781To James Madison from John Coburn, 31 January 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
31 January 1811, Mason, Kentucky. Reminds JM that he accepted a judgeship in the Louisiana Territory and claims that he has faithfully performed his duties, despite the fact that he has not yet moved to the territory because of “the reluctance of my family to abandon their relatives and connexions in Kentucky.” Since he has been employed in judicial positions for about twenty years and...
782To James Madison from John Coburn, 10 January 1813 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
10 January 1813, Maysville, Kentucky. Resigns his commission as judge in the Missouri Territory following passage of a congressional act making it “indispensible” for judges to reside in the territories over which they preside. Has performed the duties of his office “under circumstances extremely unpleasant—Traversing a wild and savage country in ten different journies.” RC ( DNA : RG 59, LRD...
783To James Madison from Alexander Cochrane and Others, Ca. July–November 1809 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Alexander Cochrane and Others. Ca. July–November 1809. “We the Subscribers, inhabitants of that part of Washington City near the Navy Yard, conceiving the appointment of an additional Justice of the Peace as essentially necessary for the preservation of Harmony and the facility of business, do under these impressions respectfully recommend for that office Mr. Henry M Queen as a...
784To James Madison from John Cocke, 1 January 1812 (Madison Papers)
I observe in your communication to Congress at the commencement of the present session that our Just rights are still invaded and no reparation offered and that an appeal to arms may be necessary before those rights are respected, in that event I tender my services together with those of the officers & soldiers in the first Division of Militia of the State of Tennessee which I have the honor...
785To James Madison from Richard Cocke, 19 December 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
19 December 1811, Springfield, Kentucky. Not having the honor of being acquainted with JM and never having solicited an office in his life, his sensations on this occasion “are a little out of the usual track.” When he resigned his previous office, he did not contemplate engaging in public life again, but friends in Louisiana have induced him to seek the vacancy resulting from the death of...
786To James Madison from William Cocke, 30 October 1809 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
30 October 1809, Rutledge, Tennessee. Laments the death of Governor Lewis and offers to serve as his replacement if JM wishes. RC ( DNA : RG 59, LAR , 1809–17, filed under “Cocke”). 2 pp. Cocke had served as a U.S. senator from Tennessee, 1796–97 and 1799–1805, and had recently lost the governor’s race to Willie Blount.
787To James Madison from William Cocke, 28 November 1811 (Madison Papers)
Colo Bernardo is recommended as a true American and I have no doubt his embassy will Contain an interesting account of the Cituation of his own Country, therefore introduce him to you most respectfully Your Obdt. Servt &c RC ( DLC ). Docketed by JM. José Bernardo Maximiliano Gutiérrez de Lara (1774–1841) , a supporter of the Hidalgo revolt in Mexico, had set out for the U.S. in September 1811...
788To James Madison from William Cocke, 28 November 1811 (Madison Papers)
I have taken the liberty to request Doctor Mitchel to introduce Colo Joseph Bernardo to you who Call’d on us on his way from South America the Attact [ sic ] of the Prophet on Governor Harrison on the night of the 7th instant leaves us no hopes that you will Any longer have it in Your power to preserve peace for the Union and I hope Tennessee will prove her Self a worthy Sister I have no doubt...
789To James Madison from Alexander Coffin Jr., 25 May 1813 (Madison Papers)
On my arrival lately at New York from England, on Parole, in the Cartel Ship Robinson Potter I was inform’d by some of my friends that, in all probability, one or two new appointments would shortly be made in that City, in the room of the present incumbents Viz. the Marshall & Surveyor of the District. They therefore advisd me to apply personally to your Excellency for the appointment to one...
790To James Madison from Jared Coffin, 14 April 1814 (Madison Papers)
I beg leave to approach the president of the United States in A Communication which I Believe to be of the Utmost Importance to Every planter And Gardener in this Country. Reposing An Invarable Confidence in the Exalted person I Now Address I venture to disclose the Mode of Proceeding which I have found to be Successfull in Destroying the Insect that Destroys Our fruit Trees. My Method of...
