1To Thomas Jefferson from John Graham, 5 September 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr Graham has the Honor to present his Compliments to the President and to forward the three inclosed Letters which have recently been received at this Office—he begs leave at the same time to inform him that Commissions have been issued to Mr Porter and Mr Sullivan agreeably to his Instructions DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
2To Thomas Jefferson from John Graham, 20 December 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
J Graham has the Honor to present his Compliments to the President and to inform him that Colo John Thompson formerly of Kentucky, & recently Register of the Land office for the Western District of the Territory of Orleans. was appointed Judge of that Territory on the 14th of last Month: and that Mr Van Pradelles was appointed Register of the Land Office for the Eastern District of the Orleans...
3To Thomas Jefferson from John Graham, 24 February 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
J Graham has the Honor to inclose to the President some Papers which were transmitted to this office by the Secretary of the Senate and to ask whether they are be filed here. He at the same time begs to know whether the President will authorise him to give any answer to the Memorial of the House of Forbes & Co. which he had the Honor presenting some time ago. DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
4To Thomas Jefferson from John Graham, 12 February 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
The inclosed draft of a Letter to Mr Jennings is sent to the President—as it is very probable that the last Paragraph of it may not meet with his approbation. Th :J. to mr Graham . I have recieved the report expected from the Commrs. & am now preparing a message to Congress which will be sent in on Monday. would it not be better to await that in order to make your communication to mr Jennings...
5To Thomas Jefferson from John Graham, 18 February 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
From the Return made to this Office by the Secretary of the Orleans Territory it would seem that Moreau de Lisle was appointed Interpreter and from the printed Copy of the Laws it would seem that Moreau Lislet was the Interpreter. Which is the proper way of writing the name I know not. I have found this Morning the Pamphlet for which you asked yesterday and have now the Honor to send it to...
6To Thomas Jefferson from John Graham, 16 June 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
J Graham has the Honor to present his compliments to the President and to hand him the inclosed Letter from Mr Rademaker for perusal. It may perhaps be proper to mention that the Gentleman acting as Secretary to Mr Rademaker had so far back as 1804 obtained a Passport from this Office as an american Citisen—this was returned to the office and another one sent to him in the place of it. DLC :...
7To Thomas Jefferson from John Graham, 15 August 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the Honor to receive last Night your note of the 12th Inst. directing that a Commission should be made out for Genl. John Steele as Collector for Philadelphia. This has been done, and Mr Pleasonton has taken the Commission to the Treasury, that it may be forwarded to Lancaster by the Mail which leaves this in the afternoon. With Sentiments of the Highest Respect I have the Honor to be...
8To James Madison from John Graham, 2 January 1806 (Madison Papers)
I have the Honor of enclosing you a Duplicate of my Letter by the last Mail and a Copy of the one I wrote to Mr. Morales. The Copy of his answer cannot be got ready in time for this Mail but the Substance may be found in my Letter to him for he agrees that I was correct in my understanding of what he Said. This day week we received by a Ship in a very Short Passage from New York the Presidents...
9To James Madison from John Graham (Abstract), 23 June 1805 (Madison Papers)
23 June 1805, New Orleans. “I have the Honor to inclose so many of the ‘Acts passed at the first Session of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Orleans,’ as are printed; and to say that the residue shall be forwarded, so soon as they come from the Press. “I have been induced to send on these Acts, in this form, as I understand it is the usage in the other Territories to do so; if...
10To James Madison from John Graham, 31 July 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From John Graham. 31 July 1806, Dumfries. “Before I had the Honor to receive your Letter of the 28th Inst. I had written to Governor Claiborne, that I understood permission would be given him to visit the Seat of Government this winter, and begged if he wished to avail himself of this permission, that he would advise me accordingly, and I would immediately, on the receipt of his Letter...
