1To John Adams from Jacob Wagner, 12 July 1800 (Adams Papers)
In the occasional absence of the Secretary of State, who is in Virginia, I have received the inclosed letters from the Judge of Maryland District and other gentlemen, informing of the death of the Marshal of that District, and recommending candidates to fill the vacancy. In addition to the Judge’s intimation of the suspension, by that event, of the judicial functions, I beg leave to suggest,...
2To John Adams from Jacob Wagner, 15 July 1800 (Adams Papers)
The enclosed certificate, which is just received, having a relation to the subject of my letter of the 12th. I judged it best to forward it to your Excellency. The Secretary of State is expected to return from Virginia in a day or two. I have the honor to be, / With the most perfect respect, / Sir, / Your most obed. Servt. P.S. Mr. Wolcott has since requested me to enclose a letter on the same...
3To John Adams from Jacob Wagner, 16 July 1800 (Adams Papers)
The enclosed letters, containing the applications of Messrs. Archibald Campbell and William Wilson for the office of Marshal for Maryland, I received since the last northern mail was closed. I have the honor to submit them to your consideration, and to be, / With the most perfect respect, / sir, / your most Obed. servt. MHi : Adams Papers.
4To John Adams from Jacob Wagner, 17 July 1800 (Adams Papers)
Applications for the vacant office of Marshal for the District of Maryland continuing to be received, I think it my duty to forward them, tho’ some of them may probably come to hand too late. Enclosed is that of Mr. W. Matthews, and a recommendatory letter from Mr. McHenry in favor of Mr. William Wilson. I have also the honor to enclose for your signature a passport for the ship Ann Maria, now...
5Jacob Wagner’s Memorandum on State Department Clerks, [March 1801] (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. Kimball keeps the accounts of the Department; and, when not so engaged, does such other current business as is assigned to him. Mr. Thom fills up patents for Virginia Military lands and for useful discoveries and inventions, and does such other copying and recording as is assigned to him. Mr. Miller records the foreign and domestic letters written by the Secretary of State, and does such...
6Jacob Wagner’s Notes on a Letter from Rühle von Lilienstern, [ca. 20 May 1801] (Jefferson Papers)
He proposes to establish three colonies under the authority of the U.S. to be peopled with emigrants from Germany, whose inducement to remove is the misery brought upon them by the prevailing war. 1st. Colony, to be settled at New Holland , either in the gulf of Carpentaria or the unexplored bay opposite the Island of Timor. 2nd. do. to be settled in Africa, at Dalagoa Bay, opposite the Island...
7To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, 3 August 1801 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to enclose you various letters, some of them merely for your information, and others which will perhaps require answers. Among them are the three letters you received from Mr. Thornton, with sketches of answers, I have drafted. They seemed to me to present a fit, if not a necessary occasion of explaining to him our right to admit French privateers and prizes to an equal...
8To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, 10 August 1801 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to enclose to you several public and private letters. Those of importance among the former, are from Mr. Lear, Mr. King and Mr. Thornton. I also received a letter from Mr. Savage, the Agent for seamen at Jamaica, in which he says, that a number of seamen have lately been discharged and that his certificates are respected, on which account he suggests, that the Masters of our...
9To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, 17 August 1801 (Madison Papers)
I was duly honored with your favor of the 8th. The demurrage of the Peace and Plenty was advantageously settled, on the terms mentioned in the enclosed letter from the Purveyor, and the money has been paid. I am sorry that it should have been encreased by the tardiness of Capt. Shaw. With respect to printing the laws in a german paper in Pennsylvania, I promised Mr. Gallatin, that I would not...
10To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, 17 August 1801 (Madison Papers)
I forgot to ask your direction about the Cattle mentioned in Mr. Eaton’s last letter. Are they to be sent? And if Dr. Gillasspy (to whom I have written) does not chuse to execute the timber-commission, ought we to do it? With perfect respect &c. RC ( DLC ). See 14 Apr. postscript to William Eaton’s 10 Apr. 1801 dispatch ( PJM-SS Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison:...