2501From James Madison to Albert Gallatin, 1 May 1802 (Madison Papers)
You will be pleased to cause a warrant to be issued in favor of John Davidson for four hundred and fifty three dollars and nine cents, to be paid out of the fund for defraying the expenses incident to the intercourse with the Mediterranean powers, he being the holder of a bill of Exchange for that sum, drawn upon me by James Leander Cathcart, the drawer to be charged with the same on the books...
2502From James Madison to Richard Harrison, 1 May 1802 (Madison Papers)
The enclosed account is sent to you, that it may be settled at the Treasury. A reasonable compensation, to be ascertained by the Accounting Officers of that Department, is to be allowed to Capt. Wood, for the passages of the American seamen to this Country. Their sea stores were furnished at the public expense, by the Commercial Agent of the United States at Bordeaux before their departure...
2503From James Madison to William Hull and Others, 1 May 1802 (Madison Papers)
We are ready according to the terms of our Commission to enquire into the claims which may be made to any part of the lands containd within the conditional cession of Georgia & for that purpose we invite you to communicate to us with precision the nature & extent of the claims made by yourselves & other persons whose agents you are. Transcripts of the several deeds company Articles & other...
2504From James Madison to Rufus King, 1 May 1802 (Madison Papers)
Your several letters to No 56 have been duly received. The Convention relating to the 6th and 7th articles of the Treaty of 1794 has at length received the sanction of the Senate, two members only dissenting, and is herewith forwarded to you under the necessary forms of ratification, to be exchanged for the British ratification. The delay in the Senate pretty certainly proceeded from...
2505From James Madison to Robert R. Livingston, 1 May 1802 (Madison Papers)
My last of which a duplicate is now sent, was of the twenty sixth day of March. I have since received yours not then acknowledged including the Dispatch of Feby 26 which came to hand two days ago. The conduct of the French Government in paying so little attention to its obligations under the Treaty, in neglecting its debts to our citizens, in giving no answers to your complaints and...
2506From James Madison to Robert R. Livingston, 1 May 1802 (Madison Papers)
You will receive by Mr. Dupont herewith a public letter on th⟨ose⟩ subjects most important in your hands. You will receive at the same time a private letter from the President in which he refers for fuller communications than he gives on the subject of Louisiana & the Floridas. I have thought it best however not to go as far into certain views of the subject as he has done, because they are in...
2507From James Madison to George Deneale, 1 May 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
1 May 1802, Department of State, Washington. “I send herewith a Commission of the Peace for the County of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, to be deposited, and to remain in your office.” Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, DL , vol. 14). 1 p. George Deneale (1766–1818) was a colonel of militia and clerk of the U.S. Circuit Court in Alexandria County (Franklin L. Brockett, The Lodge of...
2508From James Madison to Pierre Samuel DuPont de Nemours, 2 May 1802 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Madison presents his best respects to Mr. Dupont de Nemours, and requests that he will be so obliging as to take charge of some despatches for the American Minister at Paris, which are forwarded by the present mail to the post-master at Philada. They are to be handed by him to Mr. Dupont. Should a failure happen, Mr. M. will take it as a favor, if Mr. Dupont will please, before he embarks,...
2509From James Madison to William Stewart, 4 May 1802 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 4 May 1802, Department of State. Offered for sale in Stan. V. Henkels Catalogue No. 1454 (15 May 1931), item 45, which notes that it is a one-page letter “regarding the enclosure of William Stewart’s commission as Consul of the U.S. at Smyrna.”
2510From James Madison to George Blake, 5 May 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
5 May 1802, Department of State, Washington. “It becomes necessary, under the late Convention with France, that an order of the District Court of Massachusetts should be obtained without delay, for the disposal of the money arising from the sales of the cargo of ‘L’Hereux,’ a french vessel captured by Captain Little on the 2d. April 1800 which money was libelled in that Court and remains...
2511From James Madison to Alexander J. Dallas, 5 May 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
5 May 1802, Department of State, Washington. “To satisfy some enquiries of the Secretary of the Treasury respecting a claim of Mr. Pichon under the Convention with France it becomes necessary that authenticated transcripts of the proceedings of the District Court of Pennsylvania in the case of the ‘Magicienne,’ formerly ‘Retaliation,’ should be procured, so far as they may go to prove this...
2512From James Madison to Albert Gallatin, 6 May 1802 (Madison Papers)
I request that under Warrants on the appropriations mentioned in the enclosed estimate the sums therein stated may be placed in the hands of Bird Savage & Bird in London—they to be charged with the same in the Books of the Treasury. I am very respectfully &ca. Diplomatic { Salary of the Minister @ 9000. 4.500 Do. of his Secretary " 1350 675 Contingent say 900 British Treaty { Salary...
