1From James Madison to the Senate, 29 January 1817 (Madison Papers)
I withdraw the nomination of Stephen Bradley, of Vermont, as agent under the 5th. Article of the Treaty of Peace and Amity between the United States and His Britannic Majesty signed on the 24th day of December 1814 and nominate William C. Bradley of the same state, for the said Office. I nominate Henry Dodge, of Missouri Territory, to be Marshal for the District of Missouri in the place of A....
2Remission for William Cross, 29 January 1817 (Madison Papers)
Whereas it has been represented to me that William Cross, of the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, was, at a late session of the Circuit Court of the United States for the County of Washington, in the District of Columbia, aforesaid, convicted of a misdemeanor, in an assault and Battery, whereupon he was fined by the said Court in the sum of forty dollars, including the costs of...
3John F. Oliveira Fernandes to Thomas Jefferson, 29 January 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
The Law of the ancient Rome „ De minimis non curat Prætor „ that is, „ the high Dignity of the Pretor, is not to be troubled with the common events, or small affaires of the people „ would be, to me, a reason, for not imposing on your goodness and Serious engagements with trifles; should not this kind of trifles, be of such serious caracter in its consequences, as to involve the Society at a...
4Thomas Jefferson to Charles Thomson, 29 January 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I learnt from your last letter , with much affliction, the severe and singular attack your health has lately sustained; but it’s equally singular and sudden restoration confirms my confidence in the strength of your constitution of body and mind, and my conclusion that neither has recieved hurt, and that you are still ours for a long time to come. we have both much to be thankful for in the...