1261From James Madison to Asher Robbins, 10 June 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
10 June 1811, Washington. Acknowledges receipt of a letter from Robbins. “Its declaration of your principles & sentiments on certain subjects will have the attention which is due to the frankness and explicitness with which it is made.” Does not authorize “any inference from this assurance, that might prejudice any individual whatever in your estimation.” Printed summary ( The Collector , No....
1262James Madison to Edward Everett, 30 November 1835 (Madison Papers)
J. Madison tenders his thanks to Mr Everett for his interesting and eloquent address at Bloody Brook. It has been read with much pleasure; and with a full perception of its parentage in all the lineaments of the Offspring. RC ( MHi : Everett Collection); FC (DLC) .
1263James and Dolley P. Madison v. Edward Heston, 10 January 1797 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
10 January 1797, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. Dolley Madison and JM brought suit against Edward Heston to recover costs incurred by Dolley Madison and the late John Todd for nursing and burying Heston’s son, Isaac, in 1793. The plaintiffs abandoned the cause and agreed to a nonsuit. Ms ( InU ). 3 pp. Notes on the case taken by Jonathan Williams, who was associate judge of the court of...
1264James Madison to John Griscom, 11 August 1833 (Madison Papers)
J. Madison, with his respects to J Griscom thanks him for the copy of the well executed and instructive address to the Mechanics of Manchester, by J. J. Gurney. J. M. takes this occasion to repeat his thanks for the "Year in Europe," the sequel of what he had not read, at the date of his last, in no respect disappointed the favorable anticipations then expressed. RC (owned by Todd M. Axelrod,...
1265From James Madison to [Charles Pinckney?], ca. 10 April 1788 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. Ca. 10 April 1788 . Mentioned in JM to Washington, 10 Apr. 1788, and Griffin to JM, 28 Apr. 1788 . Adoption of the Constitution in South Carolina is of critical importance in determining the question in Virginia.
1266From James Madison to Jonathan Steele, 31 March 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
31 March 1804, Department of State. Encloses Steele’s commission as U.S. attorney for the New Hampshire District. RC (owned by American Museum of Historical Documents, Las Vegas, Nev., 1988). 1 p.; in a clerk’s hand, signed by JM.
1267From James Madison to Caleb Wallace, 15 March 1786 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 15 March 1786. Printed copy of Memorial and Remonstrance enclosed. Mentioned in Wallace’s letter of 30 September 1786 to JM (DLC).
1268From James Madison to Albert Gallatin, 10 July 1808 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to request that you cause a warrant to be issued in favor of William Lewis, lately charged with Dispatches to Europe, for one hundred and Seventy nine dollars & ninety two cents, to be paid out of the foreign intercourse fund. The said Lewis to be charged accordingly on the Books of the Treasury. I am &c. DNA : RG 59—DL—Domestic Letters.
1269From James Madison to James Monroe, 4 December 1784 (Madison Papers)
On Saturday last a proposition was agreed to for establishing Circuit Courts throughout this Commonwealth, and yesterday a bill for that purpose was reported. On wednesday next it will undergo a discussion of the Come. of the Whole. The circumstances under which it has passed thus far seem to promise a favorable issue, but the dangers which it is yet to go thro’ are formidable. They proceed...
1270From James Madison to James Monroe, 27 March 1795 (Madison Papers)
I wrote to you yesterday acknowledging yours by Mr. Swan and answering that of the 18th. Decr. which covered your very interesting remarks in a confidential letter to Mr. Randolph. The latter was sent to Mr. R today, there being no good reason for witholding it as you authorised me to do. I write this cheifly on acct. of the Bearer Mr. John Mercer son of our friend the judge, who means to...
1271From James Madison to David Gelston, 24 December 1815 (Madison Papers)
¶ To David Gelston. Letter not found. 24 December 1815. Offered for sale in Christie’s “American and European Manuscripts and Printed Books” Catalogue, 19 Dec. 1986, lot 33), where it is described as a one-page autograph note, signed, and quoted as follows: “J. Madison requests the favor of Mr. Gelston to have the enclosed letter [not present] delivered according to its address.” MS torn and...
1272From James Madison to Samuel Snow, 1 July 1806 (Madison Papers)
The President of the United States having judged it expedient to supersede your commission as Consul for Canton; by issuing another to Mr. Edward Carrington, it is proper that you should be apprized of it, that the change may have a just influence upon your concerns. I am &c. Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, DL , vol. 15); addressed to Snow at Providence, R.I.
1273From James Madison to Edwin C. Holland, 30 November 1822 (Madison Papers)
JM. presents his respects to Mr. H. with thanks for the copy of his pamphlet; which is made particularly interesting by some of the views given of the subject discussed. Draft ( DLC ).
1274From James Madison to John D. Heath, 16 January 1814 (letter not found) (Madison Papers)
¶ To John D. Heath. Letter not found. 16 January 1814. Acknowledged in Heath to JM, 29 Jan. 1814 , as complying with a request from Heath and expressing sympathy for a misfortune about to befall him.
1275From James Madison to Nicholas Lewis, 4 November 1786 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 4 November 1786. Mentioned in Nicholas Lewis’s letter of 26 November 1786 to JM . Included Walker Maury’s account against Jefferson for the tuition and board of Peter Carr.
1276From James Madison to Levi Lincoln, 26 February 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
26 February 1803, Department of State. Asks Lincoln’s opinion on the enclosed papers [not found] as to “whether the Indenture of Daniel Clark to Jane Clark, supposed by the Will of Daniel Clark Senr., is sufficient to authorize patents to be issued to the said Jane Clark on the enclosed surveys in the name of the Testator?” Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, DL , vol. 14). 1 p.
