791Naturalization, [9 December] 1794 (Madison Papers)
On 8 December the House appointed JM chairman of a select committee to report a bill to amend the...
792Settlement of the State Claims, [28 January] 1793 (Madison Papers)
The bill providing for a final settlement of state accounts with the United States was read a...
793Commercial Restrictions, [15 January] 1796 (Madison Papers)
Smith (Maryland) moved that a Committee of the Whole consider his resolution, introduced on 4...
794Appropriations for 1796, [19 January] 1796 (Madison Papers)
In the Committee of the Whole debate on the civil list for 1796, Williams (New York) moved to...
795For the National Gazette, 4 February 1792 (Madison Papers)
Power being found by universal experience liable to abuses, a distribution of it into separate...
796VIII. Reply to Junius Americanus and Others, 9 August 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
The public attention having been drawn to the meaning of the constitution, as applied to two...
797Memorandum for Thomas Jefferson, [ca. 31 January] 1791 (Madison Papers)
At war At Peace G. Britain from May 1689 to Sept. 1697 = 8y. 4.m. to May 1702 = 4y. 8.m. May...
798Salary of the Vice-President, [16 July] 1789 (Madison Papers)
An annual salary of $5,000 was proposed for the vice-president. White objected to any salary...
799Cabinet Secretaries’ Reports, [12 January] 1795 (Madison Papers)
On 30 December 1794 Washington sent to Congress a message submitting a report from the secretary...
800Excise, [15 January] 1795 (Madison Papers)
In his 19 November 1794 annual address to Congress, Washington urged “a definitive plan for the...