251From James Madison to the Senate, 24 February 1817 (Madison Papers)
I nominate The Rev. Cheever Felch, Acting Chaplain, to be a Chaplain in the Navy of the United States. RC ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A2). In a clerk’s hand, signed and dated by JM .
252From James Madison to the Senate, 23 June 1812 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
23 June 1812. “I transmit to the Senate a Report of the Secretary of war, complying with their Resolution of the 19th instant.” RC ( DNA : RG 46, TP , Indiana). 1 p. In the hand of Edward Coles, signed by JM. For enclosures, see Eustis to JM, 22 June 1812 , and n. 1. See Eustis to JM, 22 June 1812, n. 2 .
253From James Madison to the Senate, 6 March 1816 (Madison Papers)
An error having been committed in the nomination approved by the Senate, of P.E. Dessessarts, as principal Assessor, I nominate D.R.D. Dessessarts, of Louisiana, to be principal Assessor of the Third Collection District of the same State. RC ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A1). In John Payne Todd’s hand, signed by JM . The Senate approved the nomination on 7 Mar. 1816 (...
254From James Madison to Anthony Morris, 28 April 1813 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 28 April 1813. Mentioned in Morris to JM, 29 Apr. 1813 , as conveying the news of Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren’s objections to Morris’s proposed mission to Bermuda.
255From James Madison to Charles Simms, 20 June 1815 (Madison Papers)
J. Madison thanks Col: Simms for his attention to the Brandy & Wine recd. from the Collector of Boston, and requests the favor of him to forward hither by water, any articles he may have since recd. from the Collector of New Bedford. Col: S. will add a note of any charges which may be due. RC ( NBuU ). See Simms to JM , 27 Mar. 1815 .
256From James Madison to Richard Forrest, ca. 2 October 1810 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. Ca. 2 October 1810. Mentioned in Forrest to JM, 6 Oct. 1810 . Gives instructions for the purchase of merino sheep.
257From James Madison to William Eustis, 21 December 1814 (letter not found) (Madison Papers)
¶ To William Eustis. Letter not found. 21 December 1814. Acknowledged in Eustis to JM , 29 Dec. 1814 , as informing Eustis of his appointment as U.S. minister to the Netherlands and enclosing his commission.
258From James Madison to William Eustis, 17 July 1810 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 17 July 1810. Acknowledged in Eustis to JM, 29 July 1810 . Inquires about orders given to U.S. Army troops marching to Pittsburgh.
259From James Madison to William Pinkney, 12 December 1811 (Madison Papers)
On the receipt of your letter of the 8th. you were nominated to the Senate as Successor to Mr. Rodney. The inclosed Commission will inform you of the result. In expectation of the pleasure of seeing you as soon as you can make it convenient, I tender you assurances of my great esteem and sincere regard. RC ( NjP : Pinkney Papers). Docketed by Pinkney. Enclosure not found.
260From James Madison to the Senate, 26 January 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
26 January 1811. “I transmit to the Senate a Report from the Secretary of the Treasury on the subject of their Resolution of the 21st. instant.” RC and enclosures ( DNA : RG 46, Legislative Proceedings, 11A-E4). RC 1 p. In a clerk’s hand, signed by JM. For enclosures, see Gallatin to JM, 24 Jan. 1811 , and n.
261From James Madison to Lafayette, 19 May 1810 (Madison Papers)
Since the packet, inclosing 8 Patents was sent to the Mail, I have obtained a ninth, which I forward without delay that [it] may overtake the others Yrs. &c &c RC ( NIC : Dean Collection). Word supplied here was either clipped from margin or omitted by JM.
262From James Madison to the Senate, 7 February 1817 (Madison Papers)
I transmit to the Senate a report of the Secretary of State, complying with their resolution of the 28th of last month. RC ( DNA : RG 46, Legislative Proceedings, President’s Messages, 14A–E2). In John Payne Todd’s hand, signed by JM . For the report and its enclosures, see James Monroe to JM , 5 Feb. 1817 , n. 2.
263From James Madison to Robert Smith, 27 July 1809 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 27 July 1809. Mentioned in JM to Gallatin, 28 July 1809 . Acknowledged in Smith to JM, 31 July 1809 . Makes a few observations on several points for consideration raised by the British repudiation of the Erskine agreement. Declines returning to Washington.
