401From James Madison to Charles Pinckney, 25 October 1802 (Madison Papers)
I have received your two letters of July 1st & 6 inclosing your draught of a Convention, with the objection and alteration brought forward by the Spanish Minister. It is regretted that any difficulty should have occurred in bringing to an equitable and Amicable settlement claims of our citizens which are not likely to receive so fair a decision in any mode as thro’ a joint Board of...
402From James Madison to Albert Gallatin, 25 October 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
25 October 1802, Department of State. Asks that a warrant for $500 be issued on the appropriation for “incidental and contingent expenses of the Department of State … in favor of Christopher S. Thom: he to be charged and held accountable for the same.” Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, DL , vol. 14). 1 p. JM made identical requests to Gallatin on 8 and 17 Nov. 1802 and 21 Mar. 1803 (ibid.).
403From James Madison to Louis-André Pichon, 30 October 1802 (Madison Papers)
I have received and laid before the President your note communicating the evacuation of certain foreign territories by the french troops, and the two Senatus Consulta, one proclaiming the suffrage by which the chief Consul is appointed for life, the other organizing the constitution of the Republic. The President placing a just value on this mark of a disposition in the French Government...
404From James Madison to Patrick Mullony, 3 November 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
3 November 1802, Department of State. Acknowledges receipt of Mullony’s 20 [26] June letter together with a packet forwarded from Willis at Barcelona. “The laws of Congress do not authorize the payment of fixed Salaries to our Consuls and Commercial Agents, by way of remuneration for their services”; therefore, “nothing can be done by me to further the object of your application.” Letterbook...
405From James Madison to Richard Harrison, 4 November 1802 (Madison Papers)
In settling the accounts of Mr. Short, he is to be allowed at the rate of three thousand dollars pr annum from the time our affairs at Paris were left in his charge by the departure of Mr. Jefferson till July 1st. 1790. From July 1st. 1790 to his receipt of permission to return which terminated his appointment as Minister Resident at Madrid, he is entitled to Salary at the rate of four...
406From James Madison to Wade Hampton, 8 November 1802 (Madison Papers)
The enclosed letter for you has been left in the office of the Secretary of State, & I address it to Columbia, where I presume it will find you. I recd. during my absence in Virginia the letter in which you joined Mr. F. Maur[y] of N. York, on the subject of the french negroes on board the frigates from Gaudeloupe [ sic ]. The information was communicated to the President, and produced thro’...
407From James Madison to Edward Thornton, 9 November 1802 (Madison Papers)
I have been honored with your letter of the 16th. Ulto. stating the refusal of the Collector of Norfolk in Virginia to cause a seaman who had deserted from one [of] His Britannic Majesty’s ships of War to be delivered up on application for the purpose, and requesting that orders for the delivery may be transmitted. It need not be observed to you, Sir, that a delivery in such cases is not...
408From James Madison to Albert Gallatin, 9 November 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
9 November 1802, Department of State. “In answer to your letter of the 3d. instant on the subject of Mr. Shorts accounts, the enclosed extracts will shew it to have been already decided by the opinion of this Department, that the United States were responsible to Mr. Short, in the case which you state; notwithstanding the credit claimed by Mr. Randolph in the suit of the United States...
409From James Madison to Richard Harrison, 10 November 1802 (Madison Papers)
I beg leave to furnish you with the following answers to the questions which you have proposed to this Department through Mr. Short, in relation to his accounts: 1st. “At what period was Mr. Short left Chargé des affaires at Paris?” Answer. Mr. Jefferson left Paris Septr. 26. 1789. having previously charged Mr. Short with our affairs, but on what day does not appear from any evidence in this...
410From James Madison to Charles Pinckney, 10 November 1802 (Madison Papers)
I have received a letter from Thomas Davis, Arnold Welles and Peter C. Brooks requesting that an application may be made to the Spanish Government, thro’ the Minister of the United States at Madrid, to ascertain the reasons for detaining at Rio La Plata sundry vessels and cargoes. For a particular explanation of their object I refer to the letter itself, of which a copy is inclosed. You will...
411From James Madison to Joseph Hemphill, 10 November 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
10 November 1802, Department of State. Acknowledges Hemphill’s 18 Oct. 1802 letter [not found] asking JM to communicate the decision “that is said to have been made on the appeal from the sentence of condemnation at Halifax” of Stephen Girard’s brig Sally . “This Department is possessed of no Information, from which I can do this.” Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, DL , vol. 14). 1 p....
412From James Madison to Isaac Cox Barnet, 12 November 1802 (Madison Papers)
Your letter of Sepr. 10. has just been recd. I am glad to find that the appointment given you, proves so acceptable. Since it was forwarded, a vacancy in the consulate at Havre has come into view; and I am authorized by the President to enquire whether that place would be preferred by you to Antwerp. It is desireable that your answer on this point should be delayed as little as possible, that...