1277From James Madison to Albert Gallatin, 4 October 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
4 October 1802, State Department. Provides a “rough estimate, for a Remittance to the Bankers of the United States at London,” listing $12,000 for diplomatic purposes, $13,000 for the British treaty, $5,000 for the relief of American seamen, including the agent’s salary, and $26,000 for the prosecution of claims in prize cases, for a total of $56,000. Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, DL , vol....
1278James Madison to Robert T. Paine, 19 February 1832 (Madison Papers)
J. Madison presents his respects to Mr. Paine, with many thanks for the Copy of his very valuable "American Almanac," the scientific merit of which is recognized by the best Judges. The volume is made the more acceptable to the public, by the miscellaneous information comprized in it. He offers his thanks also for the accompanying pamphlets the names of whose Authors will be a sufficient...
1279From James Madison to George Washington Parke Custis, 2 August 1807 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Madison has received Mr. Custis’s note of the 30th ultimo, with the specimen of fine wool accompanying it. He offers for himself the thanks to which Mr. Custis is entitled, from all his fellow-citizens, for his laudable and encouraging efforts to increase and improve an animal which contributes a material so precious to the independent comfort and prosperity of our country. Mr. Madison...
1280From James Madison to Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, 20 June 1805 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 20 June 1805 . Calendared in the index to the State Department notes to foreign legations as “relative to the capture of the Huntress” ( DNA : RG 59, Notes to Foreign Ministers and Consuls, vol. 1).
1281From James Madison to William Madison, ca. 15 December 1796 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. Ca. 15 December 1796. Referred to in JM to James Madison, Sr., 19 Dec. 1796 . Describes price of wheat, etc., at Philadelphia.
1282From James Madison to George Hay (Abstract), 8 March 1805 (Madison Papers)
8 March 1805, Department of State . “I shall be obliged by your forwarding me an accurate copy of the law understood to have been lately passed by the Legislature of Virgina [ sic ] respecting the deserters from the British Vessels.” Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, DL , vol. 14). 2 pp. For the law, see JM to James Monroe, 6 Mar. 1805 , and n. 10.
1283James Madison to Francis W. Eppes, 21 June 1828 (Madison Papers)
Mrs. Madison receives your kind remembrance of her with the sensibility of an old friend, as you justly consider her, and desires me to offer you, & Mrs. Eppes her affecti[o]nate wishes for your happiness: to which I add mine with assurances of my cordial esteem & regard FC (DLC) .
1284From James Madison to Anthony Charles Cazenove, 2 April 1812 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
2 April 1812, Washington. Responding to Cazenove’s letter of 31 Mar. , is “inclined to take at the price $250. a pipe of the Madeira” and urges that it be forwarded “by a safe mode.” Asks to be informed “whether the wine is fit for immediate use, or can be made so by fining.” RC (owned by Mrs. Mary C. Fray, Culpeper, Va., 1998). 1 p.
1285From James Madison to Return Jonathan Meigs Jr., and Sophia Wright Meigs, 10 November 1816 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ To Return Jonathan Meigs Jr. and Sophia Wright Meigs. 10 November 1816. “ Mr. & Mrs. Madison request the favor of Govr. & Mrs. Meigs to dine with them on Thursday next, at 4 o’clock.” RC (offered for sale by Early American, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., March 2017, lot 83). 1 p. Printed invitation, with blank spaces for name, date, and time, filled in Dolley Madison’s hand, and addressed by her....
1286From James Madison to James Leander Cathcart, 18 April 1802 (Madison Papers)
In a letter with which Capt. Sterrett was lately charged for you and of which a duplicate has been since forwarded, it was intimated that your services might be called for, and that it would be advisable for you to be prepared to embark at a short notice. I hope that this letter will have reached you, and have had its effect. The disposition to peace expressed by the Bashaw of Tripoli, on the...
1287From James Madison to James Monroe, 18 January 1804 (Madison Papers)
I write you by Mr. Baring, who will also take charge of full instructions on the subject of a Convention with G. B for putting an end to impressments &c: It is of great importance to the harmony of the two Countries that the project should not entirely fail. There is not time to forward by this opportunity instructions relative to Madrid. They will probably soon follow. In the mean time, you...
1288From James Madison to William Pinkney, 10 November 1808 (Madison Papers)
The inclosed papers have been made out, and are now sent to you with a view of putting you in possession of the facts relating to a case alluded to by Mr. Canning in a late conversation with you, and which he then seemed to think important. Time does not permit me to send you copies of Mr Erskine’s letters to me on this subject; my answer however, of which a copy is inclosed will inform you on...
1289From James Madison to Joseph Jones, 27 May 1787 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 27 May 1787, Philadelphia. Acknowledged in Jones to JM, 7 June 1787 . Reports attendance at the Federal Convention and the prospect of more delegates arriving.
1290From James Madison to Caesar A. Rodney, 15 October 1810 (Madison Papers)
J. Madison requests a consultation with the Heads of Departments tomorrow at 12 Oclock. RC ( PSC ). In the hand of Edward Coles. The cover bears the following notes, later crossed out, in Rodney’s hand: “Take home— / the no. of ⟨Banks?⟩ / Rep— / Marriott’s forms / Letters— / J. G. Jackson / T. Jefferson / Dale ⟨Letters?⟩ / Mr. ⟨Dawson?⟩ / W. Eustis / ⟨J. W. Smith?⟩.” There are also some...