1401Remission for Jesse Cross, 6 January 1816 (Madison Papers)
Whereas Jesse Cross, a Private in the Corps of Artillery of the United States, has been convicted before the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, now in session in this City, of having stolen a Horse, the Property of one Henry Clarke, in October last, whereupon he was sentenced by the said Court to be whipped with stripes and to pay a fine to the United States; and...
1402Notes on Jefferson’s “Statement” on the Batture at New Orleans, [ca. 12 August] 1810 (Madison Papers)
p. 16. form of stating the consultation seems to imply a more elaborate inquiry into the law than was then made: better to give a summary of the grounds; & appeal to the full view of the argts. in support of the opinion given. Id. too unqualified pre-eminence ascribed to Civil Law. 17. quer. the advantage of the note which seems rather erudite & curious, than strictly within the scope of the...
1403Respite for George Adams and Randall Tarrier, [16 December 1816] (Madison Papers)
Whereas sentence of death was passed by the Circuit Court of the United States, held for the District of Columbia upon a certain Clinton [i.e., George] Adams and Randal Terrier [ sic ], who were at its last June term duly convicted for the offence of Robbing on the High way, and the President of the United States did respite the execution of the said Sentence until the 16th. day of this...
1404Memorandum on Cabinet Meeting, 27 June 1814 (Madison Papers)
In consequence of the letter from Messrs. Bayard & Gallatin of May 6 or 7. and of other accts. from Europe, as to the ascendancy & views of G.B and the dispositions of the Great Contl. powers, the prec[e]ding Question No. 2. was put to the Cabinet, and agreed to by Monroe Campbell, Armstrong & Jones; Rush being absent: our Ministers to be instructed, besides trying the other conditions to make...
1405Revaluation of Montpelier, [10 September] 1813 (Madison Papers)
{No. 1318} Revaluation of {a} Building formerly declared for Assurance by {Nelly Madison &c.} per declaration No. {1219} {I} the underwritten {James Maddsion} [ sic ] residing at {Mount Pelier} in the county of {Orange} do hereby declare for assurance in the Mutual Assurance Society against fire on buildings of the State of Virginia, {one} building on {my Tract of Land} now occupied by...
1406Remission of Forfeiture for the Ship Hor de Gaudiaria, 27 May 1816 (Madison Papers)
Whereas it is represented to me that a certain ship or vessel called the Hor de Gaudiaria, whereof Joseph G Stevens, was master, did some time in the year 1813 commit a breach of the Revenue laws of the UStates and information thereof having been filed in the District Court of the United States for the Georgia District, the said vessel, with her tackel apparel and Cargo, was adjudged by the...
1407Remission and Pardon for George J. Julien, [25 June 1816] (Madison Papers)
Whereas at the late Circuit Court of the United States for the County of Washington, in the District of Columbia, George J. Julien, of the said County, pleaded guilty, to a charge against him for larceny, in the said Court, whereupon he was sentenced by the Court to be publickly whipped & to pay a fine of five Dollars to the United States: and whereas it is represented to me that the said...
1408Remarks on the Speech of John Wilson Croker, [15 May] 1813 (Madison Papers)
The following observations, in the House of Commons in February, in the debate on the American war, deserve attention, coming from Mr. Croker , Secretary of the Admiralty: “The right hon. gentleman had said, that it was not till the moment the news arrived of the capture of the Macedonian, that we shewed any signs of activity, and that then indeed the Chesapeake was shut up by a paper...
1409Presidential Proclamation, [19 April] 1809 (Madison Papers)
By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation. Whereas it is provided by the 11th. Section of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to interdict the Commercial Intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France, and their dependencies; and for other purposes”—that “in case either France or Great Britain shall so revoke or Modify her Edicts as that they shall...
1410Remission of Forfeiture for the Sloop Fame, 4 March 1815 (Madison Papers)
Whereas it has been represented to me that a certain Sloop, or vessel, called the Fame, whereof Barnabas Haskell was master, did, some time in the year 1814, commit a breach of the act of Congress passed on the 2d of August, 1813, entitled “An Act to prohibit the use of licenses, or passes, granted by the authority of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,” and...