501From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, [21 February] 1803 (Madison Papers)
The inclosed report as altered is acquiesced in by Mr. L. In two instances recurred to Congs have already interposed; one of them the Paoli at last Session. The judgmt. of the Court agst Capt. Maley was pd. by Congs. Several Dutch & British precedts. can also be cited. The 7 Art: of the British Treaty & 21 of the Span: go on the responsibility of those Govts. for irregular acts of the Officers...
502From James Madison to John G. Jackson, 4 May 1805 (Madison Papers)
I have duly recd. your favor of the 29th. ulto. with the printed inclosures. I can not doubt from the statement you give on the subject of the election, that the issue will be satisfactory. I had not before been aware of the extent of the means employed against you. The prev<a>lence of Westerly winds, with external causes imperfectly known continue to suspend the information long looked for...
503From James Madison to Robert R. Livingston, 28 September 1805 (Madison Papers)
The case of Mr William Lewis, whose vessel was carried into Tobago by a French Cruizer, as stated and referred to in the letter I had the honor to write to you on the 27th Octr 1803, has been since renewed to Genl Armstrong, who returns for answer, that he has neither seen nor heard any thing of it, that none of your papers have been left with him, and that Mr. Skipwith’s memory does not...
504From James Madison to James Monroe, 21 March 1808 (Madison Papers)
In the joint letter from you & Mr. P. of October a project on impressments is referred to which does not appear. I forget what passed with you in conversation on the subject. You will oblige me by dropping me the state of the case, and if there be any document in your hands that you will be so good as to forward it or a copy of it. It can if necessary be thrown into the mass which will be...
505From James Madison to Alexander J. Dallas, 20 November 1805 (Madison Papers)
It is inferred from some indications that the Marquis d’Yrujo, has it in view to visit this place and even to pass the Winter with the Govt. The footing on which he stands, renders it improper to continue the diplomatic intercourse with him, and will make it necessary that he should not remain indefinitely in this Country in his public Character. It can hardly be supposed that he is left...
506From James Madison to Tench Coxe, 26 November 1808 (Madison Papers)
In pursuance of the 5th. Sect. of the Act of March 2d. respecting the lands claimed in the Mississippi Territory, I have Sent your letter of the 11th. inst. and the copies of the patents it enclosed, in the names of George Teal and Rebecca Blackwell, to the Register of the Land Office West of Pearl River. The tract described in one of the patents appears to lie in that territory, but it is not...
507From James Madison to John George Jackson, 6 April 1807 (Madison Papers)
You will receive this from Peyton Drew Esqr., deputy marshall for Virginia. His object is to summon against Coll: Burr for the Circuit Court of the United States to be held at Richmond on the 22d. of May. It is wished that Mr. Drew may have your assistance in finding out all such persons as can give desirable testimony on the charge of Treason or misdemeanor, or both; particularly with respect...
508From James Madison to Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, 8 February 1802 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 8 February 1802. Mentioned in Yrujo to JM, 18 Feb. 1802 . Requests passports for two Americans.
509From James Madison to Albert Gallatin, 5 October 1808 (Madison Papers)
Be pleased to issue your warrant on the appropriations for the Contingent expenses of this Office, for five hundred dollars, in favor of William Whann Esqr., the holder of the enclosed Bill for that amount, drawn upon me, on the 22d. July last, by Meriwether Lewis Esqr., Governor of the Louisiana Territory, who is to be charged and held accountable for the same. I am &c. DNA : RG...
510To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 2 August 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Having passed Dalton on the road, I have received the dispatches from M. & Pinkney under the delay of their coming hither from Washington. You will have recd. copies from Washington, according to instructions I left there. The business at Madrid has had an awkward termination, and if nothing, as may be expected, particularly in the absence of the Emperor, shd alleviate it at Paris, involves...
511From James Madison to John Ross, 13 January 1804 (Madison Papers)
I have received your letter of the 18th. Ult. There can be little doubt, that the first claim you state is of the general nature of those which are recoverable under the late Convention with France. Should you be able to prove that your original documents have been accidentally destroyed, the Commissioners and other functionaries who are to decide these claims will doubtless admit you to prove...
512From James Madison to David Holmes, 12 December 1807 (Madison Papers)
In reply to your Letter of yesterday I have the Honor to state to you, that no remuneration has been made by the Danish Government to the United States "for and on account of the Prizes taken by the Alliance Frigate in 1779, carried into Bergen in Norway, and afterwards by Order of the Danish Government restored to the British" With great Respect I have the Honor to be, Sir, Your Mo: Obt Sert...
