341To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, 11 June 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
Outlines of a system for organizing the Militia in three Classes—. 1st. Class to include all free, white, male citizens between the ages of 19. & 26. to be formed into companies of from 50. to 72. privates, in Battalions of 4. or 5. companies. Regiments of from 2. to 4. Battalions, Brigades of from 3 to 4. Regiments, & Divisions of two Brigades—in suitable proportions of Infantry, Cavalry &...
342To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, 23 October 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Having attentively perused the remarks you honourd me with on the subject of Indian lands, I take the liberty of submitting the following observations. We ought undoubtedly to imbrace the earliest opportunity for meeting the present overtures of the Chocktaws, and of securing an additional session as contemplated in your remarks, if practicable on reasonable terms.— The establishment of houses...
343I. Memorandum from Henry Dearborn, 11 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Republican. Fedl. Heads of Departments— } 6. 0 including the Post M. G. secondery officers in the above Departments— } 2 5 Clerks in said departmts. 19 77 Foreign Ministers 3 0 Judges 8
344IV. Henry Dearborn’s Remarks on the Draft , 28 October 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I have carefully concidered the enclosed Bill, and take the liberty of sugjesting for concideration two very unimportant alterations, and the addition of a section or two, to be placed at the head of the bill or reather to form the first or first & second sections; I am not confident as to the propriety of anexing to the Bill the principle contained in the section I have proposed, but I am...
345III. Henry Dearborn’s Remarks on the Draft, 29 October 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
1t. part. insted of war } of that scurge to the human race, which has so frequently laid waste many of the best parts of the world, Treaty Piankashaws, & Delawares, may it not be advisable to sugjest some improvement in the present sistem of Government in uper Louisiana. may it not be expedient to say something in relation to the advantages which results from our trading houses with the...
346II. Henry Dearborn’s Second Draft, with Jefferson’s Revisions, [20 April 1802] (Jefferson Papers)
having examined the proceedings of a Genl. Court Martial, of which Majr. Thos. Hunt was President, holden at Detroit on the eighteenth day of July last, for the trial of John Spence a private soldier in Captain John Whistlers Company, of the first Regiment of Infantry in the service of the United States, charged with seditious conduct at Fort Wayne on the third day of May 1801, by assailing...
347II. From Henry Dearborn, 22 October 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Not having been very conversant with the detailed forms of Bills, it will be with diffidence that I shall sugjest any alterations in the draught of the proposed Bill you have been pleased to submit to my perusal,—as people on board of unarmed vessels may be guilty of offences and may resist the execution of the laws, I will take the liberty of sugjesting the propriety of leaving out the word,...
348VI. Henry Dearborn’s Remarks on the Draft, 6 October 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
+ they must have been sensible , that alth’o the right of deposit was of little value to the U.S. when compaired with the actual & peaceable possession of New Orleans and the adjacent country on both sides the river, the continuance of the privation must have produced an important effect on the peace & tranquility of our Country. ‡ but from the assurances of the respective Beligerant powers we...
349Henry Dearborn: Report on Indian Affairs, 17 January 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
By Treaties held with the Creek and Chocktaw nations of Indians in the course of the last year, considerable tracts of land have been obtained, and there is reason to believe that additional cessions, may be obtained on reasonable terms from the aforementioned and other Indian Nations in the course of the present year.— The boundary line between the State of North Carolina and the Cherokees...
350Henry Dearborn’s Report on the War Department, [12 May 1801] (Jefferson Papers)
1. Fortifications . The Works at Newport Rhode Island have been suspended. The proposed Plan for a Fortification on Castle Island in the Harbor of Boston has been submitted to the opinions of Major Generals Heath, Lincoln, Brooks and Hull, who having visited the Island, and conversed with Mr. Foncin, the Engineer, unanimously approve of it, and have adopted a favorable opinion of the talents...