1From James Madison to Samuel W. Dana, 17 January 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
17 January 1805, Department of State. “I have the honour to inclose in consequence of your request of the 14th inst. a statement of the several description of claims recorded in this office, under the 8th section of the act of Congress of the 3d of March 1803, relative to lands south of the state of Tennessee. This statement has been made by Mr. Crawford, the person appointed to record the...
2From James Madison to Samuel W. Dana (Abstract), 14 February 1805 (Madison Papers)
14 February 1805, Department of State . “As Mr. Eaton’s accounts are depending in the Treasury, the memorial of Mr. Cotton, enclosed in your letter of yesterday has been transmitted together with the letter to the Auditor, in whose power it will be to answer the question you propose.” Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, DL , vol. 14). 1 p. Letter not found. For congressional consideration of...
3From James Madison to Samuel W. Dana, 19 January 1805 (Madison Papers)
I have had the honor to receive your letter of the 15th. instant, with the petition of Ann B. West. By the act of Congress of the 13th. of May 1800, provision was made for paten[t]ing lands upon warrants issued to the Virginia line on continental establishment, in virtue of resolutions of the Legislature of that state, provided that the whole quantity of land for which patents should issue,...
4To James Madison from Samuel W. Dana, 23 February 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
23 February 1802. “Mr. Dana” presents for JM’s acceptance a bill of exchange for $2,000 “payable to J. Gavino or order, and drawn at Tangier 15. Nov. 1800, by J. Simpson, together with a letter of advice accompanying the same.” RC ( DNA : RG 59, CD , Tangier, vol. 1). 1 p.; written in third person, in the hand of Connecticut congressman Samuel W. Dana. The enclosure may have been a copy of...
5To James Madison from Samuel W. Dana, 14 January 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
14 January 1805 , “ Committee Room .” Requests information on the following inquiry: “What are the several descriptions of claims, the evidences of which have been exhibited and recorded in the Office of State, under the eighth section of the act of Congress, of 3d. March 1803, relative to the lands ‘south of the State of Tennessee?[‘]” RC ( DNA : RG 59, ML ); Tr ( DNA : RG 233, Transcribed...
6To James Madison from Samuel W. Dana, 23 February 1802 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Dana has the honor of presenting to the Secretary of State, for his acceptance, a bill of exce. for $2000 payable to J. Gavino or order, and drawn, at Tangier 15. Novr. 1800, by J. Simpson, together with a letter of advice accompanying the same. The preceding is the full transcription of a document that was previously abstracted in The Papers of James Madison , Secretary of State series....
7To James Madison from Samuel W. Dana (Abstract), 14 February 1805 (Madison Papers)
14 February 1805, “Committee Room.” “With a view to a subject referred to the Committee of Claims, I have the honor of requesting a copy of the proclamation of the President of the United States permitting a commerce with certain ports in Hispaniola during the general suspension of intercourse with France & its dependencies.” RC ( DNA : RG 59, ML ). 1 p.; docketed by Wagner. John Adams’s 6...