801To James Madison from Robert Smith, 5 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
I came from Balt to the office on Monday to attend for a few days to its general affairs and arrived just in time to receive & to forward to you Mr Moriers letter. I have in a letter to him acknowledged the receipt of it and have intimated to him that you would probably be at Washn in the course of the first week of the next month. The papers, as prepared, in the case of the proposed return of...
802To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 5 September 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
5 September 1810, American Consulate, Amsterdam. Requests that his commission as consul at Amsterdam be renewed to enable him to address the emperor of France. Adds in a postscript that U.S. minister John Armstrong will leave Paris on 20 Sept. for Bordeaux to depart for home. RC ( DNA : RG 59, LAR , 1809–17, filed under “Bourne”). 2 pp.
803To James Madison from the Settlers on Chickasaw Lands, 5 September 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
5 September 1810, “Ellk River, Sims’es settlement,” Mississippi Territory. Petitioners state that they settled in good faith on, and have good title to, land north of the Tennessee River sold by the Cherokee but now claimed by the Chickasaw. They argue that the Cherokee had a better claim to the land than the Chickasaw and deny that the latter have been done any injustice. They urge JM not to...
804To James Madison from William Eustis, 7 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
Your ⟨last⟩ of the 30th of August with its enclosures was received the last evening. The movements of our own citizens as well as those of the Inhabitants of W. Florida I have observed with ⟨an interest?⟩ proportionate to the consequences which may ⟨result⟩ from them. But as it is impossible to ⟨divine?⟩ what course they might take, it is equally difficult to determine what part should be...
805To James Madison from John Smith, 7 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor of enclosing a transcript of Governor Harrison’s Letter of the 22d. Ult. & of the Papers therein mentioned. The originals have been forwarded to the Secretary of War at Boston. I am with perfect respect, &c. &c. &c. 22 August 1810, Vincennes. Describes his meetings between 12 and 21 Aug. with the brother of the Prophet, Tecumseh, who is “the great man of the Party.” Tecumseh’s...
806To James Madison from Joseph Ball and Others, 7 September 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
7 September 1810, Philadelphia. Petitioners believe that trade between the U.S. and Brazil is increasing and that the U.S. should therefore appoint a commercial agent at Rio de Janeiro. They recommend John Andrews of Philadelphia for the position. RC ( DNA : RG 59, LAR , 1809–17, filed under “Andrews”). 1 p. Signed by Ball and ten others. JM also received a letter on behalf of Andrews from...
807To James Madison from George Joy, 8 September 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
8 September 1810, Gothenburg. Recapitulates his activities in the region as well as the contents of the letters to which he has not yet received a reply. Reminds JM that the last letter he had from him was dated 16 Mar. 1809 [not found]. Discusses his dealings with Count von Bernstorff and the decisions of Danish prize courts. Is convinced that the Danish government is doing its best to...
808To James Madison from John Graham, 10 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
I have the Honor to send you inclosed the proceeds of your Check in my favor—in such notes as you requested that is to say— 6 of 50 = 300. 10 – 20 = 200 10 – 10 = 100— 600 in all. The Eastern end of the City is represented to be sickly; but the West end and George Town are not at all so. On Saturday we received from Mr Pinkney a Packet of News Papers; but no Letters. The News Papers you will...
809To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 10 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
I returned yesterday from Bedford, and according to my letter written just before my departure, I take the liberty of informing you of it in the hope of seeing mrs. Madison & yourself here. And I do it with the less delay as I shall ere long be obliged to return to that place. By a letter of Aug. 15. from Genl. Dearborn he said in a P. S. that he has just recieved information that Bidwell had...
810To James Madison from Elizabeth Carman, 10 September 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
10 September 1810, Shelbyville, Kentucky. Petitions as a poor widow, nearly sixty years old, for the discharge from the army of her son, Joseph Carson, who as a minor enlisted in the Seventeenth Infantry. Her son has deserted to Ireland, but she promises to recall him if he receives a discharge. Encloses an affidavit attesting that her son enlisted as a minor. RC and enclosure ( DNA : RG 107,...
811To James Madison from James Terrell, 10 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 10 September 1810, Elbert County, Georgia. Listed in Registers of Letters Received by the Secretary of War (DNA: RG 107), which indicates that Terrell requested a pardon for his brother, William Terrell, a deserter from the U.S. Army who was “very penitent” and desired to return to duty. The entry in the register records that the letter was sent to the adjutant and inspector...
812To James Madison from Thomas Worthington, 11 September 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
11 September 1810, Chillicothe. Reports that William Creighton will resign as U.S. attorney on 20 Sept. and in that event Worthington and several others will recommend Lewis Cass, the present U.S. marshal, as his successor. For the position vacated by Cass he recommends the appointment of Jessup N. Couch. RC ( DNA : RG 59, LAR , 1809–17, filed under “Couch”). 1 p. JM received similar letters...
