4511To James Madison from Tench Ringgold, 20 February 1816 (Madison Papers)
General Mason having informed me lately in a confidential manner that he had it in contemplation to resign his appointment of Superintendant of Indian Affairs, is the cause of my addressing to you this letter. The General gave me this information, in consequence of a long friendship which has subsisted between us, and his desire that I might succeed him in the appointment; and my present...
4512To James Madison from John Adams, 22 February 1816 (Madison Papers)
I am informed, that General Dearborne, Mr. Morton & other gentlemen have recommended Mr. Winthrop for a Consulate abroad, and I am requested to add my testimony to theirs, in his favour. My acquaintance with him, has been only general, but his father and Grand Father, his name, and family, have been esteemed & venerated, all my days; his education was publick, he has travelled in Europe, & his...
4513To James Madison from J. Howard March & Co., 22 February 1816 (Madison Papers)
At the request of Col: R H Macpherson, we have shipped on board the Mary & Frances, and consigned to Messrs. Adams Herbert & Co. of Alexandria on your Excellencies account, a pipe of the very best old Madeira Wine. For its cost including Insurance, £79.2.6 Stg, as pr. Invoice enclosed we have this day had the honour to draw upon you in favor of Messrs. Adams Herbert & Co. We Remain, Very...
4514To James Madison from Josiah Meigs, 22 February 1816 (Madison Papers)
Permit me to present, with this, a letter from James Turner, Esquire, of North Carolina, Senator in Congress, recommending Israel Pickens, Esquire, as receiver of public monies in The Land-office about to be opened in the Mississippi territory for the sale of Lands lately acquired by a treaty with the Indians of the Creek Nation. I have the honor &c. Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 49, Division C,...
4515To James Madison from Benjamin W. Crowninshield, 23 February 1816 (Madison Papers)
I have the honour to transmit, herewith, Nominations to the Senate of the United States, on behalf of Charles R. Broome, to be a first Lieutenant; Erastus Loomis, Robert M. Desha, John S. Page, Henry E. Dix, and Augustus A. Nicholson, to be second Lieutenants in the Marine Corps. I have the honour to be, &c. Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 45, LSP ). JM forwarded the recommendations to the Senate...
4516To James Madison from Caspar Wistar, 23 February 1816 (Madison Papers)
The friends of Mr. Jno. Cuthbert, who Solicit of you for him the appointment of Consul at Hamburgh, have requested me to state to you what I know respecting him. If it were not for the reluctance I feel when intruding upon your valuable time it would be a gratification to do so, for all that I know is very pleasant to tell. He is a man of great Steadiness & regularity, & of excellent Conduct,...
4517To James Madison from Jacob Brown, 25 February 1816 (Madison Papers)
Genrl: Brown and Mrs: Brown accept with pleasure the invitation of the President and Mrs: Madison for Thursday. RC ( PHi ).
4518To James Madison from Aaron Jordan Booge, 26 February 1816 (Madison Papers)
You have been called to the Chief Magistracy of the United States in difficult & perilous Times; but You have been made, under the Guidance of a kind Providence, the happy & honoured Instrument of conducting the Nation firmly & wisely through their Difficulties & Dangers to a State of Peace & Safety, a state of Tranquility, Honor & Prosperity. The sincere Thanks & Applauses of every Friend to...
4519To James Madison from Joseph Delaplaine, 26 February 1816 (Madison Papers)
I took the liberty of writing to you by Mr. Wood our distinguished portrait painter to whom I begged you would have the goodness to sit for your portrait which I am very desirous to obtain. I also beg the favour of you to furnish me with a few facts of your life— Birth, parentage, Education, profession Offices &c &c. Not knowing where my letters may find Mr. Wood, I take the liberty of...
4520To James Madison from Gideon Fitz, 26 February 1816 (Madison Papers)
Permit me Sir, to lay before you a brief explanation of some circumstances affecting my feelings and in some degree my reputation. A communication from Mr. Gallatin late Secretary of the Treasury, dated 24 May 1811 and which came to hand on the 12th. July 1811 expressive of the Presidents disapprobation of the Construction of the Act of Congress of the 3rd. March 1807, and the principals on...