413From James Madison to Thomas FitzSimons, 13 November 1802 (Madison Papers)
I have duly received your letter dated through mistake the 16 Inst. enclosing an account of Messrs. J & Wm. Perot for services relative to american claims for captures made by British cruizers previous to the Treaty of 1794, and giving notice that you will retain the Bill which has been drawn upon you for the amount of this account, ’till you shall receive directions concerning it. I have...
414From James Madison to Albert Gallatin, 13 November 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
13 November 1802, Department of State. Encloses an estimate of expenses for 1803. Letterbook copy and copy of enclosure ( DNA : RG 59, DL , vol. 14). Letterbook copy 1 p. For enclosure, see n. 1. Estimates included in the three-page enclosure were $51,050 for salaries, contingent nonpersonal expenses, and ministerial outfits for London, Paris, and Madrid; $11,500 for salaries and contingent...
415From James Madison to Richard Harrison, 16 November 1802 (Madison Papers)
In settling the accounts of David Lenox, as an agent of the United States in England for the relief and protection of American seamen, his salary is to be computed from the time of his leaving home, the 28th. of April 1797, to his return to it, on the 16. August 1802. The inclosed extracts from two letters of the Secretary of State will shew, that the rate of his salary is to be 3,000 dollars...
416From James Madison to John Francis Mercer, 19 November 1802 (Madison Papers)
I recd. yesterday your favor of the 12th. inst. and lose no time in inclosing you the last information recd. from Mr. King on the subject of the Maryland Bank Stock. I make the communication a private one not with a view to withold it from Yr Legislature if you should wish them to receive it; but to prevent the extract from being published, which might not be agreeable to the British Minister...
417From James Madison to William Kirkpatrick, 21 November 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
21 November 1802, Department of State, Washington. “I subjoin the copy of a letter which I have lately received from the collector of the customs at New York concerning John Watkins who is stated in yours, of the 29. June last, to have been lost, in attempting to get on shore. It appears from the collectors letter that he has left no relation in this country. You will observe the injunctions...
418From James Madison to John Adams, 22 November 1802 (Madison Papers)
Being informed that our Mediterranean Passports and papers of navigation have been recently counterfeited and used by persons not entitled to them, and being referred to you for explanations respecting it, permit me to request you to make a deposition reciting your knowledge of the subject as circumstantially as may be and especially what you know respecting the interest Mr. Willis the...
419From James Madison to Charles Willing Byrd, 22 November 1802 (Madison Papers)
Inclosed is a letter to Governor St. Clair, from a copy which [is] also inclosed, you will find that his commission of Governor of the North Western Territory is to cease on his receipt of the notification. It is only to be added that no successor has yet been appointed and consequently that the functions of the Office devolve on you as Secretary of the said Territory. I have the Honor to be...
420From James Madison to Arthur St. Clair, 22 November 1802 (Madison Papers)
The President observing in an address lately delivered by you to the convention held at Chilicothe, an intemperance and indecorum of language towards the Legislature of the United States, and a disorganizing spirit and tendency of very evil example, and grossly violating the rules of conduct enjoined by your public station, determines that your commission of Governor of the North Western...
421From James Madison to Murray & Mumford, 22 November 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
22 November 1802, Department of State. “The enclosed letter is intended for a supercargo in your employ now at New York or soon expected there. As it relates to public concerns, I beg you to facilitate the answer.” Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, DL , vol. 14). 1 p. The enclosure was probably JM to John Adams, 22 Nov. 1802 .
422From James Madison to George G. Lee, 23 November 1802 (Madison Papers)
I have received this day a letter from Mr. Willis our Consul at Barcelona, respecting the forged Mediterranean passports, which you informed me were in circulation and [of] which you handed me a specimen. His statement suggesting probable utility of a greater precision of form in your information, I must beg the favor of you to give to me under oath with any additional circumstances your...
423From James Madison to Charles Pinckney, 23 November 1802 (Madison Papers)
The letter, of which a copy is inclosed, from Mr. George G Lee, an Officer in the Navy of the U States, discloses a species of forgery, which may be followed by consequences highly injurious to our Mediterranean trade. Capt. Dulton, the bearer, affording a safe and direct conveyance, I have also inclosed the forged passport and Register, alluded to in the letter, and a copy of the genuine...
424From James Madison to Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, 25 November 1802 (Madison Papers)
Information has just been received that the Port of New Orleans has been shut against the Commerce of the U. States from the Ocean into the Mississippi; and that the right of American Citizens to deposit their Merchandizes and effects in that port has also been prohibited, without the substitution of any equivalent establishment on the Banks of the Mississippi. An extract from the...
