1From James Madison to James Maury, 24 March 1783 (Madison Papers)
RC ( LC : Madison Papers). Although the cover is missing and the name of the addressee does not appear in the letter, its contents strongly suggest that JM was writing to James Maury of Fredericksburg, Va. Stan. V. Henkels Catalogue No. 694 (1892), p. 122, prints a portion of the letter and adds at the close, “ To J. Maury .” For Maury, see Papers of Madison William T. Hutchinson, William M....
2From James Madison to James Maury, 3 July 1788 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 3 July 1788 . Acknowledged in Maury to JM, 24 Feb. 1789 . Encloses The Federalist and reports on political affairs.
3From James Madison to James Maury, 21 June 1789 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 21 June 1789. Acknowledged in Maury to JM, 13 Feb. 1790 (DLC). Introduces George James.
4From James Madison to James Maury, 18 January 1797 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Mason & myself lately recd. your packets of London papers by the Alex: Hamilton, which were very acceptable as they brought us the earliest accounts of some of the important articles contained in them. I send in return several packets by Capt: Joseph Prince, who is to sail from N. York, and to whom I can not conveniently transmit any thing of a more bulky nature. Capt: Prince is a brother...
5From James Madison to James Maury, 17 June 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
17 June 1802, Department of State, Washington. “ Your letter of the 10th. April last has been duly received. According to the rule now in practice, all such accounts as yours are to be settled at the Treasury Department. It will be proper therefore that you forward them to that Department with the requisite vouchers. As soon as the balance shall be authenticated, you may receive payment either...
6From James Madison to James Maury, 18 October 1802 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 18 October 1802. Mentioned in Maury to JM, 25 Feb. 1803 . Asks Maury to handle an enclosed letter.
7From James Madison to James Maury, 13 February 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
13 February 1804, Department of State. “Godsrey Hyer, an American Seamen, impressed some time ago at Liverpool into the British Service, has written a letter to his friends in this Country, a copy of which you will find among the enclosed documents, requesting that you might be furnished with proof of his Citizenship, to be used for effecting his discharge: and I accordingly forward to you...
8From James Madison to James Maury, 2 July 1804 (Madison Papers)
I have received your letter of the 4th. May last. By a law passed during the last Session of Congress, which will be transmitted to you as soon as the volume is printed, a naturalised Citizen returning to the Country from which he originated, and residing there a year is disqualified to hold a registered Vessel. But this as well as the position stated in my circular of the 1st. of October do...
9From James Madison to James Maury, 22 July 1804 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 22 July 1804. Acknowledged in Maury to JM, 25 Oct. 1804 (DLC). An accompanying account of JM’s tobacco sales notes that in this letter JM notified Maury of a $500 draft.
10From James Madison to James Maury (Abstract), 14 May 1805 (Madison Papers)
14 May 1805, Department of State . “In answer to your letter of the 14th of March, I have to observe that the 3d Sect. of the supplement to the Consular Act is considered as evidently requiring the payment of three months extra wages, in cases where seamen are offered immediate employment in American vessels on the same terms on which they engaged. “The Secretary of the Treasury has...