2513From James Madison to William Jarvis, 6 May 1802 (Madison Papers)
Your two Letters of the 8th. and 23d. of April have been received. In consequence of the first, a copy of the regulations for guarding our vessels against unnecessary quarantine in Foreign ports, was sent to the collector of Boston, thro’ whom I hope, you will have received it. With respect to claims of our Citizens on the Portuguese Government, the general rule to be followed is, that you aid...
2514From James Madison to Louis-André Pichon, 6 May 1802 (Madison Papers)
I am just informed that two Citizens of the United States, John Rogers late a Captain in the Navy and Wm. Davidson have been arrested at Cape Francois by orders of the General in Chief, put into the most rigorous confinement, and otherwise treated as the vilest of Malefactors. Notwithstanding the presumption arising from the characters of those Citizens against the justice of the proceeding,...
2515From James Madison to John Read, Jr., 6 May 1802 (Madison Papers)
The President having ratified the late Convention with England it is necessary that the expenses incident to the Sixth Article of the Treaty between the two Countries should immediately cease. You will be pleased to give instructions to the Special Agents employed under that Article conformably with this Intimation, and to consider the establishment of your own Office, including all the...
2516From James Madison to Richard Söderström, 6 May 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
6 May 1802, Department of State. “Messrs Warner and Leit of Saybrook have expressed an anxiety to this Department to know the fate of the representation which you were so good as to make some time ago to the Swedish Government, concerning their Brigantine Matilda, captured by the French near the Island of St Bartholonews [ sic ]. I ask the favor of you therefore to enable me to satisfy their...
2517From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 7 May 1802 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Lear arrived here the day before yesterday a few minutes after your departure. He confirms the information as to the imprisonment of Capt: Rodgers & Davidson. Inclosed is a copy of le Clerc’s explanation on the subject, of my letter to Pichon with his answer, and of a letter to Mr. Livingston which I shall forward to Philada. this evening, that it may overtake the despatches already in the...
2518From James Madison to Robert R. Livingston, 7 May 1802 (Madison Papers)
The inclosed extract of a letter from Mr. Lear to Le Clerc the General in Chief at St. Domingo and of another from the latter to him, will explain an outrage against two respectable American Citizens, one of them lately an Officer in our Navy, which excites no less astonishment as a wanton departure from just principles than indignation as an insult to the United States. I inclose also the...
2519From James Madison to Griffith Evans, 7 May 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
7 May 1802, Department of State. “The late Convention with England having received its full Ratification, your appointment under the Seventh Article of the Treaty of 1794 has of course ceased. You will probably learn from Mr. Thornton the disposition of the Books and papers belonging to the British side in your office—Mr. Read will receive whatever share of them ought to remain with the United...
2520From James Madison to Arthur St. Clair, 8 May 1802 (Madison Papers)
Among the papers delivered to this Department along with your defence against the charges of Col. Worthington &ca. we do not find the documents produced in support of them. As your defence was sent to the President after a hasty perusal, without particularly looking into the papers inclosed with it; and which I presumed I had seen before, the documents in question may have been returned & been...
2521From James Madison to Messrs. Warner and Leit, 8 May 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
8 May 1802, Department of State. “I have just written to Mr. Soderstrom for such information as may enable me to satisfy your enquiries concerning the fate of your claim upon Sweeden —this Gentleman having long since made a representation of it to his Government, by the request of that of the United States. When his answer is received I shall lose no time in communicating its contents to you.”...
2522From James Madison to James Leander Cathcart, 10 May 1802 (Madison Papers)
The Adams frigate, by which you will receive my last, containing instructions on the subject of peace with Tripoli, and of your appointment as successor to Mr. obrien at algiers, meeting with unexpected delay; I make use of it to inform you that I have drawn on the Secretary of the Treasury for $24,000, which he will place in Leghorn subject to your orders as soon as he can make the...
2523From James Madison to William Eaton, 10 May 1802 (Madison Papers)
Your several letters not heretofore acknowledged have been received down to that of the 22d. day of february last. Your Bills amounting to Sixteen thousand Dollars in favor of Stephen Kingston and John Shaw, will be paid; but it is regretted that the draughts were made, particularly that for future contingencies, without the statement of your accounts, which had been enjoined. I hope you will...
2524From James Madison to James Sullivan, 10 May 1802 (Madison Papers)
The establishment with the British Government of a proper boundary in the jurisdiction of the Islands in Passamaquody Bay and of proper regulations in navigations in navigating the channels between the same, is an object which for some time has engaged the attention of the Executive, and which, it appears by a late Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts is much desired by that State....
2525From James Madison to Samuel Cabot, 10 May 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
10 May 1802, Department of State. Acknowledges Cabot’s letter of 1 May “communicating your intention to return to London as an assessor to the Board of Commissioners under the 7th. Article of the Treaty of 1794. on the terms explained in my letter of the 24th. ulto. beyond which I am not authorized to countenance any expectation.” Informs Cabot his account has been settled at the Treasury...