425From James Madison to Fulwar Skipwith, 25 November 1802 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 25 November 1802. Offered for sale in Bangs & Company catalog (New York, 1886), item 272, where it is described as a two-page letter in JM’s hand.
426From James Madison to Charles Pinckney, 27 November 1802 (Madison Papers)
Your dispatches by Mr Codman were delivered by him two days ago; but being voluminous, and the documents in the Spanish language, not yet fully translated, I am not able at present to convey to you the sentiments of the President on the subject. My letter of October 25th will have explained to you the scope of our claims on the Spanish Government; and I now only repeat the confidence...
427From James Madison to Thomas Dulton, 28 November 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
28 November 1802, Department of State, Washington. “In consequence of your letter of the 11th. of this month [not found], I have directed the transcript of the proceedings in your case, at Caraccas, to be returned herewith. The enclosed letter to Mr. Pinckney contains a recommendation of your business to his attention as you will see by the extract which I send you.” Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG...
428From James Madison to William C. C. Claiborne, 29 November 1802 (Madison Papers)
I commit to your particular attention the inclosed letter to Mr. Hulens which covers one from the Spanish Minister here, on the subject of the late decree at N. Orleans against the deposit of American merchandize at that place. The letter to Mr. Hulens is left open, that you may know the light in which this proceeding is viewed by the President and the steps taken in consequence of it. You...
429From James Madison to William E. Hũlings, 29 November 1802 (Madison Papers)
Your letter of the 18th Ult, has duly come to hand, with the extract from the decree of the Intendant prohibiting the deposit of American merchandize at New Orleans without assigning any other on the Banks of the Mississippi. This proceeding can be viewed in no other light than as a direct and palpable infraction of the Treaty of 1795, and a heavy aggression on the immediate interests of the...
430From James Madison to James Monroe, 29 November 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
29 November 1802, Department of State, Washington. “I beg the favor of you to insert Mr. christian name, in the enclosed commission, to send it to him and inform me of the name you shall insert.” Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, DL , vol. 14). 1 p. Left blank in letterbook. This was probably James Nimms. In a 2 Dec. 1802 note to JM, Jefferson wrote: “Mr. Nimms the Commr. of bkrptcy appointed for...
431From James Madison to Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, 29 November 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
29 November 1802, Department of State. Asks for the letter Yrujo intended to transmit to New Orleans through the State Department “if it can be expedited before 3 OClock this day; as at that time [the] Secretary’s Dispatches for the Mississippi will be closed.” Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, DL , vol. 14). 1 p.
432From James Madison to John and James De Wolf, 30 November 1802 (Madison Papers)
Your letter of the 18th. has been received stating that the board of Commissioners sitting in London under the British Treaty had refused your claim for further compensation on account of the capture and condemnation of the Snow Sukey, grounding their refusal on a mistaken conception, that the slave trade, in which she was engaged, was contrary to our laws at the time of capture. If you recur...
433From James Madison to Charles Pinckney, 1 December 1802 (Madison Papers)
Capt. Eldred, by whom I forwarded my dispatches of the 25th of Octr. having imposed himself as a citizen of the United States, I gave him the recommendatory letter; styling him such, which he has doubtless presented to you. Since then it is discovered that very strong presumptions, if not positive proof, indicate him to be a British subject, tho’ born in Rhode Island. The letters from the...
434From James Madison to Louis-André Pichon, 2 December 1802 (Madison Papers)
I have now the honor to inclose the observations of the Secretary of the Treasury serving as an answer to your letter of October 14. relative to an item of one million of livres in the account of the late Mr. Beaumarchais with the United States. Those observations are so full, and so exact, as to leave no room for addition to them. With respect to the claim of land of Mr Raneval which is the...
435From James Madison to Edward Thornton, 3 December 1802 (Madison Papers)
On the intimation given me in your letter of the 25th. of August that the accounts received from the Officers of the United States in the port of Boston on the subject of the repairs necessary to fit the Snow Windsor for sea were impeached in a high degree by additional information you had received from the British Consul, another enquiry was made at Boston. This step was taken from an...
436From James Madison to David Sewall, 3 December 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
3 December 1802, Department of State. Will lay Sewall’s 20 Nov. letter [not found] before the president. No commissioner of bankruptcy has been appointed since those named in the letter to Widgery [not found]. Proper notification of the appointment of commissioners of bankruptcy is considered to be the exhibition of their commissions; therefore, no other evidence of the appointment has been...
437From James Madison to Isaac Hite, 6 December 1802 (Madison Papers)
Since my last I have recd. yours communicating the sentiments of my mother & yourself on the proposition towards a compromise in the family. I have written to my brother in consequence, recommending a speedy execution of it. My intentions towards Nelly are known to you. Those of others except yourself, are not particularly known to me. I think it best that the other object should be secured as...
