2451JM Affidavit on the status of Joseph Bruno Magdalena, 9 September 1808 (Madison Papers)
To all to whom these presents shall come greeting. I Certify, that Dn. Joseph Bruno Magdalena has been employed by h is Sovereign as Secretary of the Spanish Legation in this Country, and th at it appears from official papers presented to this Departmt. th at he is now under orders from his Government to repair to Sa xony, he being attached to the Spanish Legation there. In faith whereof I...
2452Indenture Transferring Land between James and Dolley P. Madison and Robert H. and Frances T. Rose, 21 August 1803 … (Madison Papers)
21 August 1803 . “This Indenture made this twenty first day of August one thousand eight hundred and three between James Madison and Dolly P. his wife of the one part and Robert H Rose and Frances T his wife of the other part. Whereas James Madison now deceased in his life was seized of sundry lands which in his will he devised to his sons Francis and Ambrose and which by their deaths in the...
2453JM Editorial in the National Intelligencer, 23 December 1807 (Madison Papers)
This is a strong measure proceeding from the energy of the public councils, appealing to the patriotism of their constituents, and is of all measures the one peculiarly adapted to the crisis. The honest judgment of all parties has anticipated and called for it. The measure could no longer, in fact, be delayed without sacrificing the vital interests of the nation. Great-Britain by...
2454Notes on Jeffersons Message, 24 March 1808 (Madison Papers)
incapable of giving a valid consent to their alienation; in others belong to persons who may refuse altogether to alienate, or demand a compensation far beyond the liberal justice allowable in such cases. From these causes the defence of our sea board, so necessary to be pressed during the present season, will in various ports be defeated, unless a remedy can be applied. With a view to this I...
2455JM Resolution on Repeal of the Embargo, 23 January 1809 (Madison Papers)
Resolved as the opinion of this House that the U. S. ought not to delay beyond the day of to repeal the embargo and to resume maintain & defend the navigation of the High seas, against any nation or nations having in force Edicts orders or decrees violating the lawful Commerce and neutral rights of the U States. NHi : Papers of Albert Gallatin.
2456Deposition of James Madison, 1 September 1803 (Madison Papers)
Document not found. 1 September 1803 . Offered for sale in Dodd, Mead & Company’s Catalogue No. 59 (March 1901), item 229. Described as a one-page legal document signed by JM “in which he binds himself to make certain disposition of lands left by his father.”
2457JM Editorial in the National Intelligencer, 25 December 1807 (Madison Papers)
A rapid view was taken in our last paper of the nature and effects of the Embargo. As it is the strongest measure yet taken by the government, and from its very nature will be productive of interesting consequences not only on the foreign world, but likewise on ourselves, it is of the first importance that the public should receive correct impressions upon it. For a time it will materially...
2458Notes on John Randolph’s Assertion as to Florida, [post–5 April 1806] (Madison Papers)
(In reference to J R’s assertion, as to Florida & the alledged expression [“]that France wanted Money & must have it”) It may be due to the ⟨N⟩ation &c. to state that without undertaking to recollect the particular expressions made by me on the occasion, or remarking on the facility of misconceptions incident to transient conversations, my consciousness assures me that on no occasion, nor with...
2459JM Treaty privileges of ships of war in foreign ports, October 1807 (Madison Papers)
1. P 34. no right to visit for municipal objects See Resoln. of H. of Comms & H of L in 1739. Approvd. by the King. Resd. that ye subjects of G B. have an evident right to navigate in the Amn. Seas, as well in going to as in returning from any part of the dominions of H. Majesty, & that it is a manifest violation of this right to visit such vessels at open sea, under pretext that they are...
2460JM Estimate for the service of the year, 1 October 1807 (Madison Papers)
Estimate for the service of the year 1808 Foreign Intercourse. Salaries of three Ministers viz, To London, Paris & Madrid, a 9.000 } 27,000 } Ditto for their 3 Secretaries a 1350. 4,050 Contingent expenses of those Missions 2,000 Contingencies of foreign Intercourse 20,000 53,050. Barbary Intercourse.
2461To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 21 December 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
The Secretary of State, to whom the Resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States of the 17th inst, was referred by the President, has the honor to inclose to him, the letters and communications annexed from the Governor of the Mississippi Territory, the Governor of Kentucky and from Wm E. Hulings formerly appointed Vice Consul of the United States at New Orleans. In addition...