513To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 15 August 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
I left Washington on the morning of the 6th. and ended my journey on Saturday evening. Having received no communications from the office before the mail which arrived the day before yesterday, and concluding that your trip to Bedford was probably undertaken about this time I have been the less in a hurry to trouble you with a letter. I now inclose several papers transmitted by Mr. Wagner....
514To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 20 August 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
The inclosed letters will shew the object of the Bearer Mr. Baker. From his conversation, I find that, placing Bourdeaux & Gibralter out of view, he wishes to be appd. as Consul, to Minorca , where he says a Consul will be admitted, now that it is again under the Spanish Government, and where he observes a consul may be of use to the U. States, particularly during our bickerings with the...
515From 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...
516From James Madison to Levi Lincoln, 13 June 1801 (Madison Papers)
I recollect that on your leaving us you took with you certain papers relating to a case in which Mr. Bingham was concerned, and the U. S. alledged to be involved, with a view of examining them in your domestic leisure. I have just recd. the inclosed letter from Mr. Otis on the same subject, and beg leave to trouble you with it for the same purpose. Notwithstanding the budgets from abroad which...
517From James Madison to Robert R. Livingston, 23 January 1808 (Madison Papers)
I have duly recd yours of the 8th. and will pay to it the attention you wish. We expect an opportunity for Genl. Armstrong about the 10th. Feby. The Vessel will sail from N. York. I mention the circumstance as this may convey the information sooner than the newspapers which are to publish it, and as you may be willing to avail yourself of the opportunity for later communications. The Embargo...
518From James Madison to Richard Harrison (Abstract), 8 June 1805 (Madison Papers)
8 June 1805, Department of State. “I herewith return Mr. Yznardi’s papers & accounts all the charges in your recapitulation, except the fourth, consisting of office expences are in their nature admissible, as also the charge for compensation to his Agent at Algesiras. It is to be observed that the circular letters from this Dept. dated 1st. Augt. 1801, & of which you have been furnished with a...
519From James Madison to Nathan Sanford, 7 February 1806 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to enclose an extract of a letter I have received from a gentleman of respectability at Philadelphia, and by the express direction of the President, I request you to enquire diligently into the facts alledged and any others which may be made known to you, relative to the fitting out and sailing of the Leander, and to report to me, as soon as possible, whether any persons now...
520From James Madison to [Levi Lincoln?], 14 May 1802 (Madison Papers)
Will you be so good as to forward me Govr. St. Clair’s papers by the Mail as soon as the two Secretaries Dearborn & Smith with yourself shall have examined them. I make the request on the idea that they can be spared in time to be examined by me during my absence. I expect to return to this place about the 1st. of June, and to be four days on my journey back. The mail leaves this every tuesday...
521From James Madison to Charles Pinckney, 6 January 1804 (Madison Papers)
Messrs Wells of Boston, who are interested in the affair of the twelve bills now under the charge of Mr Richard Hughes in Spain, have requested that the application you have made to the Spanish Government for relief might be strengthened by instructions from this Department. On examining the case, it does not distinctly appear, whether the Governor of Cadiz, in suspending the recourse of the...
522From James Madison to Presley Carr Lane, 9 July 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
9 July 1802, Department of State. “The President of the United States having continued the Marshal for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, your appointment for the Western District is of course discontinued, Under the late act of Congress for amending the Judicial system of the United States. You will please therefore to deliver over to Mr. [John] Smith all the papers &ca. &ca. which may be...
523From James Madison to Peter Muhlenberg, 27 April 1807 (Madison Papers)
I have shipped to your care, in the Sloop Harmony, Ellwood, Master, twenty two boxes containing volumes of the laws of the United States, 1st. Session of the 9th. Congress, addressed to several of the Governors of the States and of the Territories. Be pleased to forward them as opportunities may occur to their respective places of destination, paying the expences from Philadelphia which shall...
524From James Madison to Albert Gallatin, 17 January 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
17 January 1803, Department of State. Asks that Gallatin cause a certified statement to be made under the Treasury Department seal “comprehending all such sums of money as have been paid by the United States for the contingent expences of the Board of Commissioners which sat at Philadelphia under the 6th. Article of the British Treaty, together with what was paid as salary to the fifth...
525From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 12 May 1806 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Pinkney is now with us collecting his outfit of information, and is to sail from Baltimore on sunday the 18th. instant. This being an earlier day than was anticipated, it has become necessary to hasten the conclusion of all the Documents he is to take with him, the provisional as well as the positive. With this view they are now forwarded for your signature by an Express who we hope will...