791To James Madison from John S. Cogdell, 3 April 1815 (Madison Papers)
I approach you with a caution and Solicitude, the genuine offspring of a profound respect & veneration, for your Virtues and your Talents: these claim—nay they command the unqualified admiration of your Countrymen—while the chair to which by these you have been elevated—would without them—excite neither respect nor admiration in the breast of an American Citizen. Accustomed as I have been to...
792To James Madison from George Coggell, 14 February 1814 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From George Coggell. 14 February 1814. “The petition of George Coggell manufacturer and dealer of New York, “Humbly sheweth, “That your petitioner removed his family and property to the United States, and took the oath required by law, of his intention to become a citizen thereof, previous to the declaration of war between the United States, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and...
793To James Madison from John Coghill, 20 April 1812 (Madison Papers)
I feel myself infinitely obliged to General Lafayette for having done me the honor of introducing me to you in consequence of his having contributed in some measure to my becoming an Americain citizen, by the property he has sold me in Louissiana which increases doubly the desire I have to be made known to one of its most distinguished members, & I hope the interest I shall always take in the...
794To James Madison from Edward Coles, 24 November 1815 (Madison Papers)
Since I wrote you from St. Louis I have visited the Lead Mines, and passed on from thence through St. Genevieve and Cape Gerardeau to this place, where I made arrangements to meet and go on board the Boat which has engaged to take me to New Orleans. I should not again so soon have troubled you with another letter, but for the interest I take in the affairs of the Nation, which as a Citizen I...
795To James Madison from Edward Coles, 20 May 1813 (Madison Papers)
This will be presented to you by Mr George Emlen of this City, whose relations I believe are known to you. Mr. Russell has promised to take him, with your approbation, to Sweden as his Secretary; and he is desirous previous to his departure to visit Washington and become acquainted with some of the principal members of the Government; he has asked me for a line of introduction to you, which I...
796To James Madison from Edward Coles, 12 January 1816 (Madison Papers)
I have been shown the original, and permitted to take a copy, of a Power of Attorney, devised with a view of obtaining Soldiers bounty lands, in despite of the provisions of the law, which withhold from the soldier the power of disposing of his land until after he shall have received his warrant, which I take the liberty of enclosing to you, with the hope that you may thereby be enabled either...
797To James Madison from Edward Coles, 25 July 1815 (Madison Papers)
Flattering myself with the belief that you and Mrs. M. would be gratified in hearing from me, while on my western excursion, I am encouraged to indulge the partiality acquired by a long and happy residence with you both, to approach, in the only way now in my power, and to communicate in the most free and friendly manner with you. My detention in Richmond prevented me from commencing my...
798To James Madison from Edward Coles, 8 November 1813 (Madison Papers)
I have been desired to communicate to you the wishes of Mr. Charles Biddle (Father of my friend Nicholas Biddle) to be appointed to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Gen. Macpherson. It is only thought necessary to apprise you of his desire to obtain the appointment, as he and all his competitors will be known to Mr. Secretary Jones, with whom you will no doubt confer, and whose...
799To James Madison from Edward Coles, 16 August 1814 (Madison Papers)
I had a very warm, fatiguing, and disagreeable journey to Philadelphia, where finding but few of my acquaintances in town, I remained very little longer than was necessary to recover from my fatigue. I had the pleasure of seeing Mrs. Gallatin frequently, and of having much conversation about herself, and husband, and her friends in Washington. She appeared delighted to see me, and really...
800To James Madison from Edward Coles, 22 September 1812 (Madison Papers)
When I had the pleasure to see you at Montpellier I expected long before this to have been with you in Washington. It is with much concern I inform you that I have been, and shall, Dr. Everette thinks, necessarily be detained between three and four weeks longer by a serious indisposition. If my absence should be attended with any very serious inconvenience to you, and you should know of any...
