6501To James Madison from Samuel McKee, 16 December 1816 (Madison Papers)
I ask leave to lay before you the enclosed recommendation; I presume that Some of the persons by whom It is Sighned are knowen to you—they are generally men of the first respectibility; and influance in Kentucky, and I would Supperadd that Mr McBrides’ merit and worth entitles him to the respect and esteem of all those Who know him. I am only Sorry that a man of So much worth and capacity for...
6502Respite for George Adams and Randall Tarrier, [16 December 1816] (Madison Papers)
Whereas sentence of death was passed by the Circuit Court of the United States, held for the District of Columbia upon a certain Clinton [i.e., George] Adams and Randal Terrier [ sic ], who were at its last June term duly convicted for the offence of Robbing on the High way, and the President of the United States did respite the execution of the said Sentence until the 16th. day of this...
6503From John Adams to James Madison, 17 December 1816 (Adams Papers)
I beg leave to introduce to You Col. William Sumner; and to Mrs Madison, his Sister, Miss Elizabeth Sumner, Children of our late Governor Sumner. They have requested an Introduction from me. And as I think it right that the President should know, and that his Family Should know Something of the Characters who appear at Washington; I beg leave to say, that Mr Sumner has the Advantages of...
6504To James Madison from John Adams, 17 December 1816 (Madison Papers)
I beg leave to introduce to you Col, William Sumner, and to Mrs Madison his Sister Miss Elizabeth Sumner; children of our late Governor Sumner; They have requested an introduction from me; And as I think it right that the President should know, & that his family should know something of the characters who appear at Washington I beg leave to say that Mr. Sumner has the advantages of Education,...
6505To James Madison from James B. Johnson, 17 December 1816 (Madison Papers)
I take the liberty as a free citizen of a free country of addressing thee on one of the most important subjects that ever attracted the attention of a citizen of the United States. And hope that liberty will be excused & that thee may read and consider the contents with that serious consideration for which so weighty a matter loudly calls. The subject is the manumition of the Africans held in...
6506To James Madison from Richard M. Johnson, 19 December 1816 (Madison Papers)
Such is my opinion of your wisdom, justice & humanity, that I must call your particular attention, to the decision of Mr Lee which makes a deduction of 40 Cents from those under Gov. Shelby after the 20th of Oct. till their final discharge which tirminated after allowing every 20 miles as one day. I am happy to find that this decision is contrary to the opinion, of the late Sec of War, instead...
6507From James Madison to Richard Rush, 20 December 1816 (Madison Papers)
J. Madison requests a consultation with The Heads of Depts today at 1 oC. FC ( DLC ). Year not indicated; conjectural year supplied based on the first of two notes written on the verso, in Rush’s hand, perhaps at a later date: “The Cabinet meeting Dec 20. 1816” and “To cure the imperfections in the law of June 1794 so as to prevent vessels fitting out in our ports to cruise agt Spain &ce.”
6508From James Madison to the Senate, 20 December 1816 (Madison Papers)
I nominate, Joseph H. Hawkins, to be surveyor of the Port of New-Orleans, & also inspector of the Revenue for the same port, in the place of Thomas, L. Butler, resigned. Jesse Nettles Junior, of South Carolina, to be collector of the direct tax and Internal duties for the 8th Collection district of the Same State, in the place of Thomas H. Lane resigned. Ebenezer S. Rees, of Georgia, now...
6509To James Madison from Adrian Benjamin Bentzon, 20 December 1816 (Madison Papers)
Presuming on the personal acquaintance, you have honor’d me with, I venture to call on your attention for a few moments in order to explain in a private letter my motives for not immediately granting an “exequatur” to Mr Jacques, who has been appointed Consul at Ste. Croix. It is not customary to receive Consuls in Colonies, the trade in nearly all being in ordinary times exclusive with the...
6510To James Madison from Nicolas Gouin Dufief, 20 December 1816 (Madison Papers)
The exalted station in which you are placed Justifies me in considering you as a patron of literature, and the whole tenor of your life confirms that belief, therefore, I have forwarded you a proposal for the publication of the fourth edition of my “Nature Displayed” much improved. The sale of three editions and the urgent call for a fourth induces a belief that it has become a standard...