2526From James Madison to Christopher Gore and William Pinkney, 10 May 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
10 May 1802, Department of State. “Your Letter of february 17th. with the Documents annexed were duly received and laid before the President, who was pleased in consequence of your representation, to direct a Letter to be written to Mr. Cabot of which a Copy is enclosed. By Mr. Cabots answer, I find that he proposes to comply with your summons to resume the functions of assessor to your board,...
2527From James Madison to Richard O’Brien, 10 May 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
10 May 1802, Department of State. Has received O’Brien’s letters “down to that of . Several statements of your accounts are included in the reception, which will go for settlement to the Treasury Department.” O’Brien’s bills in favor of John Shaw were paid, and a recent bill for $200 drawn by his mother will be paid, but no other drafts should be made until the settlement is closed. Explains...
2528From James Madison to Charles Pinckney, 10 May 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
10 May 1802, Department of State. “The documents herewith transmitted will explain the case of John Dunlop and others, american citizens, whose property has been taken from them, in addition to personal wrongs, under proceedings for which the Spanish Government is answerable. You will include it with other claims which you are instructed to urge on that Government. It is presumed that the...
2529From James Madison to William C. C. Claiborne, 11 May 1802 (Madison Papers)
Your several letters from November 24. to the 6th. of March last have been successively received. Such of them as fell within the purview of the War Department were communicated to Genl. Dearborn, who I have reason to beleive has bestowed on the subjects recommended a favorable attention. I inclose the opinion of the Attorney General in the case where you wished it. Altho’ the phraseology used...
2530From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 11 May 1802 (Madison Papers)
I have nothing new since my last either from Europe or the W. Indies. The elections in N. York are not yet finally known. It is suggested that the efforts of the minority have prevailed beyond the apprehensions of the majority. Cabot accepts his mission on the terms proposed to him. I have just recd. letters from Erving shewing the turn which the affair took in London, to be such as was...
2531From James Madison to Thomas McKean, 11 May 1802 (Madison Papers)
The Minister of his Catholic Majesty, has complained to this Department of an indignity offered to his sovereign during a late riot in Philadelphia, in which besides certain violences committed on a number of Spanish sailors, the flag of a Spanish ship was torn down and destroyed with the most aggravating insults. A copy of his representation on the subject, is herewith enclosed. As the...
2532From James Madison to John Morton, 11 May 1802 (Madison Papers)
A petition has been addressed to the President by Charles Drew, representing that he sailed from Norfolk in Virginia in July last, for porto rico, where he purchased a Brig and proceeded to the Havanna; that he sailed thence for Philadelphia, but his vessel being upset, he and his crew were thrown back to the Havanna; That he again shipped himself at that place for Philadelphia, as master of...
2533From James Madison to Charles Pinckney, 11 May 1802 (Madison Papers)
My last was of the 30th of March. We are still without a line from you since your arrival at Madrid, and feel an increasing solicitude to hear from you on the subject of Louisiana. The latest information from Paris has confirmed the fact that it was ceded by a Treaty prior to that of March 1801; and notwithstanding the virtual denial of the Cession in the early conversations between Mr...
2534From James Madison to John Gavino, 11 May 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
11 May 1802, Department of State, Washington. “Your several Letters up to No. 33, of the 18. March, have been received. The accounts and vouchers which are enclosed in that, are sent to the Treasury Department to be adjusted. I request you to forward the enclosed Letters for Messrs OBrien and Eaton, by the first safe opportunities that offer from Gibraltar.” Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, IC ,...
2535From James Madison to Alexander J. Dallas, 12 May 1802 (Madison Papers)
The Minister of his Catholic Majesty has complained to this Department of certain outrages committed on Spanish subjects and a spanish flag in the harbor of Philadelphia. The copy of his representation inclosed will explain the particulars of the transaction. As it is within the cognizance of the State authority, Governor McKean has been requested to cause the proper proceedings to be...
2536From James Madison to William Jarvis, 12 May 1802 (Madison Papers)
The President of the United Insurance Company, of New York, has represented to this Department, that in an important suit to which they are Party, in the Supreme Court of the State, essential facts are in question which can not otherwise be established than by the Minister of foreign Affairs to her faithful Majesty; for taking which a Commission will be forwarded. To this representation, which...
2537From James Madison to Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, 12 May 1802 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Madison has the Honor to inform the Chevalier d’Yrujo that no time has been lost in taking into Consideration the subject of his Note of the 3d. instant; and that the Governor of Pennsylvania has been requested to cause to be instituted the proper proceedings for ascertaining legally the offences which have been committed against the subjects of his Catholic Majesty, and for bringing the...