438From James Madison to Louis-André Pichon, 9 December 1802 (Madison Papers)
In answer to your letter, intimating that the Corvette Cassius ought to be considered as that sort of property belonging to the French Republic, which ought to be restored, I have the honor to state, that after her abandonment in 1795 by Mr. Adet to the Government of the United States and after her acquittal by the Federal Court she was sold at public Auction by order of the Secretary of State...
439From James Madison to Stephen Cathalan, Jr., 9 December 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
9 December 1802, Department of State, Washington. States that the account in Cathalan’s 2 July letter has been transferred to the treasury for settlement. “As the money is receivable in this Country only, you will be pleased to authorize your correspondent to receive it for you on the settlement being made.” Suggests that in the meantime Cathalan forward the vouchers required to authenticate...
440From James Madison to Samuel Meeker, 10 December 1802 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your letter of the 4th. from the information I have received, there does not seem to remain a doubt, that American vessels are excluded from the carriage of Cotton of foreign growth to Great Britain for her consumption. How far the prohibition will effect cotton, the production of our western Country, shipped from New Orleans, is not equally clear; and it would therefore certainly...
441From James Madison to John Milledge, 15 December 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
15 December 1802, Department of State. Encloses a copy of a 10 Nov. letter sent to him by the acting consul at Havana. “As the traffic therein alluded to may produce a contravention of the laws of your State, I have thought it might be useful to furnish you with the information it contains.” RC and enclosure ( MnHi : Allyn K. Ford Collection); letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, DL , vol. 14). RC 1...
442From James Madison to Rufus King, 16 December 1802 (Madison Papers)
Having in a private letter under Cover of one to Mr Low, of New York, communicated the result of yours on the subject of your return to the United States in a national ship, and having had nothing to add to my last several letters on other subjects, I have thus long delayed an Official answer to your letters numbered from 64 to 75, inclusive. I now acknowledge the receipt of them, and inclose...
443From James Madison to William Jarvis, 17 December 1802 (Madison Papers)
I have received your several letters of 3d. 10 14 22 Augt. 6. 11. 22 Septr. 1 & 12 October last. The assurances you gave the Minister of Foreign Affairs at your interview, being such as are warranted by our friendly intercourse with Portugal and peculiarly proper to be made on the occasion, are entirely approved. From the civility shewn on your reception it is anticipated that your future...
444From James Madison to Robert R. Livingston, [17] December 1802 (Madison Papers)
I am induced by the very favorable information given me of the promising merits of Mr. Cabell, the young gentleman who will hand you this, to ask the favor of your friendly attentions to him. He visits France I understand partly on account of his health, but with a laudable view also to the advantage of his mind. On the supposition that he will proceed with little delay from Bourdeaux the port...
445From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 21 December 1802 (Madison Papers)
The Secretary of State, to whom the Resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States of the 17th inst, was referred by the President, has the honor to inclose to him, the letters and communications annexed from the Governor of the Mississippi Territory, the Governor of Kentucky and from Wm E. Hulings formerly appointed Vice Consul of the United States at New Orleans. In addition...
446From James Madison to Louis-André Pichon, 21 December 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
21 December 1802, Department of State. Encloses an “account [not found] stated at the Navy Department of monies paid to individuals of the French Nation at the solicitation of the Agents of the French government.” Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, DL , vol. 14). 1 p.
447From James Madison to Daniel William Coxe, 22 December 1802 (Madison Papers)
I have received your communication of the 16th. inst. and am obliged to you for the extract from your Agent’s letter which it covered. The infraction of our treaty involved in the proceedings of the Intendant at New Orleans is as evident, as the consequences of persisting in it must be injurious and irritating. Mr. Pinckney has been charged to make the proper representations at Madrid, in...
448From James Madison to Charles Pinckney, 22 December 1802 (Madison Papers)
Mr. William Cook, who in the course of last year, sustained a severe loss, at Havana, attended with circumstances of rigor and cruelty, and which he attributes to the Government there, has requested me to recommend his case to your attention: this I do with pleasure, but subject to the condition, that any interposition you shall use is not to be of such a nature as to affect the general mass...
449From James Madison to the President of the Senate, 22 December 1802 (Madison Papers)
In pursuance of the “Act to revive and continue in force certain parts of the ‘Act for the relief and protection of American seamen,’ and to amend the same,” I have the Honor to lay before the Senate Abstracts of the Returns made to me by the Collectors of the Customs within the United States, of Registered and of impressed American seamen; to which is added a Report, exhibiting an Abstract of...
450From James Madison to Peder Blicherolsen, 22 December 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
22 December 1802, Department of State. Returns the commission and encloses an exequatur [not found] for Francis Taylor as Danish vice-consul in Virginia. Assures Blicherolsen of his “high consideration.” Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, DL , vol. 14). 1 p.