1To Thomas Jefferson from Jacob Wagner, 24 March 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
J. Wagner has the honor, by the direction of the Secretary of State, to enclose a Statement relative to agencies of a diplomatic nature which have heretofore taken place. It is not meant to be understood that it contains all that have existed: it is merely a collection from memory. RC ( DLC ).
2To Thomas Jefferson from Jacob Wagner, 19 October 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
This letter is a duplicate of one J. W. had the honor to translate, in the summer, containing a proposal from a Mr. Heise to carry a colony from Germany to Louisiana. He now adds, that he has discovered a method of preserving potatoes, the secret of which he offers for sale. DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
3To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, 11 August 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Jacob Wagner. 11 August 1806. “There having been no indication against my opening the enclosed [not found], it was impossible to avoid it. It will therefore be best that it should seem to have been opened by yourself.” RC ( DLC ). 1 p.; marked “(Private)”; docketed by JM .
4To Thomas Jefferson from Jacob Wagner, 30 December 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Note. The instructions of Mr. Lear were sent to the Senate with the Treaty. The cooperation of the Exile was to cost no more than 20,000 dollars at the utmost, but it was referred to as little important. In the Departt. of State , there is no information whether the Exile’s family have been restored. DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
5To Thomas Jefferson from Jacob Wagner, 5 September 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
J. Wagner presents his best respects to the President of the U. States. The pardon of Joseph Barnaby, convicted before Judge Peters of smuggling, being founded on the recommendation of the Judge as well as other respectable persons, it will be issued after receiving the signature of the Secretary of State. DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
6To Thomas Jefferson from Jacob Wagner, 4 January 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
A counter post—to Kingston if it can be made sufficiently safe, seems to be a natural provision for the case. But ought not the State of N.Y. to turn its attention to such a call from its exposed Citizens, & to co-operate at least in arming them? Few States are probably more able to do it. DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
7To Thomas Jefferson from Jacob Wagner, 10 May 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
It is respectfully requested that this letter, if approved, may be sealed & sent to the Post Office. [Note in TJ’s hand:] Departmt. of State. recd. May 10. answer to Prevost & expressing expectn he will continue in his post till a successor appointed DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
8To Thomas Jefferson from Jacob Wagner, 14 April 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
This treaty and copy were heretofore sent to the President, in order that he might send it to Congress for the necessary appropriation. They were however returned by the President to the Dep. State; but lest any misapprehension may have taken place about their having been before sent for the appropriation, they are now handed to Mr. Madison, that he may be pleased to ascertain the point. DLC :...
9To Thomas Jefferson from Jacob Wagner, 12 August 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
No such convention for the mutual delivery of offenders exists; though the Spaniards have often urged us to make one. I have furnished an extract of this and a copy of Govr. Lewis letter respecting the occupation of Buck Island by the British to yr. Secy. of War DLC : Papers of James Madison.
10To Thomas Jefferson from Jacob Wagner, 12 November 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
J. Wagner’s best respects to the President of the U. States The letter, returned herein, is signed John Frederick Burkardt, living with Chen Stevens, 3 miles from Carlisle. The object of the writer is to obtain information of the mode and terms of obtaining patents for six inventions he enumerates. It might therefore be referred to the Department of State. DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
11To Thomas Jefferson from Jacob Wagner, 26 January 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
The Secretary of State supposes, that the within abstract in the form of a report to the President, with the decree annexed to it, and the documents and correspondence communicated to Congress between the date of the Senate’s resolution and that of the report, will be an ample compliance with the requisition of the former. The favor is requested that the packet enclosed herewith for Mr....
12To Thomas Jefferson from Jacob Wagner, 6 October 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
Should this letter not be returned, J. Wagner will conclude that it has been approved and that the President has had the goodness to cause a wafer to be put in it and sent it to the Post office. DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
13To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, 1 October 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Jacob Wagner. 1 October 1805, Department of State. “According to you[r] directions [not found] are enclosed three drafts in your favor for one hundred dollars each on the Bank of the U.States and ten bank notes of the office of Disct. & Deposit in this city for ten dollars each, notes of the Bank at Philadelphia not being to be had.” Adds in a postscript: “Mr. Thom will pay the balance...
14To Thomas Jefferson from Jacob Wagner, 9 January 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
J. Wagner’s best respects to the President. A copy of Mr. Lear’s instructions for making peace with Tripoli, and of the only letter (dated 5 July last) in which he mentions the negotiation and its consequences, accompanied the treaty to the Senate. A letter, of a date subsequent to the above, has been received from Mr. Lear, but it does not relate to affairs with Tripoli. DLC : Papers of...