2538From James Madison to Nicholas Low, 13 May 1802 (Madison Papers)
In consequence of yours to me, of the 6th. inst. I send you herewith a letter for Mr. Pinckney and one for Mr. Jarvis. The last is nearly a copy of the first, which goes to you under a flying seal. You will see by that, that you are relied upon for a full Communication to these Gentlemen of the business recommended to their care by these Letters. I request you [to] forward the other letter for...
2539From James Madison to [Levi Lincoln?], 14 May 1802 (Madison Papers)
Will you be so good as to forward me Govr. St. Clair’s papers by the Mail as soon as the two Secretaries Dearborn & Smith with yourself shall have examined them. I make the request on the idea that they can be spared in time to be examined by me during my absence. I expect to return to this place about the 1st. of June, and to be four days on my journey back. The mail leaves this every tuesday...
2540From James Madison to Ebenezer Stevens, 6 June 1802 (Madison Papers)
I duly received your letter of the 21st. Ulto, and in consequence on[e] has been written to Mr. Kingston from this office, informing him that I do not accede to his proposition for referring the question between the government and himself to the arbitration of persons at Philadelphia, and that you was authorized to take the necessary steps in concert with him; for having it settled in that way...
2541From James Madison to Robert R. Livingston, 6 June 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
6 June 1802, Department of State. Introduces the bearer, Captain Johnson, who goes to Paris to prosecute the claim of Mr. Dunlap, an Alexandria merchant, against France. Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, IM , vol. 6). 1 p.
2542From James Madison to Charles Willing Hare, 7 June 1802 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your letter of May 10th. 1802. and communicated its contents to the President, as the case of Mr. Bingham has been laid before Congress and has been postponed only not discussed, it is thought not proper that the Executive, should under such circumstances, interpose any decision or instructions in relation to it. In answer to your enquiry therefore whether if a comprimise should...
2543Proceedings of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, [7 June] 1802 (Madison Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury reported to the Board, that provision has already been made to meet nearly all the demands which will become due in Holland, during the course of the present year, but, that it is necessary to make immediate provision for the payments on account of principal & Interest which fall due there, during the first five months of the year 1803, and amounting to Four...
2544From James Madison to Rufus King, 8 June 1802 (Madison Papers)
You will herewith receive a Commission giving you powers to adjust by proper stipulations with the British Government whatever remains to be decided in relation to the boundaries between the two nations. In executing the first part of this trust relating to the Bay of Passamaquody you will recur to the observations contained in my letter of the 28th of July last. I refer you also to a copy...
2545From James Madison to Levi Lincoln, 13 June 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
13 June 1802, Department of State. “The Secretary of State presents his compliments to the Attorney General of the United States and requests his opinion on the points stated in the enclosed letter of the 9th. inst. from the Secretary of the Treasury—all the documents relating to the case which were received from Mr. Gallatin being also herewith sent to Mr. Lincoln.” Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG...
2546From James Madison to Charles Pinckney, 13 June 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
13 June 1802, Department of State, Washington. Introduces the bearer, William Cooke, who has a claim against Spain “which he is going to Madrid to prosecute—and it will of course be patronized and urged by you as far as may be proper.” Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, IM , vol. 6). 1 p. This letter evidently was never delivered, for Cooke did not sail for Madrid until 1803 (see JM to Pinckney,...
2547From James Madison to Alexander J. Dallas, 15 June 1802 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Olsen the Danish Minister Resident has complained of Captn. Maley in capturing a Danish vessel the Mercator, which was afterwards lost by capture, whilst under the American Flag, by a British Armed vessel, and condemnation in a British Court of Admiralty. He has represented also, in behalf of the Danish owner, that Captn. Maley is both absent from the United States and in a state of...
2548From James Madison to John Read, Jr., 15 June 1802 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Thornton the British Chargé d’Affaires has expressed a wish that Mr. Smith the British Agent under the 6th. art: of the Treaty of 1794. may be permitted to take such copies and extracts from the American papers now in your custody as may be of use in adjusting claims of British subjects on their Government. It being considered by the President as altogether proper that the application...
2549From James Madison to James Blake, 16 June 1802 (Madison Papers)
Your letter of the 17th. May was duly recd. As it appears that you have relinquished the intention of now going to Europe, and the arrangement suggested by you, of performing the duties of Consul at antwerp by the agency of another, does not coincide with the views of the President, he has thought proper to appoint to that office another Gentleman who is now in France. I am &ca. Letterbook...
2550From James Madison to Robert W. Fox, 16 June 1802 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your letter of april 10. in which you ask a decision whether you may whilst american Consul perform certain services as agent for the Batavian Government. The constitution of the U. States has left no discretion to the Executive on this point “no person holding any office of profit or trust under them shall, without the consent of congress, accept of any present, emolument,...