901To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 2 October 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I return to the Dept. of State the enclosed papers (excepting the private letter from Mr. L) thro’ your hands that you may peruse such of them as may deserve that attention. According to my recollection, the explanation of the Act of Congs. so offensive to Spain, was communicated to Yrujo. As it is possible that I may be mistaken, it may be worth while to enquire into the fact; and if the...
902To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 15 October 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Perhaps the language may be a little more effectually guarded agst. the idea of making a sort of Stipulation the title to the appointment. All that can be effected is to strengthen his good dispositions, by his knowing that they were calculated on as a proof of his general merit, & by his committing himself for a perseverance in those dispositions, by conversations and declarations on the...
903I. James Madison’s Remarks on a Draft, 23 October 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
The first enacting clause will be ineffectual because vessels will clear for one place, when really bound to another. A principle therefore will be conceded of which advantage may hereafter be taken, without any security that will be satisfactory to complaining nations. The only adequation provision would be to take bond for delivery of the Cargo elsewhere that at the forbidden ports. But this...
904II. James Madison’s Remarks on the Draft, 25 October 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
(a) and which have been encreased by peculiar circumstances in the W. Indn Seas; yet in the more distant channels at least of our trade, b. The act authorizes &c provisionally at least—a port &c without the limits of the U.S. The words in [ ] may be left out. c— [on the part of Spain—] d. [proper to suspend] will according better with the case—as the 6th art. is also made a ground of...
905To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 1 January 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. Levy Mr. Pinkney Judge Livingston Duvall. Granger. Rodney. J. T. Mason Dallas RC ( DLC : TJ Papers, 146:25410); undated, in Madison’s hand; endorsed by TJ as received from the State Department on 1 Jan. 1805 and “Atty Genl.” For earlier consideration of Samson Levy , Brockholst Livingston, and John Thomson Mason as Levi Lincoln’s successor as U.S. attorney general, see TJ to Gallatin, 3...
906Enclosure: James Madison: Report on Complaints against Arming of Vessels, 31 January 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
The Secretary of State, to whom the President of the United States has been pleased to refer the Resolution of the Senate of the 28th. inst. requesting that there may be laid before the Senate such documents and papers, or other information, as the President should judge proper relative to complaints against arming the Merchant Ships or Vessels of the United States; or the conduct of the...
907VII. James Madison’s Remarks on a Draft, 8 February 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
insert + “thro’ the transactions of a portion of our Citizens whose intelligence & arrangements best shield them agst the abuses, as well as inconveniences incident to the collection” substitute Religion— “as religious exercises, could therefore be neither controuled nor prescribed by us. They have accordingly been left as the Constitution found them, under the direction & discipline...
908XI. James Madison’s Remarks on a Draft, 21 February 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Is the fact certain that the amt. of the internal taxes not objectionable in their nature would not have paid the Collectors? What is the amendment alluded to as necessary to a repartition of liberated revenues amg. the States in time of peace? page 3—“in any view” may be better than “in any event” that phrase having but just preceded. Instead of “acts of religious exercise suited to it...
909James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 19 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Altho’ I feel reluctance in trespassing for a moment on the repose to which you have just retired, I can not well avoid enclosing a letter from M r La Trobe which he wishes may be seen by you before it be decided on, because he thinks you have already acquiesc’d in the reasonableness of of its object: and which I wish you to see, because I am so raw on the whole subject, as to need any...
910James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 27 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Altho’ the letter from M r Brown was probably intended for you, I could not hesitate in carrying it into effect; and finding that the Bill on the Navy Dep t will be paid, I inclose, in order to avoid the delay of a week, the sum drawn for in Bank notes. I send them to you rather than directly to M rs T. first because I do not know what the direct address ought to be, & 2 dly because it is...
911James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 28 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I have yours of the 24 . The enquiry as to Franzoni will be made as soon as an opp y offers. F. Page had been app d before your letter was rec d , & his Comission forwarded. We have letters from Erving to Jan y
912James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 9 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I return the letter of Mazzei , without however having ascertained the fact as to the remittance by the Sculptor. Latrobe I presume, will give the information in his answer to the letter which I have forwarded to him. He is now in Philad a . A Secretary of Legation with a sort of Extra establishment has just arrived from England , with despatches for Erskine . I have a private letter only from...