15To Thomas Jefferson from Jacob Wagner, 27 July 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
It is represented by a gentleman of Alexandria, that a petition for a pardon in favor of Christopher Church convicted there of Larceny was forwarded to you two weeks ago, accompanied with the usual recommendations. From a fear that the petition may not have reached your hands, the gentleman is very desirous that I should thus mention the subject to you, in order that a duplicate may be...
16To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, 28 January 1808 (Madison Papers)
The President’s message in answer to the call of the House respecting Genl Wilkinson has condescended to notice me. It is expressed in such a manner as not to leave it altogether certain, whether it does not hold me accountable for a bundle of Mr. Clark’s papers, before the public. On the one hand I place a value upon a good name, and on the other am elevated above much anxiety, by the...
17To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, 1 November 1802 (Madison Papers)
Your favor of the 26th. has found me here, on my way to Washington. I shall spend but a few days before I proceed thither, in the hope that I may be enabled to render such further services in my former station, as may be acceptable to you. With sentiments of the highest respect and attachment, I remain, Dr. sir, Your most humble servt. RC ( DLC ). Docketed by JM. Letter not found. Wagner had...
18To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, 27 August 1805 (Madison Papers)
Be pleased to sign and return to me the enclosed letters for the Secretary of the Treasury. I enclose a letter, which as it appears to be addressed in the handwriting of your overseer, I have not opened. Mr. Duffield has resigned the commission of Judge of Orleans Territory on account of the effect of the climate upon his health. I have enclosed the resignation to the President. A short time...
19To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, 9 October 1805 (Madison Papers)
I have received your favor of the 5th. and now enclose the papers accumulated since I suspended communicating them. The two enclosures with Mr. Monroe’s letter of 6 Augt. were not received with the copy you have read. I have sent to Genl. Smith the extract from Blakeley’s letter marked by crotchets, that the fraud may be repelled. The answer to Messrs. McKims’ complaint may perhaps be a...
20To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, 28 August 1805 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to enclose drafts of letters to Mr. Prevost & to Governor Claiborne. It is so improbable that it will be found of importance to convene the Legislative Council of Orleans before November, and that thus the erroneous opinion of Govr. Claiborne will stand in need of correction, that I doubt the necessity of answering his letter: if you should suppress the draft, be pleased to...
21To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, 16 September 1805 (Madison Papers)
I have been honored with your’s of the 13th. from Gray’s, where I am happy you have secured a safe and agreeable retreat. I had kept a copy of your letter to Genl. Turreau. I think it adviseable to publish the list of bills drawn by Genl. Armstrong, because it will convey useful information to the claimants, will free us from the trouble of answering numerous enquiries, and it is not too...
22Jacob Wagner to John Stephen, 14 September 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ Jacob Wagner to John Stephen. 14 September 1806, Department of State. “Some time past, Genl. Turreau the French Minister wrote a letter to the Secretary of State, complaining that by the tardiness in taking effectual steps against the persons concerned in the outrage against a French Privateer, mentioned in the Secretary’s letter of the 19 July, one of the Vessels, charged with having...
23To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, 30 March 1802 (Madison Papers)
I beg your excuse for the liberty I take in covering the two enclosed letters to your address. Since I have been here I have had the injudicious medical treatment I sustained at Washington corrected; and by the change of air and use of exercise there is a flattering expectation of my being restored to even better health than I formerly had. It is at present faulty only in the appetite, which...
24Jacob Wagner to Nathan Sanford, 15 September 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ Jacob Wagner to Nathan Sanford. 15 September 1806, Department of State. “Owing to the separation of the Executive, your letter of the 9th. ult, as far as respects the compensation to the assistant Counsel in the cases of Smith & Ogden, has not hitherto been answered. I am now authorized to inform you that if Mr. Edwards will be so good as to make out his account for five hundred dollars and...
25To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, 19 August 1806 (Madison Papers)
I am Sorry that another unexpected obstacle is likely still longer to retard the departure of the Tunisians. The Secretary of the Navy has forwarded letters of the 13th. of which the enclosed copies were furnished only yesterday. An indemnity for the annulling of the debentures by Shifting the cargo would be a mere form; and if no Treasury arrangement could dispense with the inconvenience...
26To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, 12 September 1801 (Madison Papers)
I very much regret the accident, which retarded the dispatches from France. Upon the enquiry I made, after the receipt of your favor of the 4th. it appeared that they had been detained in the Georgetown Post office, from the monday on which they should have been forwarded to the succeeding friday, by the mistake of the Postmaster. All the letters and packets I made up for the mail on the...