2462An Examination of the British Doctrine, Which Subjects to Capture a Neutral Trade, Not Open in Time of Peace, [ante–8 … (Madison Papers)
JM spent several months in the summer and fall of 1805 preparing his pamphlet An Examination of the British Doctrine, Which Subjects to Capture a Neutral Trade, Not Open in Time of Peace (Shaw and Shoemaker 10777). It was placed on the desks of members of Congress on 16 January 1806 (Brown, William Plumer’s Memorandum of Proceedings in the U.S. Senate , 388), and between 22 January and 1...
2463Circular Letter to Federal District Attorneys, 2 June 1801 (Madison Papers)
I am directed by the President to obtain thro’ you information of the Causes which have been decided, as well as of those now depending in the Circuit Court for the district of Rhode Island —prior to the fifteenth day of June 1801. You will therefore please to procure and transmit as soon as convenient extracts of the Docket of such causes, classing them according to the nature of the suits,...
2464Estimate for the Service of the Year 1806, 10 December 1805 (Madison Papers)
Foreign Intercourse. Salaries of three Ministers viz: to London, Paris and Madrid @ $9000 is $27.000 } Ditto for their three Secretaries @ 1350 ea. 4.050 Their Contingent expences other than personal 2.000 Extra expense of the Mission to Madrid. 6.000 Contingencies 26.950 $66.000 Deficiency of former appropriation to carry into effect the Convention with France of April } 6.000 Barbary...
2465Standing Instructions to American Consuls and Vice-Consuls, 10 June 1801 (Madison Papers)
In addition to the special duties pointed out in the act of Congress relative to Consuls, passed on the 14th of April, 1792, which you will find in the 2nd Volume of the Laws of the United States, I must beg the favor of you to communicate to me, every six months, a report of the vessels of the United States, which enter at the ports of your district, specifying the name and burthen of each...
2466Account of David Gelston, 14 October 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ Account of David Gelston. 14 October 1806. States Gelston’s charges against the State Department totaling $845.62. Includes vouchers indicating that $600 of this sum was spent “for Passages for three Tunissians from the Port of New York to London to find them all necessaries during the Voyage”; $22 for three sets of mattresses, pillows, and blankets; and $223.62 for board, washing and...
2467Pardon of John Mills, 20 November 1806 (Madison Papers)
The President of the United States of America To all who shall see these presents Greeting Whereas at a General Court Martial held at New Orleans on the 20th. day of August 1806 of which Lieut Colonel Constant Freeman was President, Corporal John Mills, of Captain Fergus’ Company, Regiment of Artillerists, was charged with repeated disertion, particularly on or about the 28th. July 1806,...
2468Warrant for James Leander Cathcart, 16 July 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ Warrant for James Leander Cathcart. 16 July 1806. “I certify, That James Leander Cathcart has authority to draw upon the Secretary of State for any sum not exceeding two thousand dollars, which will be paid on presenting with the draft this document. “In faith whereof, I James Madison, Secretary for the Department of State of the United States of America, have signed these presents, and...
2469Agreement with Benjamin Grayson Orr, [27 July] 1801 (Madison Papers)
It is agreed by the parties subscribing vizt. James Madison & Benjn G. Orr, that Plato the slave of the said Orr is to serve the said Madison for five years from this date during which time the said Orr nor any other person in his or any other right but his the said Madisons, Shall exercise any Kind of rights ownership or controul over the said Plato, who is to be & remain for the term of...
2470Property Listing of James Madison, Sr., Estate, ca. 10 March 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
Ca. 10 March 1801. Lists JM’s valuation of slaves and land (except Montpelier) to be divided among the surviving children, the heirs of two deceased sons, and Nelly Conway Madison. Ms ( DLC ). 2 pp.; in JM’s hand; written in pencil. Filed at the end of 1787 in the Madison Papers ( DLC ). As executor for his father’s estate, JM was responsible for a division of the elder Madison’s property...
2471Circular Letter to American Consuls and Commercial Agents, 1 August 1801 (Madison Papers)
It is a considerable time since our Consuls originated the practice of providing with certificates foreign vessels purchased abroad by citizens of the United States; and it is even understood that some such vessels have been supplied with Consular Registers and Sea-letters. To secure the bona fide property of our citizens is an important duty of the Government, but to repress or regulate a...
2472Proclamation on the Embargo, 19 April 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
By the President of the United States. A Proclamation. Whereas information has been received that sundry persons are combined or combining and confederating together on lake Champlain and the Country thereto adjacent for the purposes of forming insurrections against the authority of the laws of the United States, for opposing the same and obstructing their execution, and that such combinations...