1From James Madison to Tench Coxe, 3 May 1804 (Madison Papers)
I enclose a copy of the Secretary of the Treasury’s letter to me respecting the laws to be purchased from Mr. Cary. It results from the opinion therein expressed that more than two thousand dollars cannot be expended for that purpose, and if Mr. Cary cannot conveniently wait for the balance until an additional appropriation is made, he must be at liberty to sell the number of copies which that...