913James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 24 April 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I have rec d your favor of the 19 th . You will see in the newspapers the result of the Advances made by G.B. Attempts were made to give shapes to the arrangement implying inconsistency and blame on our part. They were however met in a proper manner & readily abandoned; leaving these charges in their full force, as they now bear on the other side. The B. Cabinet must have changed its course...
914James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 1 May 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I am just favored with yours of the 27 th . Young Gelston is here preparing to take his passage for France as bearer and expositor of dispatches, in the Syren sloop of war which is waiting for him at Baltimore . He leaves this tomorrow morning. M r Gallatin has had a conversation with
915James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 30 May 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 22 d did not come to hand till the day before yesterday. It will give me pleasure to take the place of M r Barnes in the note to the Bank ; the more so as it will, it seems, to be a relief to the Old Gentleman’s pecuniary anxieties. I will have an early communication with him on the subject. I wish the original arrangement had taken the shape now proposed, and hope that you...
916James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 12 June 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
The Pacific has just returned from G.B. bringing the acc ts to be seen in the Newspapers. The communications from Pinkney add little to them. The new orders , considering the time, and that the act was known on the passage of which the instructions lately executed by Erskine , were predicated, present a curious feature in the conduct of the B Cabinet . It is explained by some at the expence of...
917James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 20 June 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 16 th came to hand yesterday. I hope you have not many made any sacrifice of any sort to the scruple which has superseded my arrangem t with M r Barnes . The execution of it would have equally accorded with my disposition & my conveniency. The Gazette of yesterday contains the mode pursued for re-animating confidence in the pledge of the B. Gov t given by M r Erskine in his...
918James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 27 June 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I have rec d a private letter of Mar. 30. from Gen l Armstrong , in which he desires me “to present him most respectfully and cordially to you, and inform you that by the next public ship that goes to America , he shall have the pleasure to send you, an alteration of M r Guillaumes ’ plough, which in light soils, is a great improvement upon the old one.” To me he adds, “By the same vessel I...
919James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 4 July 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
The inclosed letter accompanied y e skin of an Animal, not named by the writer , which belongs to the Region of the Rocky Mountains . The bundle being too large for the Mail, I shall forward it by some other opp y ; perhaps as far as Orange , by a waggon I shall soon have on the return thither. You will have seen that a re-nomination of J. Q. A. for Russia
920James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 7 July 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
The inclosed letter from M r S. came under cover to me. It was brought by the vessel lately arrived at Phil a from Dunkirk . It appears that he had not left Paris , for Petersb g : nor meant to do so, untill he sh d hear further from the U.S
921James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 23 July 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
On my arrival at O. C. House on thursday I found your favor of the 12 th inst: with the document expected, & the letters from Short & Warden enclosed. The two last whole are now returned. No copy of the document was in the Office of State, as you suppose must have been the case. This was owing to the letter being written by your own hand at Monticello , and being sent on to
922James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 3 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
Herewith you will receive a packet, which being wrapt up in a large one for me, from the Dep t of State , was taken out of the mail of yesterday, and not observed before the rider had set out. I find myself under the mortifying necessity of setting out tomorrow morning for Washington . The intricate state of our affairs with England produced by the mixture of fraud & folly in her late conduct,...
923James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 16 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I got home from my trip to Washington on Saturday last; having remained there three days only. You will have seen in the Procl n issued, the result of our consultations on the effect of what has passed on our commercial relations with G.B. The enforcement of the non-intercourse act ag st her, will probably be criticized by some friends and generally assailed by our adversaries, on the ground...
924James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 23 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
M r & M rs Gallatin reached us on saturday last; and in fulfilment of their promise to you propose to set out for Monticello , tomorrow morning. We are preparing to accompany them. I see by the papers that M r Smith has probably rec d dispatches from M r Pinkney
925James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 11 September 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I send herewith a few papers which have come to my hands along with those addressed to myself. Jackson according to a note sent from Annapolis to M r Smith was to be in Washington on friday evening last. The letters from M r Pinkney brought by him, were dated June 23. and merely rehearsed a conversation with
926James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 6 October 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I inclose for perusal a letter from M r Dupont D. N. What does he mean by his desire “to contribute” to the Execution of his project of Education? You will observe that he has sent for you a copy of the Works of Turgot , as far as Edited. Be so good as to point out the mode in which you wish them to be transmitted. I expect a Waggon here next month which can take them to Orange , if you prefer...