27To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, 11 August 1805 (Madison Papers)
I have received your letter of the 6th. inst. and enclose an answer for Mr. Wigginton. Mr. Lee’s statement accompanies it. If Mr. W. be innocent, it is necessary to suppose that his assurance to the latter was founded on a fraud of which he was made the dupe himself, and that his privity in the corrupt agreement, by drafting it, is falsly testified by Erving and the broker. Mr. Lee on a former...
28To Thomas Jefferson from Jacob Wagner, 17 September 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
By the Frigate President, Capt. Barron, which is now in the River, with about 100 of the late prisoners at Tripoli on board, dispatches from Mr. Lear with the Treaty have been received. I have the honor to enclose copies of the most important of the former and also of the leading articles of the latter. A letter from Mr. Pinckney dated 24 July mentions that Mr. Bowdoin had gone to England. Mr....
29To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, 19 July 1807 (Madison Papers)
Observing that the newspapers are circulating a imperfect account of the law-case of Baring vs. Christie, I take the liberty of referring you to it entire in 5th. East’s rep. 398, and at the same time to enclose a note I made some time ago, with a view to the extent of the operation of the exception to the passport, under present circumstances. The tenuity of this exception is such, as, in my...
30To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, [ca. June 1806] (Madison Papers)
Views of improving my circumstances having led me to the purpose of retiring from Washington by the first of next October, it is due both to propriety and to my sentiments towards you, to apprise you thus early of my intention. I have the honor to be, Dr. Sir, with great respect, Your most obed. servt. RC ( DLC ). Docketed by JM . Undated; dated 1806 in the Index to the James Madison Papers....
31To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, 8 June 1806 (Madison Papers)
I was to have seen Mr. Duvall to day on the subject of the enquiry of Mr. Mc.Lean: though I am pretty sure that he will not act upon the case. It would be contrary to precedent to put an Inspector on board her; and it has been settled that prize goods may be sold for the purpose of repairing the vessel which brought them in, if repairs are indispensible; the part sold paying duty. After seeing...
32To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, 28 September 1805 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Erving has acknowledged the receipt of your letter respecting the colony-trade as involved in the case of the Aurora. Your private letter to Mr. Monroe has been copied and partly transmitted with the enclosures from the Gazettes, to which I have added Mr. King’s letter in which they were received, whence it will appear that Lord Hawkesbury knew of Mr. King’s intention to procure their...
33To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, 25 September 1804 (Madison Papers)
I am honored with your two favors of the 21st. and 22 inst. The wine has been received from Norfolk and is stored in your house. Not being certain that you have with you a copy of Mr. Livingston’s cypher I have enclosed the original to enable you to translate his confidential letter. Mr. Dawson, who arrived yesterday from the Northward, informed me that the Marquis gave out, on his journey...
34To Thomas Jefferson from Jacob Wagner, 3 August 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
J. Wagner sends his best respects to the President with the letter from M. Heise & a translation. He has received a letter from Mr. Madison, informing of his arrival with Mrs. M. at Philada. and that Dr. Physic thinks he can relieve her without any operation more painful than keeping the limb in a fixt posture. Mr. Merry proposes to go for Philada. to morrow. Capt. Murray proposes to sail in...
35To Thomas Jefferson from Jacob Wagner, with Notes for a Reply, 5 October 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
A blank temporary common for this office was sent to the Southward before the last session of Congress, which was returned with Mr. Chambers’ name after the adjournment. As therefore this will be the second temporary common for the same person and office, qu. how far constitutional? [ In TJ’s hand: ] Kirby’s lre of Feb. 5. gives reason to suppose that Chambers’s commn was dated & delivered...
36To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, 14 October 1805 (Madison Papers)
With the concurrence of Genl. Dearborn, I have given the following Sketch for publication: “We understand that on the 15th. Augt. Mr. Monroe our Minister in London had an interview with Ld. Mulgrave, the Br. Secretary of State for foreign affairs, on the Subject of the recent captures, when it appeared that no new order had been issued, but that they proceeded from the decisions recently made...
37To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, 20 September 1805 (Madison Papers)
The case of the passport requested by Lafonta, to whom the enclosed packet is addressed, resembles one I sent you a few days ago, and will therefore follow its fate. The Navy Department is to furnish me with the documents to be enclosed in the letter to Mr. Monroe respecting the Huntress: they are to be the bill of lading, invoice, sailing orders, insurance &c. The London advices make it...
38To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, 25 September 1801 (Madison Papers)
Extract of a letter from Mr. Mountflorence to the Secretary of State, dated Paris 3rd. Augt. 1801. “The ratifications were exchanged 31st. ult. and Mr. Thomas Appleton This is the name of our Consul for Leghorn. J Wagner has been entrusted by Mr. Dawson with that of the French Government delivered unto him by Mr. Murray.” Extract of another letter from the same to the same, dated 6 Augt. 1801....