801To James Madison from Edward Coles, 15 May 1813 (Madison Papers)
Altho’ I presume Payne wrote to his friends in Washington by the return of the Polot, yet as it is possible they may not have heard from him, and as I cannot better comply with his wish in making known to you the opinion of Mr. Gallatin of the hostile intentions of the blockading fleet, than by enclosing his letter which I received last evening. In Poulsons receipt, which is enclosed, you will...
802To James Madison from Edward Coles, 20 April 1813 (Madison Papers)
I have this moment received a direct intimation from Dr. Barton, which I am requested to communicate to you without delay, that he is desirous of being appointed Treasurer to the Mint of the U. S. which has become vacant by the death of Dr. Rush. I have barely time before the mail will close to add, that the cure of my disease continues to progress as rapidly as Dr. Physick says I have any...
803To James Madison from Edward Coles, 22 May 1813 (Madison Papers)
As a good deal of feeling has been excited here by some military appointments, made during the present recess of the Senate, I consider it my duty to give some facts, and a hint of an impression which prevails with some of the best friends of the State and General Government. Are you apprised that all the appointments, many of which are important ones too, that have been lately made in this...
804To James Madison from Edward Coles, 6 November 1815 (Madison Papers)
Believing from all I can learn here that it may, in the course of the winter, become useful to you, and beneficial to the Country, that you should be made acquainted, or at least have recalled to your recollection, the following facts, I will give them to you without further apology. There is situated on the North side of the Missouri river, near 200 miles above its mouth, a tract of Country...
805To James Madison from Edward Coles, 11 July 1816 (Madison Papers)
I have just had the pleasure to receive your letter of the 7th, and hasten, agreeably to your request, to inform you of my decision in relation to the proposed trip to St. Petersburg. Having nothing at this time to engage my attention at home, and being desirous of seeing Europe, I have no objection to availing myself of this occasion to do so; and am ready to set out as soon as I may receive...
806To James Madison from Edward Coles, 17 March 1815 (Madison Papers)
Having changed our plans so far as to return from Mountvernon to Alexandria last evening, we did not leave the latter place untill this morning after breakfast, and after having had quite a pleasant journey arrived here before sun set this evening. The Stage Drivers say the road was remarkably good previous to the rain of this morning, which made it slippery & heavy; but two or three days of...
807To James Madison from Isaac A. Coles, 29 December 1809 (Madison Papers)
After what has passed in the House of Representatives I feel myself compelled to declare to you, that I never can again be the Bearer of a Message to that Body. It is with feelings the most painful that I make this declaration, which I believe to be due as well to them as to myself—to avoid the Occasions for mortifications & insults which might be offered by some, whose feelings are the most...
808To James Madison from Isaac A. Coles, 29 October 1810 (Madison Papers)
The Broad tail Ram which you have been good enough to send me is particularly Acceptable, as I have been for some time seeking to cross a part of my flock with this breed. My Neighbor, Mr. Cocke of Bremo, has by this mixture the very best Lamb and mutton I ever saw, and that too from pastures where the Common Sheep is not at all remarkable. The Moment I hear of his arrival at Monticello, I...
809To James Madison from Isaac A. Coles, 4 September 1809 (Madison Papers)
In consequence of the wish which you were good enough to express when I had last the pleasure to see you, I have been busying myself in the arrangement of my little Concerns, & will be ready by the last of the month, if you should still desire it, to occupy that Station in your family which I fear I am little worthy to fill, & into which I shall carry little else than an ardent desire to...
810To James Madison from Isaac A. Coles, 25 February 1815 (Madison Papers)
At the request of Col: Samuel Hawkins I take the liberty of mentioning his name to you as a fit person to fill the Office of Dist. Attorney vacated by the election of Mr. Sanford to the Senate of the United States. Col: Hawkins was recommended for this same Office for Louisianna by all the Judges of the supreme Court of this State and by the Governor & chancellor, and Mr. Gourdin of South...