I have the honor to forward to you a letter, covering a certificate of the election of Nicholas Vandyke Esqr., as a Representative in Congress for the State of Delaware, transmitted to this Department by order of the Governor of that State. I am &c. DNA : RG 59—DL—Domestic Letters.
In obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9t. Ulto. I have the honor to lay before them the inclosed abstract of seamen, registered in the several collection Districts of the United States, for the years 1806 & 1807, in pursuance of the act for the relief and protection of American seamen. I have the honor to be Sir, with great respect, your most Obt. Set. DNA : RG...
3From James Madison to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 5 January 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
5 January 1802, Department of State. In response to the 24 Dec. resolution of the House of Representatives, encloses a table of the comparative duties paid in British ports on goods imported there in American, foreign, and British vessels since 5 Jan. 1798. RC and enclosure ( DNA : RG 233, Reports and Communications from the Secretary of State, 7A-E1.1); Tr ( DNA : RG 233, Transcribed Reports...
In obedience to an order of the House of Representatives, of the 25th Instant, I have the Honor to send you the enclosed statement, shewing the application of the appropriations for Clerk-hire in the Department of State for the years 1799, 1800 & 1801. I am, Sir, with very high respect, Your Mo: Obedt Servant, RC and enclosure ( DNA : RG 233, Reports and Communications from the Secretary of...
5From James Madison to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 27 January 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
27 January 1803, Department of State. Has examined the petition [not found] of John Burnham of Wethersfield, Connecticut, for relief of losses and injuries sustained while in captivity in Algiers, which was referred to JM on 12 Feb. 1802 by the House of Representatives. As a result of the secretary of state’s 25 Apr. 1796 report dealing with Charles Colville’s petition, an act of 30 May 1796...
6From James Madison to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 12 February 1802 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to enclose my report upon the Memorial and Petition of Adam Tunno and others, referred to me by an order of the House of Representatives on the 3d Instant. With great respect I have the honor to be, Sir, your most Obt Sert. The Secretary of State to whom was referred, by an order of the House of Representatives of the 3d of this Month the memorial and petition of Adam Tunno...
7From James Madison to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 25 January 1802 (Madison Papers)
In obedience to the order of the House of Representatives of the 22nd. inst. I have the honor to lay before them a copy of the instructions, as issued by the Department of State, under the direction of the President of the United States, in virtue of the Act of Congress, entitled, “An Act further to protect the commerce of the United States,” and passed on the 9th. of July 1798. These...
8From James Madison to the Speaker of the House of Representatives (Abstract), 18 February 1805 (Madison Papers)
18 February 1805, Department of State . “In pursuance of the Resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States, dated the 23rd. of January last, I have the honor of transmitting a List of the Names of Persons, who have invented any new and useful Art, machine, manufacture or Composition of matter, or any Improvement thereon, and to whom Patents have issued for the same from this...
The Secretary of State, to whom on the 28 ult was referred by the House of Representatives the petition of Jared Shattuck, has the honor to make the following report: That it appears, that the petitioners ship the Mercator and her cargo were detained in the year 1800 by Lieut. Maley, commanding the Schooner Experiment, a vessel of war of the United States, and ordered to Cape François for...
10From James Madison to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 26 January 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
26 January 1803, Department of State, Washington. “I have the honor to enclose a report upon the memorial of Tobias Lear Esqr. referred to me by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 12th. inst.” Letterbook copy and letterbook copy of report ( DNA : RG 59, DL , vol. 14); Tr and Tr of four enclosures ( DNA : RG 233, Transcribed Reports and Communications from the Secretary of...
11From James Madison to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 1 January 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
1 January 1803, Department of State. “The Secretary of State has the honor to lay before the House of Representatives, in virtue of their resolution of the 24th. ult. copies of sundry documents, relative to the claim of Peter Charles L’Enfant, for services which he rendered to the United States, in planning and laying out the City of Washington. To render the collection more complete, the...
12From James Madison to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 10 February 1803 (Madison Papers)
The Secretary of State to whom was referred on the 17th ult, the petition of William Wilson, John Potts and David Easton, praying relief in the case of the Brig Jesse and her cargo which in the year 1793 were captured by a French Privateer and sold at Charleston (S. C.) under the authority of the French Consul resident there—has examined the same, and thereupon reports as follows: That the...
13From James Madison to the Speaker of the House of Representatives (Abstract), 13 February 1805 (Madison Papers)
13 February 1805, Department of State . “In pursuance of a Resolution of the House of Representatives on the 5th. inst. I have the honor through you to lay before them, ‘an abstract of all the evidences of title to lands claimed under any act or pretended act of the State of Georgia passed or pretended to be passed in the years 1789 and 1795, recorded in the office of this Department,’ with...
14From James Madison to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 13 January 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
13 January 1802, Department of State, Washington . In response to the House resolution of 24 Dec. 1801, encloses three acts of the Northwest Territory—”An Act levying a territorial tax on land,” “An Act to regulate county levies,” and “An Act supplementary to the Act, entitled, ‘An Act laying a territorial tax on land’”—and, for the Indiana Territory, “A law supplemental to a law to regulate...
I have the honor to enclose a report of the names and Salaries of the persons employed in the Department of State, in pursuance of an Act, "Intituled’ an Act to regulate and fix the Compensation of Clerks, &c.". I have the honor to be, very respectfully, Your obt. Servt. Department of State 22 d. January, 18 08. In pursuance of the Act of Congress entitled, "An Act to regulate and fix the...
The Secretary of State, to whom was referred by the House of Representatives, on the 26th. of Feby last, the message of the President, transmitting a Memorial of the French Minister, on the subject of the claim of Amelie Eugenie de Beaumarchais; with instructions to report thereon, now reports; That having in pursuance of the Report of the Committee of claims on which the referrence was...
The Secretary of State to whom was referred by a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 13th. instant, the Memorial of James Jay of the State of New York, has the honor to report—That it appears from Testimony entitled to the highest confidence and respect, and which is now deposited in the Secret Archives of this Department, that the System to which the Petition refers, as invented...
18From James Madison to the House of Representatives, 19 January 1805 (Madison Papers)
In obedience to an order of the House of Representatives, of the 31st December 1804, directing the Secretary of State to lay before that House “a return of the number of American seamen, who have been impressed or detained on Board the Ships of War of any foreign nation, stating the names of the persons impressed; the name of the Ship or vessel by which they were impressed, the nation to which...
I have the Honor to send herewith a Report on the Memorial of Fulwar Skipwith, agreeably to a Resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 19th Januy last, and to be, with very high respect, Your Obedt Servant, The Secretary of State to whom was referred by the House of Representatives the Memorial of Fulwar Skipwith, stating certain claims against the United States, respectfully submits...
20From James Madison to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 26 December 1801 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to enclose my report on the memorial of Philip Sloan, referred to me by the House of Representatives on the 14th. inst. With perfect respect, I have the honor to be, sir, Your most obed. servt. The Secretary of State to whom was referred on the 14th. instant the memorial of Philip Sloan, praying the reimbursement of a sum of mon[e]y which the Petitioner obtained on loan for...