6511To James Madison from George Graham, 20 December 1816 (Madison Papers)
The Acting Secretary of War has the honor to submit to the President, the report made by the Commissioner of Claims, relative to his proceedings under the act, “authorizing the payment for property lost, captured, or destroyed by the Enemy, while in the military service of the United States, and for other purposes.” RC and enclosure ( DNA : RG 233, President’s Messages, 14A–D1); letterbook copy...
6512From James Madison to the House of Representatives, 21 December 1816 (Madison Papers)
In compliance with the Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 6th. instant, I transmit to them, the proceedings of the Commissioner appointed under the “Act to authorise the payment for property lost, captured, or destroyed by the Enemy while in the military service of the United States and for other purposes” as reported by the Commissioner to the Department of War. RC and enclosure...
6513To James Madison from John J. Crittenden, 21 December 1816 (Madison Papers)
The only apology I can have for troubling you with this letter, is that the subject of it is a matter of public concern. The death of the late Judge Innes has occasioned a vacancy in the Federal Court for the District of Kentucky. Mr: John T Mason has been recommended to your Excellency, as I am told, as a proper person to supply that vacancy. Mr: Mason, I am informed, is personally known to...
6514To James Madison from Samuel Latham Mitchill, 23 December 1816 (Madison Papers)
The bearer of this note is Dr. Alexander McLeod, a clergyman of much learning, piety and respectability, in the city of newyork. He feels it his duty, on visiting Washington, to pay his respects to the chief magistrate of a free people. I yield to his request, without hesitation; assuring you at the same time of his sound republican sentiments; of which he has given proof in several valuable...
6515To James Madison from the Pennsylvania Legislature, [23 December 1816] (Madison Papers)
The period of your retirement from the toils and anxieties of public life, having nearly arrived, permit the General Assembly of Pennsylvania to indulge their feelings in respectfully expressing their approbation of your official conduct, and the grateful sense they entertain of the ability, zeal and fidelity which marked the discharge of arduous and multiplied duties, imposed on you by an...
6516To James Madison from Leonard Peirce, 24 December 1816 (Madison Papers)
Having obtained the consent of my parents to enter as a cadet in the Military Academy of the United States I would solicit from you an appointment to the Academy at West Point should there not be a full complement of cadets there; and if there should, to any other Academy which Congress has or may or established at their present session I am eighteen years of age, and have received a thorough...
6517To James Madison from Thomas Cooper, 24 December 1816 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Thomas Cooper. 24 December 1816. “Mr. Cooper presents his respects to the President of the United States & will have the honor to dine with him on Thursday next.” RC ( ViU ). 1 p. Federalist Thomas Cooper represented Delaware in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Congresses.
6518From James Madison to Congress, 26 December 1816 (Madison Papers)
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States. It is found that the existing laws have not the efficacy necessary to prevent violations of the obligations of the United States, as a nation at peace towards belligerent parties, and other unlawful acts on the high Seas, by armed vessels equipped within the waters of the United States. With a view to maintain more effectually...
6519From James Madison to William Bentley, 28 December 1816 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Crowninshield having made me acquainted with the passage in your letter to him, which speaks with so much personal kindness towards me, and so favorably of my discharge of the public trust which is about to close, I can not forego an expression of the value I put on such sentiments from such a source. The approbation of the wise and the worthy is the recompence which ought to be next to...
6520To James Madison from Nehemiah H. Mason, 29 December 1816 (Madison Papers)
The purport of this, will I hope excuse the liberty I have taken; It is in behalf of a poor orphan who is now confined in the penitentiary at Philadelphia for the crime of letter robbery. William Yeatman, the name of him alluded to; was born in this county, of reputable parents, but had the misfortune to be deprived of them when he was an infant. He was then taken by his paternal uncle James...