11To James Madison from John Graham, 19 August 1808 (Madison Papers)
I had the pleasure to receive this Morning your Letter of the 16th. covering the Bill drawn on you by Mr Rogers. As you have accepted this Bill, it will be paid at the Treasury without an order from you. I consider it therefore as unnecessary in this case to send your Letter to the Secy of the Treasury for your Signature. I shall however send you such Letters in future when I have occasion to...
12To James Madison from John Graham, 8 February 1807 (Madison Papers)
Having heared on my way to this Place from Nashville that Colo. Burr had arrived at Bayou Peirre with his Party, and having seen a Copy of Letter which he wrote from that Place to Mr Mead, then acting as Governor, I pushed on as fast as I could, and arrived at Washington on the 30th. Ulto. where I found Colo. Burr. I immediately called on him and told him of the great alarm and agitation which...
13To James Madison from John Graham, 29 December 1802 (Madison Papers)
The last letter which I had the honor to address to you (on the 29th ulto.) will give a general idea of the state of our affairs, at the time when it was written. Since then, some events have taken place, with which it is proper that you should be acquainted, and as I am particularly anxious to give you every useful information in my power, I have determined to send you copies of the letters I...
14To James Madison from John Graham, 16 September 1808 (Madison Papers)
I had the Honor to receive your Note directing me to desire Mr. Short to name the fund on which he would draw. I have written to him accordingly and sent a Copy of your note that he may decide whether it was intended that he should direct his answer to the Secretary of the Treasury at NewYork, or send it to me. In either case some little delay must take place probably long enough to give you...
15To James Madison from John Graham, 31 October 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From John Graham. 31 October 1805, New Orleans. “I had the Honor to forward to you by the last mail a copy of the official Journal of the Governor of this Territory from the 22d Jany to the 1st of July last, as it stands on Record in this office. Both the Governor & myself wish to know whether you consider this the proper kind of Journal to be kept in the Secretarys Office, under the...
16To James Madison from John Graham, 12 May 1808 (Madison Papers)
I had the Honor of writing you a few lines by the Post Rider who left this on Tuesday last for Orange Court House, and to send you the Dispatches which had just then been received from Mr. Pinkney and Genl. Armstrong together with several Letters from other Persons of which I enclosed a List. Among the Letters which accompany this you will find two from Genl. Turreau. One of these you gave me...
17To James Madison from John Graham, 3 May 1805 (Madison Papers)
Finding that Mr Coburn of this State has been very strongly recommended to the President as one of the Judges for the Territory of Orleans, & that in the Recommendations given him, no notice has been taken of his Knowledge of the French Language, I venture, at his request, to state to you, that he reads that Language with great facility—at present he does not speak it; tho he tells me he...
18To James Madison from John Graham, 13 February 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From John Graham. 13 February 1806, New Orleans. “A Gentleman of this City lately handed me for perusal a manuscript copy in Spanish of a little work called the Geographical & Political Tables of Baron Humbold dated in Mexico in 1805. As I know not whether this work has ever been printed I take the Liberty of sending you a Copy of the Extracts I made under an impression that every thing...
19To James Madison from John Graham, 8 September 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From John Graham. 8 September 1805, New Orleans . “I have now the Honor to inclose a Copy of all the Acts passed at the first Session of the Legislative Council of this Territory & shall very soon forward on a copy of those passed at their last Session.” RC ( DNA : RG 59, TP , Orleans, vol. 7). 1 p. Enclosure not found, but see n. 1. Graham doubtless enclosed a copy of Acts Passed at the...
20To James Madison from John Graham, 9 September 1805 (Madison Papers)
I had the Honor to write you by the last Post to let you know that a White Man had been taken up here for endeavouring to bring about an Insurrection among the Negroes, and I have now the Honor to inclose a Copy of a Letter from the Mayor of this City, giving the best account that can be had of this Man, of his Plans, and of the Progress he had made towards their execution. The Circumstance of...