264From James Madison to the President of the Virginia Agricultural Society, 10 September 1809 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 10 September 1809, Montpelier. The list probably kept by Peter Force (DLC: Madison Miscellany) notes that the letter consisted of one page and calendars it as: “Forwarding at the request of Elkanah Watson of Albany, N. Y. ’Certificates of honorable testimony,’ ’Diplomas of membership’ etc. With prices at which he will supply same.”
265From James Madison to Congress, 1 February 1812 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
1 February 1812. Transmits a report of the secretary of the treasury containing a statement of proceedings under the “Act to regulate the laying out and making a road from Cumberland in the State of Maryland to the State of Ohio.” RC , two copies ( DNA : RG 46, Legislative Proceedings, 12A-E4; and DNA : RG 233, President’s Messages, 12A-D1). Each RC 1 p.; in a clerk’s hand, signed by JM. For...
266From James Madison to James Monroe, 29 June 1816 (Madison Papers)
I have just red. yours of the 27th. As there is a concurrence in the opinion expresed in my last, as to the course to be taken with Algiers, little need be added on that subject. It ought evidently to be marked with decision & frankness, and with as much conciliation as will consist with these essentials. As the promise of Decatur was gratuitous; as it was followed by a delivery, to the...
267From James Madison to Samuel and Jane Dickens, 11 January 1817 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ To Samuel and Jane Dickens. 11 January 1817. “Mr. and Mrs. Madison request the favor of Mr & Mrs. Dickins to dine with them on Tuesday at 4 o’clock. An answer is requested.” RC ( NN : James Madison Papers). 1 p. Printed invitation, with blank spaces for name and date, filled in John Payne Todd’s hand, and addressed by him. Samuel Dickens of North Carolina served in the U.S. House of...
268From James Madison to John Graham, 31 August 1811 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 31 August 1811. Acknowledged in Graham to JM, 3 Sept. 1811 . Transmits a memorandum of purchases to be made and forwarded by Mr. Barry.
269From James Madison to William Eustis, 11 September 1812 (Madison Papers)
Yours of the 8th. has but just come to hand. I return the letters from Genl. D. I shall set out tomorrow morning for Washington & proceed by way of Fredg. expecting to reach Washington on Monday. Meantime will you resolve the arrangement recommended with respect to Connecticut Volunteers? Friendly respects RC ( PHi : Daniel Parker Papers).
270From James Madison to John Graham, 16 August 1810 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 16 August 1810. Acknowledged in Graham to JM, 20 Aug. 1810 . Requests a paper from the Paris files of the Department of State.
271From James Madison to Miles King, 5 September 1816 (Madison Papers)
I recd. tho’ not at an early day your frien[d]ly letter of the 29th, June last. The letters & communications addressed to me on religious subjects, have been so numerous and of characters so various, that it has been an established rule to decline all correspondence on them. Your reflection will I doubt not do justice to this rule. You may be assured that I do it fully to the pious motives...
272From James Madison to James Monroe, 9 May 1815 (Madison Papers)
From the aspect of the latest intelligence from Europe, we are to infer that war is to be renewed. If the Coalition agst. France be also renewed, and a Civil war then should aid it, the Bourbons & peace may soon be restored. Should Napoleon have the united support of the French, and be able to disunite the allies, the war may be soon terminated in his favor. On other suppositions the war may...
273From James Madison to Joseph Gales, [25 June] 1811 (Madison Papers)
J. M. with his thanks to Mr. Gales returns the newspaper sent him—with an anticipated paragraph of the Mercantile Advertiser. RC (owned by Gallery of History, Las Vegas, Nev., 1994). Date supplied from docket. Signed on verso by Thomas Gales, Jr.
274From James Madison to Bossange & Masson, 7 January 1811 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 7 January 1811. Acknowledged in Bossange & Masson to JM, 5 July 1811 . Accepts the offer of a translation of the Iliad (see PJM-PS Robert A. Rutland et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Presidential Series (3 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1984—). , 2:474 ).
275From James Madison to the Senate, 27 February 1817 (Madison Papers)
I Nominate Thomas Wynns, of North Carolina, to be Consul at Turks Island in the West Indies. Henry W. Long, of North Carolina, to be Attorney of the United States for the District of North Carolina in the place of Robert H. Jones. RC ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A2). In John Payne Todd’s hand, signed by JM . The Senate took no action on these nominations before the...