6521To James Madison from the Citizens of Detroit, 30 December 1816 (Madison Papers)
The Petition of the subscribers, Citizens of the United States, inhabitants of the District of Detroit, in the Territory of Michigan, respectfully sheweth. That your Petitioners are Generally farmers and heads of families. That on the commencement of the late war, with Great Britain, they were settled, upon the Waters of river Rouge. That they remained at their homes, except the time they were...
6522To James Madison from Benjamin W. Crowninshield, 30 December 1816 (Madison Papers)
I have the honour to transmit, herewith, Nominations to the Senate of the United States, on behalf of Shubael Butterfield, Thomas G. Chase, Robert Lyman, William Brown, Edwin B. Newton, John H. Duncan, Elijah I. Weed, and Augustus de Rumford, to be second Lieutenants in the Marin⟨e⟩ Corps. Very respectfully, I have the honour to be, &c Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 45, LSP ). JM forwarded the...
6523To James Madison from Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 30 December 1816 (Madison Papers)
The enclosed Letter was written at the instance of several Members of Congress, who, on enquiry, finding that I could not give them any information respecting the expense, the probably [ sic ] time of completing, or the measures taken to complete the Capitol, wished me to state to You, and to the Committees of the District, the opinion I expressed to them, on the System, which appeared to me...
6524From James Madison to the Senate, 31 December 1816 (Madison Papers)
I nominate, the following persons to be Collectors of direct taxes and internal duties for the States & districts respectively annexed to their names Valentine Richardson for the 4th. collection district of North Carolina, in room of John S West resigned. William A. K. Falkener for the 5th. collection district of North Carolina, in room of Solomon Green resigned. Jeremiah P. Fogg, for the 6th....
6525From James Madison to the Senate, 31 December 1816 (Madison Papers)
I nominate, William Jones, } Citizens of the United States residing at Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania. Stephen Girard, Pierce Butler George Williams } a Citizen of the United States residing in Baltimore, in the State of Maryland. Walter Bowne, } A Citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the State of New York to be five of the Directors of the Bank of the United...
6526To James Madison from William Brown, 31 December 1816 (Madison Papers)
The death of the late Honble. H Innis, having produced a vacancy in the District Court of the United States for the State of Kentucky, and no appointment having yet been made, has induced a belief that further information, of the relative pretentions of the candidates, is desired. I reside at Cynthiana; And practice law in the adjacent counties, and Since the vacancy has happened, have heard...
6527To James Madison from Rufus Easton, 31 December 1816 (Madison Papers)
I take the liberty to recommend Docr. Thomas Neale of the town of Jackson in the Territory of Missouri for the office of Marshall for that Territory. Docr. Neale is a man of respectable talents of good character and well qualified in every respect to discharge the duties of that office. He resides near the center of population, of the territory. I am with great respect Sir, your most obedt....
6528To James Madison from Alexandre Monnier, [31 December 1816] (Madison Papers)
Alexandre Monnier Marchand à buffalo (état de New york) venant de Richemond pour y vendre quelques terres, n’ayant pu y réussir forcé de Séjourner en cette ville depuis 12 Jours avec Sa famille, faute de moyens ayant été désapointé d’une Somme de 300 $ par georges Nelson négt. à Petersburg en Virginie. Après avoir inutilement fait toutes les démarches possibles pour Se procurer l’Argent...
6529To James Madison from Stephen Pleasonton, 31 December 1816 (Madison Papers)
Capt. Mullowny who holds the Commission of Consul at Tenneriffe, but who has not yet found it convenient to repair to his Station, has sent me the inclosed papers with a view to induce the appointment of Emanuel J. West as Vice Consul there, to act during his absence. The recommendations of Mr West are very respectable, and if he could be appointed, it would greatly accommodate Capt. Mullowny....
6530To James Madison from John Rhea, 31 December 1816 (Madison Papers)
I had the pleasure of addressing to You a Letter dated at the United States Factory in the Chactaw Nation—informing that a treaty was concluded by the Commissioners of the US—with the Chiefs of that Indian tribe. I hope that letter was received. The treaty was forwarded to the War office from Nashville by mail—and I am very much Gratifyed to know, by a letter from that office, that the treaty...