numeral connotes is unknown. Being sharp in outline, the “3” can hardly be a vestige of an “8” which, in combination with the “2,” might have represented the...
240From James Madison to Edmund Randolph, 1 May 178[2] (Madison Papers)
Printed text ( Madison, Papers [Gilpin ed.] Henry D. Gilpin, ed., The Papers of James Madison (3 vols.; Washington, 1840). , I, 90–93; and Madison, Letters [Cong. ed.] [William C. Rives and Philip R. Fendall, eds.], Letters and Other Writings of James Madison (published by order of Congress; 4 vols.; Philadelphia, 1865). , I, 43). The third paragraph of the letter, as here printed, is taken...