21To James Madison from John Graham, 3 June 1808 (Madison Papers)
I had the Honor to receive your Letter of the 30th. Ulto this morning, together with two Packets exclusive of the one in which it came. I have not seen Mr. Forrest since his return from Baltimore. He is kept at Home, by the Death of his youngest Child. He sent me the inclosed Note, yesterday. I have received the Passport for the Hamlet, from Genl. Turreau & forwarded it on to Mr. Hill by the...
22To James Madison from John Graham, 27 May 1808 (Madison Papers)
I had the Honor to receive this Morning your Letter of the 21st. with its inclosures. I immediately went to the Treasury, to hand the Papers which related to Mr E. Livingston’s Business to Mr Gallatin, for he has not as yet set off for Phia.; but I did not find him at his Office. I therefore left the Papers. They will probably go on to NewYork by tomorrows Mail, for Mr Livingston has written...
23To James Madison from John Graham, 5 March 1807 (Madison Papers)
I arrived here a few days ago, after a very tedious passage from Natchez. If I am permitted to form an Opinion, from what I hear, the Situation of this Country is indeed an unpleasant one. All danger, however, I hope has passed away, but it has left the People here split up into various Parties, I had almost said Factions, for so warm have they been, that a difference of Opinion is not...
24To James Madison from John Graham, 11 August 1808 (Madison Papers)
I went into the Country last Friday Evening to bring Home Mrs. Graham on Sunday, but owing to continued wet weather I could not get back until Wednesday Morning. I understand from Mr. Brent that he forwarded to you the L etters and Papers received during my absince, and executed the directions given in your Letter ( without date) which came by the Mail of Sunday. The Mail of last Night brought...
25To James Madison from John Graham, 23 August 1808 (Madison Papers)
I recieved the Night before the last a Packet from you in which I found your Letter of the 19th. Inst. As the Gentlemen in Mr. Gallatin’s Office did not feel themselves competent to issue the orders necessary & proper in the Case of Genl. Turreau’s vessels, I yesterday transmitted to Mr Gallatin, an Extract from your Letter to me on that Subject; and today I have written a Note to Genl....
26To James Madison from John Graham, 20 January 1803 (Madison Papers)
As the order of the Board of Health of which I have had the honor to inclose you a Copy in my Dispatch of the 29th. Decr. has been approved of, by His Catholic Majesty—it will probably occasion a great sensation in the United States, for against them, it seems to be particularly levelled. Satisfied in my own mind that our Government ought not to pass over this measure without some...
27To James Madison from John Graham, 2 September 1808 (Madison Papers)
I have been unexpectedly so taken off by repeated interruptions that I have only a Moment to acknowledge the reciept of your Letters of the 30th. Ulto and to give some explanations of the inclosed Papers. The Letter for your Signature is to meet the payment of a Bill for $12,000 drawn by Colo. Lear in favor of Degen & Purviance & Co presented at this Office on the 2d. of Augt as I find from an...
28To James Madison from John Graham, 2 September 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From John Graham. 2 September 1805, New Orleans . “A White Man by the Name of Le Grand, who is from St Domingo has lately been taken up in this City and is now confined in Jail here, for having endeavoured to bring about an Insurrection of the Negroes in this and the adjoining Territories. “The details of his Plan, and of the measures persue’d by the Mayor of the City to arrest him, & to...
29To James Madison from John Graham, 28 November 1806 (Madison Papers)
I hope you recieved the Letter I did myself the Honor to write you from Marietta on the 22d. Inst. as it contained a statement of some facts which I consider of At this Place they seem to know nothing of the Plans of Colo Burr and I am rather induced to think that he has not yet for him here. If he has they have made very little progress fo r all is quiet. The Reports indeed from Kentucky...
30To James Madison from John Graham, 29 November 1802 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to inform you, that the Court left Barcelona on the 8th. Inst. for Valencia, and on the same day Mr. Pinckney resumed his Journey for Italy. I accompanied him to Barcelona for the purpose of being presented as Chargé des Affaires, during his absence, in which capacity I am at present recognized. About ten days ago I returned to Madrid, and should have written you sooner, but...