51To 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.
52To James Madison from John Graham, 24 May 1808 (Madison Papers)
I had the Honor to recieve last Evening your Letters of the 16th. and 20th. Inst. and have today forwarded your Letters under cover of the first, to Genl Turreau and Mr Dallas. I called at the Treasury to-day to see Mr Gallatin. He was not there and I was told by Mr Jones that he would probably set off for Philadelphia this afternoon. Mr Jones promised me however, that Mr Lewis’s Letter should...
53To 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...
54To James Madison from John Graham, 28 November 1802 (Madison Papers)
It is with Regret I call your attention to an affair which concerns myself as an Individual; but the Circumstances which I am about to mention will I hope plead my Apology for doing so. When Mr Pinckney had presented me to His Catholic Majesty as Chargé des affaires of the United States and was himself about to depart for Italy, I asked him to give me a credit with his Banker, for my Salary...
55To James Madison from John Graham, 11 May 1807 (Madison Papers)
I arrived here yesterday after a passage of eighteen days from New Orleans. I came in the same Vessel with Genl Wilkinson who has brought round with him, some eight or nine of Burrs Men under an expectation that they will be important Witnesses. Some of them will probably tell all they know, but I fear this will not be the case with those who know most. The General has chartered a Pilot Boat...
56To James Madison from John Graham, 9 September 1808 (Madison Papers)
I had the Honor to receive your Letter of the 6th. Inst. and the Papers which it covered. The Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury enabled me to take up Mr Lears Bill which had been protested but not returned to the owners. I have forwarded the Certificate to Mr. Magdalena and made to Mr Dallas the request you pointed out. I apprehend there will be no great difficulty in getting a Person to...
57To James Madison from John Graham, 23 October 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From John Graham. 23 October 1805, New Orleans. “I have the Honor to forward to you by this mail a copy of the Official Journal of the Governor of this Territory, from the 22d. of January (the time when mr Brown left this Office) to the 1st. July [not found]. “Circumstances over which I had no controul, prevented me from transmitting this Copy sooner; but in future I will take care to comply...
58To James Madison from John Graham, 1 August 1808 (Madison Papers)
You will see it stated in the Mercantile Advertiser of New York that the Ship Thalia has brought Dispatches from Mr. Pinkny I therefore think it necessary to advise you that these Dispatches have not as yet reached the Department. It is probably they may come on to Night and if so I shall forward them by the Post Rider tomorrow. From a Norfolk Paper which I have just seen it appears that a...
59To James Madison from John Graham, 20 September 1808 (Madison Papers)
No Letters having been received from the President or yourself last Night, I have this day forwarded the necessary Instructions for the departure of the Dispatch vessel. I have been so much taken up with this Business that I have not had time to read the Dispatches received last Night from Mr. Erving therefore it is that some of his Packets go to you by this Mail unopened. With Sentiments of...
60To James Madison from John Graham, 13 February 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From John Graham. 13 February 1806, New Orleans. “I have the Honor to inclose you a Copy of the General Orders issued by the Governor of this Territory in his Character as Commander in Chief of the Militia; and also a List of the Civil appointments made by him. “The List of the military appointments can not, the Governor tells me, be made out until the return of the Adjutant Genera⟨l,⟩ who...
61To James Madison from John Graham, 30 December 1801 (Madison Papers)
I have just arrived at this place from Paris, & hasten to avail myself of an opportunity (which this Moment offers itself) of sending on four Packets which were instrusted [ sic ] to me by Mr Levingston, for you. I also send one for the President from some Gentleman in Paris. These Packets will go to New York in the Ship Orlando, now waiting below for her Papers which will be sent on to Night....
62To James Madison from John Graham, 8 February 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
8 February 1803, Madrid. Acknowledged receipt on 1 Feb. of JM’s 25 Oct., 27 Nov., and 1 Dec. dispatches for Pinckney. Will meet Pinckney at Aranjuez with the dispatches, “sensible that not a moment ought to be lost” in obtaining a royal order countermanding that of the intendant of New Orleans, which he sees by the newspapers “has engaged the attention of Congress, & drawn a very solemn...