813To James Madison from Richard Forrest, 12 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
I have the pleasure to confirm the news of the arrival of the Blanchy from Algiers, which brought out a Horse for Doctr. Thornton, and 8 Sheep, 20 Bushls. of Wheat, a Basket of seeds and a Cask of Grape vine Cuttgs. for you. These very articles with the addition of several others including two Jack Asses, I not only requested Coln. Lear to send me; but I sent a Yellow man in the Brig with...
814To James Madison from John G. Jackson, 13 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
I thank you with great sincerity for your congratulations on my union with Miss M. Nothing is now wanting to complete my wishes but her introduction to my best friends beyond the mountains, & my restoration to health. The first is dependant upon the last, which has received so severe a shock by my late unfortunate fall that I shall be unable to travel to W-City this year: & hence the necessity...
815To James Madison from John Smith, 13 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor of enclosing a Copy of a Letter from Governor Harrison under date of the 28th. ult. The original has been transmitted to the Secretary of War. I am, with perfect respect, &c. &c. &c. 28 August 1810, Vincennes. Discusses the role of the Wea Indians in his recent meetings with Tecumseh. Their principal chief had informed Harrison that he would tell the Shawnee at the council...
816To James Madison from Thomas Cooper, 14 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
I feel myself much indebted to your kindness in sending for the books mentioned in my letter. I had omitted to mention a treatise on the manufacture of Glass by M. Bois D’Antic, but Mr Warden in making general Enquiries, will not fail to have this work also suggested to him. In England there is not one treatise on the Subject, and the doors of every manufactory are closed upon a stranger, so...
817To James Madison from William Eustis, 14 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
I am honored with your Letter of the 7th instant enclosing a communication from Judge Tolmin, as also a Letter from Cadet Burchsted, to which proper attention will be paid. The instructions to Genl. Hampton & Colo. Cushing, being predicated on a representation from Colo. Sparks the commanding officer at Fort Stoddert, expressive of his apprehension for the safety of the public stores at the...
818To James Madison from Richard Forrest, 14 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
The enclosed Bill was left with me a day or two ago by Mr. Whetcroft, with a request that I would forward it to you. Altho’ I took no Copy of the hurried Note I wrote you by the last Mail, I have an impression, that I pushed the idea, of part of the articles brought by the Blanchy being for me, to an extent not fully warranted by circumstances, or by delicacy, neither of which, I would...
819To James Madison from George Joy, 14 September 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
14 September 1810, Gothenburg. Has sent “copious Communications” to JM and to the secretary of state but vessels carrying them have been delayed by adverse winds. Requests JM to wait for the receipt of his letters before taking any measures or making any appointments relative to this region. RC ( DLC ). 1 p.
820To James Madison from William Eustis, 16 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
I enclose for your amusement a copy of a Letter from J. Q. A. which may be destroyed after perusal. Accounts from the Baltic confirm his anticipation of Danish captures. With perfect respect, Instructions to Govr. Holmes & the comdg. Officer, are also enclosed if approved, they can be forwarded either to Washington M. T. or to the war office—in the former case the copies are desired at the...
821To James Madison from George Joy, 16 September 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
16 September 1810, Gothenburg. Has not yet had an answer from Saabye to the enclosure. Reports that he has been mortified by rumors “that Mr. Joy had no authority and could therefore be of no use” in protecting American ships in the Baltic. Discusses the methods of determining commissions paid by mercantile houses and the reasons for his preference of another Copenhagen firm over Saabye’s....
822To James Madison from “The Old Traveller,” 16 September 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
16 September 1810, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Refers to a letter [not found] he mailed to JM on 16 Dec. 1809 and a pamphlet sent on 31 May. Now encloses a copy of the Last Judgment and proclaims the end of the world in October 1810. Urges JM to publish the judgment in the National Intelligencer . RC and enclosure ( CSmH ). RC 2 pp. Enclosure 8 pp.
823To James Madison from Albert Gallatin, 17 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
I have received the papers for Mr Poinsett and delivered them to him. We have found a vessel which will sail for Rio Janeiro in two or three weeks; it is the only one bound to Brasils & there is none for La Plata even if it was advisable to go directly there. Every circumstance corroborates the opinion that England will try to govern the Spanish colonies through a nominal Spanish regency, and...
824To James Madison from Paul Hamilton, 20 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor of forwarding to you the copy of Mr. Erving’s letter which you directed Mr. Smith to return to you, through me, after perusal. The information given by Mr. Erving in this paper, combined with what I have derived from other documents having reference to the transactions in the Floridas, tends very much to strengthen an opinion which I have held that, at no distant day, those...
