From James Madison to William C. C. Claiborne, 9 June 1806 (Abstract)
To William C. C. Claiborne, 9 June 1806 (Abstract)
§ To William C. C. Claiborne. 9 June 1806, Department of State. “I have received your letters of 2 (two) 4, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 21, 23, 24, 28, 30 (two Jany.) 1, 6 (two) 7, 12, 13, (two) 18, 19, 20 Feb 13, 14, 15, 18, 28, 29 March, l, 3, 8, 16 April last.1
“In consequence of the suggestion, that the City Council of New Orleans had imposed taxes, which were supposed to apply to the public property, the opinion of the Attorney General has been taken, who thinks there exists no power in any Department of the Government of Orleans to tax the property of the United States, within that territory, and that the exercise of such power has never been before attempted in any part of the United States.”2
Letterbook copy (DNA: RG 59, DL, vol. 15). 1 p.
1. Claiborne’s letters to JM of 2 Jan., 1 and 18 Feb., 28 Mar., and 1 Apr., and his second letters of 6 and 13 Feb. 1806 have not been found.
2. For the matter, see Richard Claiborne to JM, 6 Mar. 1806, 11:351 and n. 2.