276From James Madison to Benjamin Rush, 18 December 1810 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 18 December 1810, Washington. Offered for sale in Parke-Bernet Catalogue No. 484, “The Alexander Biddle Papers” (1943), pt. 2, item 202, which notes that the one-page letter of about one hundred words “regards his nephew who was ill, and is consoled that he is receiving the attention of Dr. Rush and Dr. Physick.”
277From James Madison to James Monroe, 26 March 1815 (Madison Papers)
Yours of the 23 or 24. is just recd. It is evident from the solicitude manifested by Adm: Cochranes letter, that the affair of selling negroes in the W. I. and not improbably the whole conduct relating to them on our shores, is to become a parliamentary topic agst. the Ministry, who will of course make if they can scapegoats, of the army & navy, as far as guilty or disreputable facts may be...
278From James Madison to the Senate, 8 March 1816 (Madison Papers)
I nominate Anthony Haden, of the Mississippi Territory to be a member of the legislative counsel of the same Territory, in the place of Mathias McGirk resigned. Benjamin Cooper, of the Missouri Territory to be a member of the legislative Counsel of the same territory in the place of Abraham Gallatin resigned. RC ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14A–B1). In John Payne Todd’s...
279From James Madison to Napoleon, 25 June 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
25 June 1811. Addresses to him a letter of credence appointing Joel Barlow as minister plenipotentiary to France. Tr ( DNA : RG 84, France, Despatches to the Department of State). 1 p.
280From James Madison to Thomas Cooper, ca. 5 July 1810 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. Ca. 5 July 1810. Acknowledged in Cooper to JM, 9 July 1810 . Congratulates Cooper for his dissenting opinion in Dempsey v. Insurance Company of Pennsylvania .
281From James Madison to William Eustis, 21 September 1811 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 21 September 1811. Acknowledged in Eustis to JM, 25 Sept. 1811 . Gives instructions relating to the attendance of officers at the court-martial of James Wilkinson.
282From James Madison to the Senate, 17 January 1816 (Madison Papers)
I nominate, John M. Forbes of Newyork, to be Consul General for Denmark, his consulate to embrace also Meacklenburg and Schwerin, and the Prussian Ports of Stettin and Stralsund. RC ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A1). In John Payne Todd’s hand, signed by JM . The Senate approved the nomination on 22 Jan. 1816 ( Senate Exec. Proceedings, Journal of the Executive...
283From James Madison to Adams Herbert & Company, 1 May 1816 [letter not found] (Madison Papers)
¶ To Adams Herbert & Co. Letter not found. 1 May 1816. Acknowledged in Adams Herbert & Co. to JM , 3 May 1816, as a letter including payment for Madeira wine.
284From James Madison to the Senate, 23 April 1812 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
23 April 1812. Transmits a report of the secretary of state in compliance with the Senate resolution of 4 Mar. 1812. RC ( DNA : RG 46, Legislative Proceedings, 12A-E3). 1 p. In the hand of Edward Coles, signed by JM. For enclosures, see Monroe to JM, 23 Apr. 1812 .
285From James Madison to the Senate, 16 December 1816 (Madison Papers)
I Nominate, Joseph Philips, late of the Army of the United States, to be Secretary of the Illinois Territory. RC ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A2). In John Payne Todd’s hand, signed by JM .
286From James Madison to David Gelston, 16 July 1809 (Madison Papers)
Not recollecting that I have remitted you your advances for duties on wine &c. as stated in your favor of June 9. I now inclose a note for the amount $146.20. Should my recollection have failed me, it will cost you the trouble of returning it at your leisure. Accept my friendly respects RC ( NEh ).
287From James Madison to Members of the Cabinet, 14 February 1816 (Madison Papers)
J. Madison requests a consultation with the heads of Depts today at 2 oclock. RC ( MHi : Charles Edward French Autograph Collection).
288From James Madison to Congress, 6 November 1812 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
6 November 1812. Transmits “copies of the correspondencies [ sic ] between the Department of War and the Governors of Massachusetts and Connecticut, refered to in my Message of the fourth instant.” RC and enclosures, two copies ( DNA : RG 233, President’s Messages, 12A-D1; DNA : RG 46, President’s Messages, 12A-E2). First RC 1 p.; in the hand of Edward Coles, signed by JM. For enclosures (34...
289From James Madison to William Darlington, 13 January 1817 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ To William Darlington. 13 January 1817. “J. Madison requests the favor of Mr Darlington to dine with him on Thursday next, at 4 o’clock. An answer is requested.” RC ( NHi ). 1 p. Printed invitation, with blank spaces for name and date, filled in John Payne Todd’s hand, and addressed by him. Docketed by Darlington.
