10581To Alexander Hamilton from Louis Le Guen, 10 January 1804 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, January 10, 1804. On January 18, 1804, Le Guen wrote to Hamilton and referred to “La Lettre … que jai la Lhonneur de vous Ecrire Le 10.” Letter not found. ]
10582From James Madison to Richard Harrison, 10 January 1804 (Madison Papers)
It appearing that William Eaton Esqr. late Consul of the United States at Tunis did on the 9th. of August 1802, in his official capacity, enter into an instrument of writing acknowledging to have received from Sidi Haggi Junis Ben Junis, a Tunisian Merchant, the sum of thirty four thousand Spanish milled dollars, as a loan for the use of his public agency; and Richard V. Morris Esqr. having on...
10583To James Madison from William C. C. Claiborne, 10 January 1804 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to enclose you a copy of the ordinance for establishing a court of Justice in this City, which was alluded to in my last communication. I have only to repeat that this measure was essential to the interests of the City, and was called for by the voice of the society, and I persuade myself that the proceedings of this Tribunal will be marked with justice and moderation. I also...
10584To James Madison from Charles Pinckney, 10 January 1804 (Madison Papers)
The moment I recieved your dispatch of the 8 November in cypher I considered it my duty to go to the Ambassadour of France with the intelligence it contained & to inform him as the Cession of Louisiana had been made to us by his Government & recieved the sanction of ours & as our Conduct throughout the whole had been fair & honourable We certainly could have no right to expect any difficulties...
10585To James Madison from Andrew Ellicott, 10 January 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
10 January 1804, Lancaster. Encloses “a small packet for our Minister in France,” which he asks JM to forward. “I am anxious that it should be sent early, as I see by the public prints that he is expected to return the insuing spring; which is a circumstance I regret on account of my correspondence with the National Institute, as he has been the channel thro which our letters have passed, and...
10586To James Madison from Fontaine Maury, 10 January 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
10 January 1804, New York. Requests a letter of introduction to Governor Claiborne “in favor of Mr Hugh Pollock of this place who is about to settle at New Orleans.” “Mr Pollock has been a Merchant of much respectability here for some years, he married the only Daughter of Mr Joseph Anthony late of Philada. and from a long acquaintance with him I have no hesitation in saying he is quite the...
10587To Thomas Jefferson from David Leonard Barnes, 10 January 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your favour of the 31st ult. inclosed with the petition of Nathl Ingraham, and a copy of your letter to Mr. Ellery—It is not in my power to make a correct statement of the case decided against Capt Ingraham, without having recourse to the records, which are kept at Newport—I shall go there the beginning of February to attend the District Court,...
10588To Thomas Jefferson from Lydia Leslie, 10 January 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
The friendship you have always had the goodness to express for my late husband Robert Leslie, who about two weeks since closed a life long embittered by sickness and misfortune, has induced me to take the liberty of entreating your assistance in the present distressing situation of my affairs. At the suit of a creditor in England for debts incurred by the partnership of Leslie and Price, an...
10589To Thomas Jefferson from David Meade Randolph, 10 January 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
The right of appeal to your Excellency might well be questioned, were it not for a lively recollection of your singular affability towards me at a time when you supported a less elevated station, and when too, I was in the exercise of an inferior office, the honor of which it is my present object to rescue from injust opprobrium. When it was deemed consistent with the wellfare of my country...
10590To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin Vaughan, 10 January 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Forgive the liberty which I take in introducing my cousin Mr. Robert Hallowell Gardiner to your notice, which he will claim after a time, more upon his own account, than mine. He is a young man who has not only acquitted himself honorably in his collegiate studies at Cambridge in this state; but has travelled in several parts of Europe. Since his return, he has with great good sense, good...