7401Annotations on Copy of Report on Restoring Public Credit, [ca. 26 March] 1783 (Madison Papers)
MS ( LC : Jefferson Papers, IX, fol. 1458). Although it would be reasonable to expect that JM, on...
7402Address of the President to Congress, [30 April] 1789 (Madison Papers)
The term had not yet been coined, but JM was ghostwriting speeches for Washington during the...
7403Protection of the Frontier, [16 May] 1794 (Madison Papers)
The Committee of the Whole took up the report of a select committee to which had been referred a...
7404Account of State Department Salaries, 1 July 1806 (Madison Papers)
To the Secretary of State, Clerks & messenger in his Office, for one Quarters Salary, commencing...
7405Motion in re Jurisdiction of Congress over Permanent Site, [22 September] 1783 (Madison Papers)
MS ( NA : PCC , No. 23, fol. 161). Undated and unsigned but in JM’s hand. That the district which...
7406Repayment of Loan to France, [24 May] 1794 (Madison Papers)
On 18 March Washington transmitted to the House a request from French minister Fauchet for an...
7407Report of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, [28 April 1806] (Madison Papers)
(Copy) At a meeting of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund on the 28th. day of April 1806....
7408The Federalist No. 56, [16 February 1788] (Hamilton Papers)
To the People of the State of New-York. THE second charge against the House of Representatives...
7409Outline on the Federal Constitution, 1 September 1829 (Madison Papers)
The compound Govt. of U. S is without a model, and to be explained by itself; not by similitudes...
7410Remission for the Mercurius, Christian Bodom, 3 March 1817 (Madison Papers)
Whereas it has been represented to me that at a Circuit Court of the United States for the...
7411Virginia Resolutions, 21 December 1798 (Madison Papers)
JM’s writing of the Virginia Resolutions should be seen in the light of a long series of actions...
7412Notes on Debates, 4–5 March 1783 (Madison Papers)
MS ( LC : Madison Papers). For a description of the manuscript of Notes on Debates, see Papers of...
7413Bill for Pennsylvania Land Contract, [21 December] 1791 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Madison, from the committee appointed, presented a bill for carrying into effect a contract...
7414Report on Property Recaptured on Land, [23 December] 1782 (Madison Papers)
MS ( NA : PCC , No. 19, II, 497b–500b). In JM’s hand. Docketed: “Report on Genl Greene’s Letter...
7415Notes on Neutral Trade, ca. 14 September 1805 (Madison Papers)
(31) The immediate effect of this new rule is to entrap all neutrals which British cruisers may...
7416Proportional Representation in the Legislature, [30 May] 1787 (Madison Papers)
The second resolution of the Virginia Plan was under consideration. JM’s suggestion that the...
7417Memorandum to Thomas Jefferson, [ca. 1 October] 1803 (Madison Papers)
✓ (0) for “before” is suggested “without” the former seeming to imply that after the suspension,...
7418Commercial Discrimination, [23 January] 1794 (Madison Papers)
In Committee of the Whole, Dexter argued that British regulations had not greatly harmed American...
7419Presidential Proclamation, 12 December 1815 (Madison Papers)
Whereas, it has been represented, that many uninformed or evil disposed persons have taken...
7420Memorandum to Thomas Jefferson, [25 October] 1804 (Madison Papers)
(a) and which have been encreased by peculiar circumstances in the W. Indn Seas; yet in the more...
7421Notes on Debates, 11 June 1783 (Madison Papers)
MS ( LC : Madison Papers). For a description of the manuscript of Notes on Debates, see Papers of...
7422Account with William Thornton, [5 December] 1809 (Madison Papers)
Account between the Honble. James Madison—and Mr. Thornton. William Thornton Dr: 1806 Augst. 4....
7423Address to Captain Patrick Henry and the Gentlemen Independents of Hanover, 9 May 1775 (Madison Papers)
The committee for Orange county, met on Tuesday the 9th of May, taking into their consideration...
7424Note for Report on Prisoners of War, [29 July] 1782 (Madison Papers)
MS ( NA : PCC , No. 19, VI, 399). Having received Washington’s letter of 9 July enclosing copies...
7425Notes on Debates, 18 April 1783 (Madison Papers)
MS ( LC : Madison Papers). For a description of the manuscript of Notes on Debates, see Papers of...
