1To James Madison from George W. Erving, 6 October 1808 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor herewith to transmit to you an ordinance or "provision" of the Council of Castile, dated the 1st. Inst., issued in compliance with the order of the Supreme central "Junta", & commanding the other tribunals & authorities civil & religious of the kingdom, to pay obedience to the "Junta" as the depositary of the Royal Authority. You will observe that the order of the "Junta" was...
2To James Madison from Thomas Leiper, 6 October 1808 (Madison Papers)
Your letter of the 20th. August, came duly to hand and the appointment of General Steele to the Collectorship has given satisfaction I believe to every real republican in the State and we have added another feather to his Cap by electing him commandant of the Legion which puts him in possession of all the proffits and honors of the late General Shee and I have no doubt but he will make use of...
3To James Madison from David Bailie Warden, 6 October 1808 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor of informing you, that the american Ship Hibernia, Captain Oliver Appleton, was condemned, with her Cargo, by the Council of Prizes, the 22d of last month. She was the property of the Captain, and of Mr. Asa Nichols of Cambridge, Massachusetts. On her voyage from Tonningen to Alicante, she had been carried to Malta, by an English Privateer, and was, there, ransomed for the sum...
4To Thomas Jefferson from George Mortimer Bibb, 6 October 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
Be pleased to pay or cause to be paid, Thirty days after sight of this my first of exchange, (second of same tenor and date unpaid) to John Postlethwait or order, for value recd. of him by me, the sum of One thousand dollars, my compensation as counsel for the United States in the prosecutions vs Burr and Blennerhassett, in the Circuit court of the U:S: in & for the Ohio District, lately...
5From Thomas Jefferson to Henry Dearborn, 6 October 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
Genl. Dearborne be so good as to read the inclosed and decide on what is best, returning the papers to mr Gallatin with whom it may be useful perhaps for him to confer PHi : Daniel Parker Papers.
6To Thomas Jefferson from George Mathews, Jr., 6 October 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
Having understood that you find considerable difficulty in filling the vacancy on the Bench of the Superior Court of the Orleans Territory, with a proper Character; & as our duties are numerous & of great consequnce to the community; I must beg that you will excuse the liberty I take in stating to you my oppinon, that Seth Lewis of the Mississippi Territory is a person well calculated to fill...
7From Thomas Jefferson to Orleans District U.S. Attorney, 6 October 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
Considering that the forfieture, if any has been incurred, by the English brig Union, in transporting military articles & necessaries for the government of the US. from New Orleans to Fort Plaquemines, has been produced by the officers of the government itself, at their request; & with their sanction, that altho’ the emploiment of the said vessel may have been irregular on their part, no...
8From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 6 October 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 4th. inst. is just now recd. stating a balance of 74.11 D in my favor. that I presume was soon called for by my two draughts in favor of our sheriffs.—I have now to request you to procure & send me, by the earliest vessel, a thousand bushels of coal of the best quality for the grate. mr. McCraw writes me on the subject of his prosecutions for mr Mazzei that he thinks he may...
9To Thomas Jefferson from Gilbert H. Smith, 6 October 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
Recd. New Orleans 6th. October 1808 from William Brown Collector of the Customs for the District of Mississippi—One Bundle, One Small Trunk & one Barrel–Pacans directed to the President of the united States which articles I promise to deliver to the Collector of the Port of George Town DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.