526From James Madison to John B. Prevost (Abstract), 8 April 1805 (Madison Papers)
8 April 1805, Department of State . “I have had the honor to receive your letter of the 19th. Decr., enclosing your correspondence with the Marquis of Casa Calvo on a subject which has before been brought into the notice of the Government. Should it be revived, the precision, which the paper you have enclosed will give it may enable the Executive to act with the best information of the points...
527From James Madison to James Simpson, 22 August 1802 (Madison Papers)
Your two letters of June 17. & 26 have been duly received. The hostile result of the deliberations of the Emperor of Morocco, notwithstanding your endeavor to give them a more favorable turn, is made particularly unwelcome by the moment at which it has occurred. All that remains now is to meet it in a proper manner by opposing force to force, without losing sight of the interest we have, in...
528From James Madison to Louis-Marie Turreau, 18 May 1805 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 18 May 1805 . Calendared in the index to the State Department notes to foreign legations as “requesting a passport for the Ship Huntress” ( DNA : RG 59, Notes to Foreign Ministers and Consuls, vol. 1). On the same date JM wrote a similar letter, also not found, to Anthony Merry (ibid.).
529From James Madison to Louis-André Pichon, 15 March 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
15 March 1802, Department of State. Acknowledges Pichon’s note of 18 Feb. The president received the news of the peace concluded between France and Great Britain not only with the lively interest that humanity should take at the end of such a long and bloody war but also with the sympathy owed to a friendly nation with which the U.S., under the auspices of peace, desires to expand its...
530From James Madison to Rufus King, 5 July 1803 (Madison Papers)
I recd. by the mail of last evening yours of the 2d. instant. I do not know that any rule has been established which requires public Ministers on their return to the U. States, to repair to the seat of Government. Where no public considerations make such a visit important, and it would be inconvenient to the individual, it could not be reasonably exacted as a mere tribute of respect. In your...
531From James Madison to Elias Boudinot, 17 November 1801 (Madison Papers)
At the request of the Navy Department the President has given permission, that Mr. Harrison, or an artist under his direction, may use the machine for striking coins, belonging to the Mint, for the medal intended for Captain Truxtun, in virtue of a Resolution of Congress. But this permission is subject to the conditions, that the use to be thus made of the machine shall not materially retard...
532To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 28 May 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
The last mail brought me yours inclosing the letters to you from P. Edwards & Mr. Gallatin, which I retain for your return. The supplemental instruction to A. & Bowdoin had not escaped attention. Subpœnas have this day been served on Genl. Dearborn, Mr. Smith & Myself. The absence of Mr. Gallatin postpones the service on him. Mr. Wagner, Docr. Thornton, & Mr. Duncanson, & Mr. Bradley of...
533From James Madison to Willink and Van Staphorst, 23 July 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
23 July 1804, Department of State, Washington. “I have to inform you, that General John Armstrong has been appointed Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States at Paris, in the room of Mr. Livingston, who has resigned that office. He will therefore be authorized to draw upon you for his salary at the rate of Nine thousand dollars per annum, for the salary of his Secretary at the rate of...
534Enclosure: From James Madison, 2 December 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Agreeably to a Resolution of the Senate, passed on the 22d of last month, requesting the President of the United States to cause to be laid before them such information as may have been received, relative to the violation of the flag of the United States, or to the Impressment of any seamen in the service of the United States, by the Agents of any foreign Nation, I do myself the Honor to...
535From James Madison to John Shee, 11 October 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
11 October 1804, Department of State. “Your letter of the 21st. ult. enclosing a copy of the advertisement proposed to be published respecting the claims of the Ilinois & Ouabache United Land Companies, having been duly received, has been laid before the President of the United States according to your request.” Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, DL , vol. 14). 1 p.
536From James Madison to John Langdon, 1 July 1805 (Madison Papers)
According to your request the letter to you from Mr. Griswold is now returned. It was duly communicated with your letter to me, to the President. I had previously received your favor on the subject of a successor to Mr. Erving. But the appointment had before it came to hand, been conferred on Mr. Wm. Lyman; so that the door was not open for taking into consideration the merits of the gentlemen...
537From James Madison to William Dubourg, 5 July 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ To William Dubourg. 5 July 1806, Washington. “James Madison presents his respects to Mr. Dubourg and incloses a note on the Bank at Baltimore for $250 which he will be pleased to credit in the account with his pupil John P. Todd.” RC ( MdBSAr ). 1 p.
538From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 10 August 1808 (Madison Papers)
I recd last evening yours of the 9th. with the papers to which it refers & now return as desired Sullivan’s & Ishamels letters with your proposed answer to the former. The questions arising on them are not without difficulty, and this is not a little increased by the spirit which seems to haunt the Governor. His letter furnishes agst. his own statements, the inference which is enforced by the...
