1To James Madison from Tench Coxe (Abstract), ca. 11–16 April 1805 (Madison Papers)
Ca. 11–16 Apr. 1805 . “I have the honor to write to you in consequence of an application from Mr. Clement B. Penrose, who is desirous of an appointment in the Louisiana Territory under the Government. He is a gentleman of about 34 years of age, married, his [ sic ] several children, and is a branch of two old and respectable Pennsa. families. He read law about eighteen months under the late...
2To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 11 April 1805 (Madison Papers)
Yours of the 5th. came to hand on the 8th. & I now return the papers it covered. Ferrand’s decree is serious & I have more hope of it’s being corrected by Tureau than by Buonaparte. I shall be with you by the middle of the next week, & therefore defer to verbal explanation every thing public. I shall leave my daughter in a state not immediately threatening nor yet clear of serious anxiety. A...
3To James Madison from Louis-André Pichon, 11 April 1805 (Madison Papers)
I have received in due time your letter of the 8th. march, honoring me with the transmission of the certificate & copy which I requested of your goodness. I have to thank you for it, and also for a letter from paris adressed to Mrs. Pichon which we received yesterday under your cover. I now take the liberty to request you to authenticate the enclosed certificate stating the time of the arrival...
4To James Madison from William Hull (Abstract), 11 April 1805 (Madison Papers)
11 April 1805, Newton, Massachusetts . “I have received your letter of the 22d. of March enclosing my Commission as Governor of the Territ<ory> of Michigan. Having determined to accept the Office, I shall make arrangements to be at Detroit before the 30th. of June next. “It would be convenient to me to take the rout of Albany, and the Genessee Country, if it is not necessary to be at...
5From Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 11 April 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 5th. came to hand on the 8th. & I now return the papers it covered. Ferrand’s decree is serious & I have more hope of it’s being corrected by Tureau than by Buonaparte. I shall be with you by the middle of the next week, & therefore defer to verbal explanation every thing public. I shall leave my daughter in a state not immediately threatening nor yet clear of serious anxiety. a...