927James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 30 October 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
In the operation of removing from my former quarters, the Digest of the City Code & business , which you had been so good as to furnish me, has, by some unaccountable accident, been either lost, or possibly so thrown out of place, as not to be found. I have written to M r Capt: Coles , to take Monticello in his way, and ask the favor of you to permit him to take another copy, from your...
928James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 6 November 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I rec d your letter from Eppington . I had not heard that either the Attorney Gen l or the Gov r of Illinois meant to resign. Inclosed are several letters for you rec d from France by the return of the Wasp .
929James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 27 November 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
A gentleman of intelligence & good standing in Kentuckey lately signified to a friend here, that he was much in conversation with Col. Monroe during his trip to that Country, and that Sentiments which were repeatedly dropped by him, left no doubt, that altho’ he declined a more important Station at N.O. he would not object to the vacancy produced by the death of Gov r Lewis
930James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 11 December 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I duly rec d your two letters of the 26. & 30. Ult: The State of Col. Monroe’s mind is very nearly what I had supposed. His willingness to have taken a seat in the Cabinet, is what I had not supposed. I have written to Maj r Neele , according to your suggestion, and shall follow it also as to the distribution of Gov r Lewis’s papers when they arrive. Fayette
931James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 2 April 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 25 th Mar: has been duly rec d Every thing is so uncertain at this moment with respect to our approaching relations to France & G.B: that I can only say that a conveyance of your plow to the Former will be favored as much as possible, and that I will endeavor to have more definite information on the subject ready at Monticello for your return from Bedford . I am glad to learn that...
932James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 23 April 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 16 th has been rec d . It is not improbable that there will be an early occasion to send for public purposes, a ship to G.B. & France; & that Norfolk will be the port of Departure. I recommend therefore that your plow be lodged there as soon as may be, with the proper instructions to your Agent. It may not be amiss to include in them a discretion to forward the plow to any other...
933James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 7 May 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
The inclosed letter from Jarvis accompanied one to me on the subject of the Merinos. I learn that they have arrived safe; but the vessel is aground a few miles below Alexand a . Jos: Doherty is gone to bring them up, making the selections warranted by M r Jarvis . As the means I shall employ to have my pair conveyed to Virg a will suffice for yours, it will be unnecessary for you to attend to...
934James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 25 May 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I have duly rec d your favor of the 13 th . The general idea of disposing of the supernumerary Merino Rams for the public benefit had occurred to me. The mode you propose for the purpose seems well calculated for it. But as it will be most proper as you suggest, to let our views, be developed to the public, by the execution of them, there will be time for further consideration. When the Sheep...
935James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 4 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I have rec d your two letters of the 25. & 30. Ult . I have not yet seen any of the Secretaries to whom you have written on the subject of the papers relating to the Batture . I take for granted they will readily comply with your request. M r Gallatin is absent on a visit to his Farm in the Western parts of Penns a . But his chief Clk will I presume be able to furnish the papers, if any, lying...
936James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 8 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Since I rendered the account of our Merinos sent on by my Overseer , I have learnt, that M r Hooe of Alexand a considers the lamb yeaned after their arrival, as allotted to him by the intention of M r Jarvis . I have not yet investigated the merits of his claim, by comparing what he may have rec d from M
937James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 15 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
The inclosed letters were brought, together with the separate Packet now forwarded, by the John Adams . The official communications received by her, from F. & G.B. you will find in the Nat l Intelligencr of this date. The
938James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 22 June 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I inclose d an authentication of the blood of the our Merinos, as translated from the Original by M r Graham : also a state of the charges incident the to their passages &c. The half falling to your share, of course, may be left for any convenient occasion of being replaced. You need not trouble yourself to remit it hither. On the first publication of the dispatches by the J. Adams , so strong...