825To James Madison from Lafayette, 20 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
Your Letters Sent By Mr. david parish are the Last I Have Received. He Has kept the patents to deliver them Himself at the end of this Month. Three Vessels Have Since Arrived With Government dispatches. They Contained Nothing for me So that I am without An Answer to my Long triplicates By the San Sebastian Ship, By Count palhen, and by Captain Fenwick. A Letter from this Last, Very Carefully...
826To James Madison from James Cole Mountflorence, 20 September 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
20 September 1810, Paris. Solicits appointment as consul at Paris and agent for prize cases. Provides a résumé of his career and public services. RC , four copies ( DNA : RG 59, LAR , 1809–17, filed under “Mountflorence”). 3 pp. Three copies in a clerk’s hand; dated September 1810.
827To James Madison from John Graham, 21 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
I have the Honor to forward to you by this Mail a copy of a Letter received yesterday from Mr Robertson, and also copies of a letter from Mr Pinkney and its inclosures. The originals have all been sent to the Secretary of State. I retained for you the Quarterly Review and Cobbets Register, which came with Mr Pinkneys Letter. You will receive them by the Mail which takes this. I was very happy...
828To James Madison from John Graham, 21 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
J Graham has the Honor to inform the President that a Letter has this Moment been received from Mr Pinkney dated 31st July—to say that the Bills in favor of Brown for £8,400 Stg had been paid. The Baring’s have received the Money on account of the UStates. Mr P. gives no news of any kind. Mr Maury writes under date 10th Augt that American Produce was very abundant at Liverpool and falling in...
829To James Madison from Elbridge Gerry, 22 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
The death of Judge Cushing, having produced a vacancy which must soon be filled, the general expectation in this quarter, I find is, that George Blake Esqr will be his successor. It is grounded, On the professional character of that Gentleman, which is supposed to be paramount to that of any person in this State, who can be a candidate for that office; On ten years practice in the federal...
830To James Madison from Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt, 23 September 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
23 September 1810, Paris. Recalls JM’s kindness during his visit to Washington in 1804 and makes him a gift of his geographical studies of Mexico. The bearer of the letter, Mr. Warden, is greatly liked in Paris, and he has comforted Humboldt with the assurance that JM has not forgotten him. RC ( DLC ). 3 pp. In French. For a translation, see Helmut de Terra, “Alexander Von Humboldt’s...
831To James Madison from John Vaughan, 24 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
Mr Thomas Cooper having communicated to me the active part taken by you to assist him, thro’ Mr Warden, in procuring some publications from France, which May be made useful to this Country, has at the same time requested me to inform you, that I am ready at any time & in any mode which can be pointed out be ready to transmit the sum of 100$ for this Object—or to pay at sight, the Amount of the...
832To James Madison from Anthony Charles Cazenove, 24 September 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
24 September 1810, Alexandria. Informs JM of the arrival of the brig Columbia from Madeira with wine for JM and a draft to be paid to Messrs. Murdoch. Requests JM to accept and return the draft and to give him instructions for the delivery of the wine. RC ( DLC ). 1 p. Docketed by JM.
833To James Madison from William W. Irwin and Ethan Allen Brown, 24 September 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
24 September 1810, Marietta. Recommends Thomas Scott, presently chief judge of the Ohio Supreme Court, to replace Lewis Cass as U.S. marshal in the event of Cass’s being appointed to replace William Creighton as U.S. attorney. RC ( DNA : RG 59, LAR , 1809–17, filed under “Scott”). 2 pp. William W. Irwin and Ethan Allen Brown were both judges of the Ohio Supreme Court. Scott later informed JM...
834To James Madison from Constant Taber and Others, 24 September 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
24 September 1810, Newport. Recommends Asher Robbins of Newport to fill Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of William Cushing. RC ( DNA : RG 59, LAR , 1809–17, filed under “Robbins”). 2 pp. Signed by Taber and four others.
835To James Madison from Paul Hamilton, 25 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
I do myself the pleasure of enclosing to you a paper received this day from New York, the contents of which are very important, and as such, will speak for themselves. I yield to my wishes when I believe that the information may be relied on, and venture to offer to you my congratulations on this dawn of returning justice on the part of the Belligerents of Europe towards us. If this paper...
836To James Madison from the Chiefs of the Northwestern Indians, 26 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
To our great Father of the seventeen fires Open your ears and listen to your children. Father. We have lighted up our co[u]ncil fire at this place, and we are happy to inform you, that no smoke has arisen, to obstruct the light. Father— That you may know what we have done, we enclose copies of speechs, which we have sent, to our Shawonee Brethren, resideing near the Wabash, and to the several...