63To James Madison from John Graham, 16 May 1808 (Madison Papers)
I have the Honor to forward you by this Mail the Letters mentioned in the inclosed List. You will observe from a Note of Mr. Gallatins, that he declined giving any answer to the application made by Mr Rademaker and I am advised by Mr Smith to send Mr Rs. Letter to you. As yet I do not learn that a vessel has been chartered to take out Mr Hill, so that the probability is, no time will be lost...
64To 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...
65To James Madison from John Graham, 30 November 1805 (Madison Papers)
After a very tedious passage I arrived here, via Mobile, on the 23d. Inst and the next morning delivered to Governor Folch the Letter with which I had been charged by Governor Claiborne & of which I beleive a Copy has been sent to you. I am sorry to say that neither this Letter, nor any representations I have been able to make to Governor Folch have induced him to suspend the execution of the...
66To James Madison from John Graham, 17 May 1808 (Madison Papers)
In my Letter of yesterday, which went by the way of Fredericksburg, I mentioned that Mr. Gallatin had declined giving any opinion as to the propriety of permitting the Secretary of Mr. Rademaker to go out to Rio Janeiro in the vessel Chartered to take Mr. Hill there. I therefore sent the Letter of Mr. R. asking this permission to you. From the inclosed Note you will see there is yet time for...
67To 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 :...
68To James Madison from John Graham, 23 April 1807 (Madison Papers)
When I was in the City of Washington in the early part of Octr last I obtained the Presidents permission to return there this Summer on leave of absence. A day or two, however, before I set off for the Western Country I came to the conclusion of resigning my Employment in this Territory, so soon as I could do it with Honor. The Business with which you had then chargd me, and the aspect of...
69To James Madison from John Graham, 18 March 1807 (Madison Papers)
I had the Honor a few days since, to receive your Letter of the 3d Feby. in which you are pleased to express to me the satisfaction I had given to the President in the Execution of the important and critical task lately committed to me. So far as Zeal and honest intentions entitle me to this Testimony of his approbation, I feel that I deserve it, for I used my utmost efforts to accomplish the...
70To James Madison from John Graham, 10 May 1808 (Madison Papers)
I have the Honor to forward to you Dispatches from our Minister at London, as also from our Minister at Paris, all of which were received at this office yesterday. So much of the latter as was in our Cypher, I have decyphered and submitted the whole to the Heads of Departments. You will find in Genl Armstrongs Packet a Letter written in a Cypher to which we have no Key I beleive in the office,...
71To James Madison from John Graham, 23 September 1808 (Madison Papers)
You will find inclosed a Letter from Mr. Short to me, relating to his Servant, and also one from him to you expressing a Wish that it should be left optional with him to direct the Vessel in which he is to sail, to proceed either to Havre or L’Orient as the circumstances under which she may make the Coast of Europe may render the one or the other most convenient. In consequence of these...
72To 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...
73From John Graham to Col. Josiah Quincy, 29 February 1808 (Madison Papers)
May I be permitted to enquire whether the Committee of which you are the Chairman wish a Report from this office in reply to your Letter of the 13th. Inst. We had made some Progress in it when the last Information was received from Algiers, which led to a beleif that it might not be wanted. It was in consequence laid aside to give place to some more urgent business; but if you wish it, it will...
74To James Madison from John Graham, 10 August 1807 (Madison Papers)
I have waited until the last moment in hopes of being able to let you know by this mail who had been selected as the Jury men to try Colo: Burr. As yet all have been objected to; but Mr Barker a young Gentleman from Westmoreland Colo. Lambert of this City or County, Colo. Carrington of this City, and Mr Hugh Mercer of Fredericksburg, almost all the others have declared themselves under a...
75To James Madison from John Graham, 26 August 1808 (Madison Papers)
I had the Honor to receive your Letter of the 23d. Inst. today and shall attend to the instructions it gives. Among the Papers inclosed you will find three Letters addressed to the Secretary of the Treasury, & sent to you for your Signature. One of them you will observe is written partly with a pencil as we were not certain as to the fund out of which the Money ought to come. These are the...