939James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 2 July 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I have rec d your favor of the 27 th by which I find you have suspended the sending for your portion of the Merinos. I have not yet come to an eclaircissem t with M r Hooe . I learn however that a reexamination of the tenor of M r J’s letter to him, has induced an abandonment of his pretensions to the Lamb. Still I am rather inclined to think that they are not altogether without foundation; I
940James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 7 July 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Not knowing where I could be enabled to answer the inclosed, with so much confidence in the fact, as in your acquaintance with the historical antiquities of Virginia , I take the liberty of asking whether I may not say to M r Bassette , that no such accounts as he enquires after, are known to exist. As he seems desirous of an early answer you will oblige me by a few lines as soon as...
941James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 17 July 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Among the papers relating to the Convention of 1787. communicated to you, that copies in your hands might double the security ag st destructive casualties, was a delineation of Hamilton’s plan of a Constitution in his own writing. On looking for it among the Debates &c, which were returned to me, this particular paper does not appear. I conclude therefore, that it had not then been copied, or...
942James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, [received 26 July 1810] (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 13 th was duly rec d . I have answer’d Bassette’s Enquiry on the ground you have been so good as to furnish. Whether the lamb from the Merino Ewe is to remain ours or not, I think no time should now be lost in sending for your share, the season being at hand when the Ewes will be in heat; and as care will be taken of the lambs whenever they may drop, it will be best that they...
943James Madison’s Notes on Thomas Jefferson’s Statement on the Batture Case, [ca. 10-13 August 1810] (Jefferson Papers)
p. 16. form of stating the consultation seems to imply a more elaborate inquiry into the law than was then made: better to give a summary of the grounds; & appeal to the full view of the arg ts in support of the opinion given. Id. too much unqualified pre-eminence ascribed to Civil Law. 17. quer. the advantage of the note which seems rather erudite & curious, than strictly within the scope of...
944James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 15 August 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I am offered the Services of a M r Magee , now living with M r Randolph , as an overseer . I have discountenanced his offer, partly from an ignorance of his character, but particularly from the uncertainty whether M r R. means to part with him. Will you be kind eno’ by a line, merely to say 1 st whether it is decided that he is not to remain where he is, the only condition on which I w
945James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 19 October 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I have rec d your favor of the 15 th . All we know of the step taken by France towards a reconcilation with us, is thro’ the English papers sent by M r Pinkney , who had not himself rec d any information on the subject from Gen l A. nor held any conversation with the B. Ministry
946James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 7 December 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
The letter inclosed came to me as you see it; and tho’ probably meant more for me than you, is forwarded according to its ostensible destination. We have nothing from abroad, more than has been made public. The latest date from Pinkney is the 3 d of Oc r . The arrival of Nov r will have been some test, positive or negative of the views of England : Her Party here seems puzzled more than usual....
947James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 18 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I have rec d yours inclosing two letters improperly addressed to you. A sketch in manuscript was brought by yesterday’s Mail from N. York , saying that a vessel just arrived, stated that the Prince Regent had appointed his Cabinet; that Lord Holland was prime Minister ,
948James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 1 April 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I intimated to you the Offence taken by Armstrong at the re-enstatement of Warden . It is not improbable that it will be the ground of an open hostility. This will call into view his present denunciations of W. which are pointed ag st him as an Adventurer & Impostor from the commencement to the end of his career, in comparison with the patronage so long continued to him, and the sentiments...
949James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 19 April 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I have rec d your favor of containing the requested extract from Armstrong’s letter relating to Warden . A. has entangled himself in such gross inconsistencies, that he may perhaps not execute this threat to vindicate his removal of W. ag st my reinstatement of him. This consideration alone will restrain his enmity ag st both of us. You will see the conflict in which he is engaged with Fulton
950James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 3 May 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
I have rec d yours of the 24 Ap l and return the letter inclosed in it ; after having made the communication intended for M r Gallatin . Your expostulations with Duane could not be improved; but he gives proofs of a want of candor, as well as of temperance, that will probably repel advice however rational or friendly. The great fulcrum of his attacks on M r Gallatin , is Erskine’s