290From James Madison to George W. Erving, 25 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 25 September 1810. Acknowledged in Erving to JM, 20 Oct. 1810 . Discusses Spanish-American affairs and the policies of Great Britain toward Spain’s colonies.
291From James Madison to the Senate, 11 March 1816 (Madison Papers)
I nominate Peter P. Ferry, of Ohio, to be Collector of the Customs for the district of Sandusky in the same state, in the place of E.W. Bull, deceased. RC ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A1). In John Payne Todd’s hand, signed by JM . The Senate approved the nomination on 14 Mar. 1816 ( Senate Exec. Proceedings, Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the...
292From James Madison to the Senate, 27 February 1816 (Madison Papers)
I nominate, William Habersham, of Georgia, to be a Commissioner of Loans of the same State in the place of Robert Habersham resigned. RC ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A1). In John Payne Todd’s hand, signed by JM . The Senate approved the nomination of Habersham on 2 Mar. 1816 ( Senate Exec. Proceedings, Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United...
293From James Madison to Robert Patton, 29 October 1810 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 29 October 1810. Acknowledged in Patton to JM, 8 Nov. 1810 (DLC). Inquires about the purchase of a gray horse to replace one of a pair that has died.
294From James Madison to James Monroe, 6 September 1812 (Madison Papers)
I recd. last evening your favor of the 4th: with a subsequent note covering a letter from Mr. Graham. That from Duane, referred to as inclosed, was omitted. All the accts., printed & manuscript, coincide with the view given by Mr. Graham, of the Western feeling produced by Hull’s disaster. The great point is to seize it and give it proper direction. This requires one mind of the right sort,...
295From James Madison to the Senate, 2 March 1813 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
2 March 1813. Submits ten nominations for appointments in the infantry and artillery, including that of Thomas M. Randolph as a colonel in the Twentieth Regiment of Infantry. RC ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 12B-A2). 1 p. In Edward Coles’s hand, signed by JM. The Senate approved the nominations on 3 Mar. 1813 ( Senate Exec. Proceedings Journal of the Executive Proceedings...
296From James Madison to the Bunker Hill Association, 24 July 1810 (Madison Papers)
J. Madison presents his respects to Benjamin Homans, J. E. Smith, & William Blagrove, Esqrs. from whom he has received the copy of Mr. Lincoln’s Oration delivered on the 4th. of July; and returns his thanks for the polite attention, to which he is indebted for this opportunity of expressing the pleasure he has felt in perusing a performance equally distinguished for its polished eloquence, and...
297From James Madison to the House of Representatives, 1 February 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
1 February 1810. Transmits a report of the secretary of war in response to House resolution of 22 Jan. RC and enclosures ( DNA : RG 233, President’s Messages). RC 1 p. Received by the House and referred to a select committee chaired by Thomas Newton, Jr., on 1 Feb.; ordered to be printed on 2 Feb. ( Annals of Congress Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States ... (42 vols.;...
298From James Madison to the Senate, 13 March 1816 (Madison Papers)
I nominate Abel Boynton, of Massachusetts, to be consul in the Island of Curacoa. RC ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A1). In John Payne Todd’s hand, signed by JM . The Senate confirmed the nomination on 14 Mar. 1816 ( Senate Exec. Proceedings, Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America (3 vols.; Washington, 1828). 3:36–37).
299From James Madison to the Senate, 28 February 1816 (Madison Papers)
I nominate, William Pinkney of Maryland, to be Envoy extraordinary & Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia, with a special Mission to the King of the Two Sicilies. RC ( DNA : RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A1). In John Payne Todd’s hand, signed by JM . On 2 Mar. 1816 the Senate requested JM to provide “such information as he may deem proper, showing the expediency of a special...
300From James Madison to the House of Representatives, 25 February 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
25 February 1811. Transmits reports from the superintendent of the city and the surveyor of the public buildings in compliance with the resolution of 14 Jan. 1811. RC and enclosures ( DNA : RG 233, President’s Messages, 11A-D1). RC 1 p. In a clerk’s hand, signed by JM. For enclosures, see Thomas Munroe to JM, 19 Jan. 1811 (second letter) , and Benjamin Henry Latrobe to JM, 11 Feb. 1811 (second...