7426Amendments to the Constitution, [15 August] 1789 (Madison Papers)
The committee took up the fourth amendment (containing a bill of rights) proposed by the select...
7427Approval of Samuel Brown’s Account, 10 July 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ Approval of Samuel Brown’s Account. 10 July 1806, Department of State. “The within account is...
7428Motion on Enlistment of Militia, [12 June] 1781 (Madison Papers)
MS ( NA : PCC , No. 36, I, 189). Written by JM. Docketed, “Motion Delegates of Virginia June 12....
7429The Federalist Number 56, [16 February] 1788 (Madison Papers)
The second charge against the house of representatives is, that it will be too small to possess a...
7430Remission for Henrietta Gray, [5 December 1816] (Madison Papers)
Whereas it has been represented to me that a Certain Henrietta Gray, was at a Circuit Court,...
7431Notes on Debates, 23 April 1787 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Jay’s Report stating objections agst. the motion of Mr. Madison for sending Mr. Jefferson to...
7432Notes on Debates, 12 February 1783 (Madison Papers)
MS ( LC : Madison Papers). For a description of the manuscript of Notes on Debates, see Papers of...
7433Salaries for the Congress, [16 July] 1789 (Madison Papers)
A daily pay of six dollars for both senators and representatives was proposed. Sedgwick moved to...
7434Census, [8 February] 1790 (Madison Papers)
A six-month time limit was proposed to complete the census. Mr. Madison said, that some states...
7435Proposed Amendment of Articles of Confederation, [12 March] 1781 (Madison Papers)
MS ( NA : PCC , No. 24, fols. 25–26). Written by JM. A copy, also in JM’s hand, is in LC :...
7436Promissory Note to John Cox, 24 September 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ Promissory Note to John Cox. 24 September 1806, Washington. “Sixty days after date I promise to...
7437Rule of Representation in the Senate, [29 June], [30 June] 1787 (Madison Papers)
Ellsworth, arguing the advantages of making “the general government partly federal and partly...
7438Discrimination between Present and Original Holders of the Public Debt, [11 February] 1790 (Madison Papers)
On 8 February the Committee of the Whole took up Secretary Hamilton’s report on public credit....
7439Presidential Proclamation, 5 November 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
5 November 1810, Washington. JM issues a “full and entire pardon” to all deserters from the U.S....
7440Petition to the General Assembly of Virginia, [ca. 3 October] 1801 (Madison Papers)
To the honorable the General Assembly of Virginia Your petitioners the subscribers Shew, that...
7441Transfer of Naval Appropriations, 1 June 1814 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ Transfer of Naval Appropriations. 1 June 1814. “In pursuance of the authority vested in the...
7442Remarks on an Extract from Hamilton’s Report Published in the Richmond Enquirer, 25 January 1826 (Madison Papers)
In the Richmond Enquirer of the 21st. is an Extract from the Report of Secretary Hamilton, on the...
7443Presidential Proclamation, 16 March 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
16 March 1811, Washington. “Whereas by an Act of the Congress of the United States, passed on the...
7444JM says that he wrote No. 54 of The Federalist, 14 November 1829 (Madison Papers)
INTERESTING FACT. A reference having been made by Mr. Leigh and Mr. Mercer to the 54th number of...
7445The Federalist Number 18, [7 December] 1787 (Madison Papers)
Among the confederacies of antiquity, the most considerable was that of the Grecian republics...
7446Notes on Debates, 27 March 1783 (Madison Papers)
MS ( LC : Madison Papers). For a description of the manuscript of Notes on Debates, see Papers of...
7447Account of William Hunter, 23 October 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ Account of William Hunter. 23 October 1806. Charges a total of $106 for publishing three...
7448Tonnage Duties, [5 May] 1789 (Madison Papers)
Jackson moved to lower the proposed duty on vessels from nations having commercial treaties with...
7449State Property and Poll Assessments for 1782, [ca. 31 May] (Madison Papers)
It is not possible to state with precision when JM prepared this document. The source of JM’s...
7450Authorization for Peter Hagner, Ca. 6 July 1814 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ Authorization for Peter Hagner. Ca. 6 July 1814. “The office of Acct. to the Dept. of War,...