837To James Madison from John Graham, 26 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
J Graham has the Honor, by direction of the Secretary of State, to forward to the President the inclosed Letter from General Armstrong and to inform him that it is the same which he lately sent to this Department unopened. RC ( DLC ). Graham probably forwarded the original of Armstrong’s 5 May 1810 dispatch to Robert Smith ( DNA : RG 59, DD , France). A duplicate had reached Washington in...
838To James Madison from Lafayette, 26 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
I Have Had Lately the pleasure to Write By Gnl. Armstrong, But Cannot let the Homer depart Without Repeating a tender of My Grateful friendship. My Last did inform You that I Had Received Your kind Letters 18h and 19h May, But that No Answer to My Long triplicate By the John Adams Had Come to Hand. I Have Since Got the Nine patents delivered By Mr. parish Himself. The Homer Brought Me a Very...
839To James Madison from Caesar A. Rodney, 26 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
The enclosed letter, from Captain R. C. Dale was received the day before yesterday. The resignation he speaks of, if I recollect, was put into the hands of some officer of the U. S. army, & when I spoke to the Secretary at war, had not reached the office. His answer was that it should be accepted when received . Mr. Dale has been selected as the Democratic candidate for congress, & with a...
840To James Madison from Robert Smith, 26 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 26 September 1810. Described as a two-page letter in the lists probably made by Peter Force (DLC, series 7, container 2). Also referred to in Smith to JM, 28 Sept. 1810 . Concerns the drafting of a proclamation to be issued upon the revocation of the French decrees. Smith probably enclosed as well a letter (not found) from William Harris Crawford of 27 July 1810 (Crawford to...
841To James Madison from Caesar A. Rodney, 27 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
The enclosed were received by the mail of this day. They contain very ample testimony of Col. Munroe’s principles & qualifications. If the fact stated by Mr. Clay, be correct, of which I have not the least doubt, it would furnish a sufficient excuse for selecting a character from Kentucky. The late Governor Sullivan would have been a suitable person to have succeeded judge Cushing. So is the...
842To James Madison from Robert Smith, 28 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
In my last letter I took the liberty of intimating to you that I would by the next Mail forward for your consideration a sketch of a proclamation to be issued upon the revocation of the Fr. Decrees. This was my first idea, formed, indeed, without having considered the subject and under the impression that the same Course would be pursued as was taken in the case of Erskine’s arrangement. Upon...
843To James Madison from Moses Hoyt, 28 September 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
28 September 1810, New York. Begs JM’s assistance in obtaining his release from imprisonment for debt. RC ( DLC ). 2 pp. Docketed by JM.
844To James Madison from John G. Jackson, 29 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
Some of the leading Republicans of Ohio have joined in recommending to you Samuel Herrick Esq of Zanesville to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Creighton District Attorney of Ohio. I am personally acquainted with that Gentleman and ask permission to join my opinion with theirs that he is a man of worth & talents & unquestionable political principles: And it will afford me...
845To James Madison from Mathew Arnold Hœvel, 29 September 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
29 September 1810, Santiago de Chile. Informs JM that the people of Chile met in convention on 18 Sept. to take measures to defend the country against threats from abroad and to correct the abuses of the previous regime. They have established a provisional board of government until a congress can meet, and the board is considering opening Chile’s ports to neutral commerce. Hitherto American...
846To James Madison from Oliveira & Sons, 29 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 29 September 1810. Mentioned in Oliveira & Sons to JM, 26 Oct. 1810 . Informs JM of the arrival of Madeira wine from Lisbon.
847To James Madison from Christopher Ellery, 30 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
When, the last winter, the late Mr. Cushing, then one of the justices of the supreme court, U. S. left this town on his way to the seat of government, intending there to give in his resignation, I had the honor of writing to you, and of inviting your attention towards the state of Rhode Island; naming from among her citizens a successor. The old gentleman proved too infirm to reach Washington,...
848To James Madison from Henry Smith and Others, 1 October 1810 (Madison Papers)
We are sensible that this intrusion upon your high public cares demands an apology: but trust that it will be found in our sincere zeal for the honour and success of your Administration, and in the importance of the occasion which suggests this Address. There will probably be several candidates for the office of Judge of the Supreme Court, for the eastern Circuit, vacated by the decease of the...
849To James Madison from Daniel Eccleston, 1 October 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
1 October 1810, Lancaster. Acknowledges JM’s letter of 18 July 1810 and states that he shares his opinions about General Washington. RC ( DLC ). 1 p.
850To James Madison from Richard Brent, 2 October 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
2 October 1810, Fauquier Court House, Virginia. Had intended to visit JM at Montpelier during the summer but was twice prevented from doing so by “some untoward circumstance.” Has received a letter from Thomas Jones, son of Walter Jones, who resides in the Mississippi Territory and who wishes to be considered for territorial secretary in the event that the office becomes vacant. Admits Jones...