539From James Madison to William Ellery, 3 January 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
3 January 1803, Department of State, Washington. “It appearing that the Ship Alnomac was registered at Newport, I request you to be pleased to communicate the enclosed translation of a letter, lately received by me, to the relati⟨ves⟩ of the deceased Capt. Chace.” RC and enclosure ( NjP : Crane Collection); letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, DL , vol. 14). RC 1 p. In Wagner’s hand, signed by JM....
540To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 22 September 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
I have forwarded your notes to the several Post masters. The inclosed letter from Pleasanton which mentions the terms on which the Missionary to Batavia is engaged. I understand the $3000 to be in full of all expences &c. I directed payment out of the Foreign intercourse fund. The case of the Indefatigable & crew may be laid before Congs., either for their decision on the individual cases or...
541From James Madison to George W. Erving, 1 May 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ To George W. Erving. 1 May 1806, Department of State. “I have received your No 4 dated on 21st. January, with a private letter of the same date, and also your letter of the 21st. February. Messrs. Armstrong and Bowdoin being charged with a special Mission respecting our controversies with Spain, it is more essential than ever that the forbearance so strictly enjoined in my last letter, to...
542From James Madison to Edward Richards, 23 May 1804 (Madison Papers)
The President has received your letter of the 17th. with its enclosures. It does not appear from your statement, that, in the wrongs you mention that you have sustained, there is any circumstance calling for or even admitting of the interposition of the Executive of the United States; but your complaint seems to be rather of a nature to be pursued in the Courts of Justice according to the...
543From James Madison to Richard Harrison, 11 April 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ To Richard Harrison. 11 April 1806, Department of State. “The accounts of Dr. Davis, as Agent at Tunis, have been revised and all the articles appear to be of an admissible nature without further vouchers, except the charges under the head of charity, which are marked in the margin with a pencil; the charge under the date of 4 July 1804; another of the 26 Feb. 1805; those of the 29th. April...
544From James Madison to Levi Lincoln, 4 January 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
4 January 1803, Department of State. “The Secretary of State requests the Attorney General to favor him with his opinion, whether a patent may be issued to the assignee of Robert Holliday for the land contained in the within survey [not found]. The doubt arises upon the variation between the survey and the description of it in the devise contained in the enclosed will [not found]. The land...
545From James Madison to Rufus King, 24 May 1804 (Madison Papers)
An occasion has occurred, in relation to a demand set up by the proctors, who have conducted the American suits, in London, on account of captures, to request the favor of your stating how far they are supported in it by any promise made by you. It seems that suitors in the prize-courts have a right to cause their proctor’s bills to be taxed, which produces a deduction, supposed to average...
546From James Madison to Charles Pinckney and James Monroe, 2 March 1803 (Madison Papers)
You will be herewith furnished with a joint Commission to treat with His Catholic Majesty, and with a letter of credence to him. For the object of the Commission and as a guide to your negotiations, I refer you to the instructions given in relation to the French Government. Whatever portion of the arrangements contemplated may be found to depend not on the French, but on the Spanish...
547From James Madison to James Bowdoin, [13] May 1805 (Madison Papers)
Mr Elisha Tracy of Norwich, in Connecticut will have explained to you the circumstances of the claims of his Commercial house upon the Spanish Government for the detention of the ship Miantinomo and the Schooners Nancy and Oneco. He has since solicited the aid of the Executive to obtain reparation for their losses: I have therefore to request that you will receive their documents and if the...
548From James Madison to Albert Gallatin, 12 October 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
12 October 1802, Department of State. Requests that Gallatin issue a warrant for John Davidson in the amount of $3,579.62 from the appropriation for the relief and protection of seamen to cover three bills of exchange drawn on JM by Isaac Cox Barnet at Bordeaux, with the amount to be charged against Barnet. Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, DL , vol. 14). 1 p. See Barnet to JM, 30 June 1802 (...
549From James Madison to Thomas Swann, 28 June 1805 (Madison Papers)
I recd. by Mr Dalton your favor of this date. I feel real concern at being unable to assist in the relief of Col. Monros credit with the Bank of Alexandria. My own engagements which I could not avoid, with the tardiness of creditors from which I have expected remittances, put this friendly office out of my power, beyond the amount of $250 which are in the hands of Mr. Deblois, & which he will...
550From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, [27 November] 1805 (Madison Papers)
will become able to regulate with effect their respective functions in these departments. The burthen of Quarentines is felt at home as well as abroad. Their efficacy merits examination. although the health laws of the states should not at this moment be found to require a particular revisal by Congress yet Commerce claims that their attention be ever awake to them. (a) “will become more able...