39To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, 10 September 1805 (Madison Papers)
With this you will receive among other communications an interesting letter from Genl. Armstrong. I have sent a duplicate of the List of claims liquidated finally and an extract of the letter respecting them, for the use of the Secretary of the Treasury. The 20,000 florins referred to in the correspondence respecting the Wilmington Packet stands in the name of the Secretary of State, to the...
40To Thomas Jefferson from Jacob Wagner, 28 June 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
J. Wagner has the honor to present his respects to the President and to return him the german letter and pamphlet sent to him on Saturday. The letter is complimentary from the author of the pamphlet, Mr. Angerman of Lingen in Westphalia. The pamphlet proposes a method of securing wood for house and ship-building from fire, decay and the worm, by means of a solution of pot-ash, common salt,...
41To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, 24 August 1803 (Madison Papers)
Your letter of the 19th. respecting Mr. Burnley was duly received and complied with; and this day another without date is come to hand, in consequence of which I enclose a copy of one side of Mr. Livingston’s cypher which will suffice for your present object: By the next post I shall transmit the other side. I have dispatched Mr. Derieux. Altho’ the Collector of Norfolk was requested to...
42To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, 12 August 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Jacob Wagner. 12 August 1806. “No such convention for the mutual delivery of offenders exists; though the Spaniards have often urged us to make one. “I have furnished an extract of this and a copy of Govr. Lewis letter respecting the occupation of Buck Island by the British to the Secy. of War.” RC ( DLC ). 1 p.; headed “The President 8 Augt. 1806”; docketed by JM . This note evidently...
43To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, 23 August 1804 (Madison Papers)
Having very few papers to send you by this mail, I have thought it a convenient time to request you to be pleased to sign some of the accompanying passports and Franks: of the former there would have been no need but for the supply of New Orleans, and the latter are rendered necessary in as-much as the quire, you signed here, is nearly exhausted in covering the laws of the last session. The...
44List of Nominations from Jacob Wagner, 9 December 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Jacob Ridgway of Pennsylvania— Antwerp . Note a blank commission for this port was sent to Mr. Livingston at Paris with authority to fill it up. This happened many months ago: and lately the offer has been made to Mr. Barnet to take his choice of it and Havre. Francis Coffin (a Frenchman) of Dunkirk was formerly our Consul there. Quer. is he intended? Henry Wilson of Maryland— Ostend. Wm....
45To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, 14 September 1801 (Madison Papers)
On the morning of saturday last Mr. Brent set out for Dumfries, with a collection of papers addressed to you, respecting the mission of Chancellor Livingston. At Dumfries he was to meet Mr. Graham, who was to proceed to your seat and arrive this evening. Enclosed are the weekly dispatches, a private letter for yourself and another for Miss Payne. In the course of the week I received two or...
46To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, 29 July 1805 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to enclose the remainder of the dispatches from Madrid except such as had before come to hand. Copies are likewise transmitted to the President. Genl. Dearborn has of course seen them. I have paid Dulton for his passage hither; and, as before, for his return, he having charged it on the principle that he ought to be restored to his concerns at Madrid, from which according to...
47To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, 14 April 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Jacob Wagner. 14 April 1806. “This treaty and copy were heretofore sent to the President, in order that he might send it to Congress for the necessary appropriation. They were however returned by the President to the Dep. State; but lest any misapprehension may have taken place about their having been before sent for the appropriation, they are now handed to Mr. Madison, that he may be...
48To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, 22 July 1802 (Madison Papers)
A relapse of my complaint prevented me from sooner rendering my best thanks for the favor of your last and expressing my sensibility at the obliging expressions it contains. The habits I have contracted by a long employment in the Department of State and the additional attachment produced by the personal qualities of its head, made my retirement a painful event to myself: and could I...
49To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, 17 August 1801 (Madison Papers)
I forgot to ask your direction about the Cattle mentioned in Mr. Eaton’s last letter. Are they to be sent? And if Dr. Gillasspy (to whom I have written) does not chuse to execute the timber-commission, ought we to do it? With perfect respect &c. RC ( DLC ). See 14 Apr. postscript to William Eaton’s 10 Apr. 1801 dispatch ( PJM-SS Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison:...
50To James Madison from Jacob Wagner, 26 August 1803 (Madison Papers)
I have nothing to forward by this post but the enclosed letter from Govr. Claiborne and the newspapers. The former has been shown to the gentlemen in the war-office. I have also to acknowledge the receipt of your’s of the 18th. inst. and remain With the greatest respect Your obed. servt. P.S. In the middle of last month orders were given by the war Department for stationing a detachment of...