801Citizenship, [22 May] 1789 (Madison Papers)
The House took up the petition of David Ramsay, who claimed that the election of William Smith of...
802Assignment of a Share in the Library Company of Philadelphia, 22 February 1796 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
22 February 1796. JM, having by marriage to the widow of John Todd inherited a share in the...
803Relations with Algiers, [17 January] 1797 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Madison moved that the house should resolve itself into a committee of the whole, on the...
804Resolution on Franco-American Relations, [ca. 27 August] 1793 (Madison Papers)
In August 1793 relations dramatically deteriorated between the Washington administration and the...
805Address of the House of Representatives to the President, [5 May] 1789 (Madison Papers)
The Representatives of the People of the United States present their congratulations on the event...
806Militia, [16 December] 1790 (Madison Papers)
A bill to establish a more uniform militia system throughout the nation was under consideration....
807Report on Robert Morris’s Petition, [9 March] 1790 (Madison Papers)
That the Committee have enquired at the Register’s office into the state of the accounts of the...
808Militia, [20 December] 1790 (Madison Papers)
The Committee of the Whole took up the fourth section of the militia bill, which provided that...
809Report on Sale of Ohio Company Lands, [3 May] 1796 (Madison Papers)
On 19 April, Henderson (New Jersey) had suggested that revenue be raised by selling lands...
810Commercial Discrimination, [30 January] 1794 (Madison Papers)
The Committee of the Whole continued its consideration of JM’s resolutions. As it appeared, he...
811Impressed American Seamen, [28 March] 1796 (Madison Papers)
After the debate on 1 March, Livingston (New York) reported to the House on 14 March a bill for...
812Resolution on the French Constitution, [10 March] 1792 (Madison Papers)
The president forwarded to the House a letter from Louis XVI announcing that the French king had...
813Indirect Taxes, [23 February] 1797 (Madison Papers)
On 19 January 1797 the Treasury Department had recommended that the ad valorem duty on several...
814Public Debt, [19 November] 1792 (Madison Papers)
The Committee of the Whole took up the section of the president’s speech dealing with reduction...
815Bounty Payments for Cod Fisheries, [6 February] 1792 (Madison Papers)
On 3 February 1792 the Committee of the Whole began consideration of the bill for encouragement...
816Notes on Banks, [ca. 1 February] 1791 (Madison Papers)
On Banks in general & particular ones other than that of England. The Banks of Amsterdam Venice &...
817Slave Trade Petitions, [12 February] 1790 (Madison Papers)
A memorial from the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, signed by Benjamin Franklin and calling upon...
818Memorandum to Thomas Jefferson, [ca. 18 April] 1791 (Madison Papers)
Substance of a Conversation held by Js. Madison Jr with Col: Beckwith, at the desire of Mr....
819Salaries of Judges, [18 September] 1789 (Madison Papers)
Goodhue moved to strike $4,500, the proposed salary of the chief justice of the Supreme Court,...
820Political Observations, 20 April 1795 (Madison Papers)
A variety of publications, in pamphlets and other forms, have appeared in different parts of the...
821For the National Gazette, 22 September 1792 (Madison Papers)
As it is the business of the contemplative statesman to trace the history of parties in a free...
822Militia, [22 December] 1790 (Madison Papers)
The Committee of the Whole reported the amended militia bill on 21 December. The House took up...
823Survey of the Southern Coast, [24 February] 1795 (Madison Papers)
The Committee of the Whole took up the report of a select committee recommending that the federal...
824Admission of Tennessee, [5 May] 1796 (Madison Papers)
Washington submitted to Congress on 8 April the application of Tennessee to join the Union....
825Public Debt, [12 March] 1790 (Madison Papers)
Laurance, objecting to Jackson’s motion (see headnote to speech of 11 Mar.), said that foreigners...
826Removal Power of the President, [22 June] 1789 (Madison Papers)
The bill establishing a department of foreign affairs was still being debated in the Committee of...
827Northwestern Land Offices, [5 April] 1796 (Madison Papers)
After JM had spoken on 3 March, a Committee of the Whole rejected Williams’s resolution and...
828The Contested Georgia Election, [19 March] 1792 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Madison replied generally to all the reasoning of the gentlemen who had gone before him in...
829Amendments to the Constitution, [17 August] 1789 (Madison Papers)
Tucker moved to strike out, “No state shall infringe the equal rights of conscience, nor the...
830Public Debt, [21 November] 1792 (Madison Papers)
The House debated several motions that would have avoided a direct reference to the secretary of...
831Draft of a Resolution on the Nonintercourse Bill, [ca. 14 April] 1794 (Madison Papers)
Resold. that if from the operation of the foregoing suspension of commercial intercourse with G....
832Appropriation for Operating the Federal Government, [2 December] 1791 (Madison Papers)
In Committee of the Whole, Parker of the Virginia delegation requested an examination of the...
833Petition of Beverley Winslow and Joseph Hawkins, ca. 18 December 1795 (Madison Papers)
Document not found. Ca. 18 December 1795. Presented by JM to the House of Representatives, 18...
834The Bank Bill, [8 February] 1791 (Madison Papers)
The House continued to debate the bank bill on 3, 4, 5, and 7 February. Mr. Madison observed,...
835For the National Gazette, 3 December 1791 (Madison Papers)
Much has been said, and not without reason, against a consolidation of the States into one...
836Slave Trade Petitions, [11 February] 1790 (Madison Papers)
FitzSimons presented an address of the fall 1789 meeting of the Quakers of Pennsylvania, New...
837Summary of State Claims, [ca. 20 June] 1790 (Madison Papers)
Dollars Dollars New Hampshire Specie 1,830,051..2 New Emission 36,855..82 old do....
838Additional Revenue, [19 January] 1797 (Madison Papers)
The report of the Committee of Ways and Means calling for additional revenue of $4,724,360 had...
839Location of the Capital, [21 September] 1789 (Madison Papers)
The seat of government bill was under consideration in the Committee of the Whole. Mr. Madison...
840Military Establishment, [30 May] 1794 (Madison Papers)
On 1 April the House approved a resolution to raise an additional military force of 25,000 men...
841Neutrality, [2 June] 1794 (Madison Papers)
On 13 March Vice-President Adams broke a tie in the Senate to pass the Neutrality Act, which...
842For the National Gazette, 31 December 1791 (Madison Papers)
In monarchies there is a two fold danger—1st, That the eyes of a good prince cannot see all that...
843Public Debt, [11 March] 1790 (Madison Papers)
Debate continued on the second alternative of the sixth resolution (see headnote to speech of 10...
844Draft of the Petition to the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, [ca. September] 1795 (Madison Papers)
The following is the first of two drafts of a document that was later to appear in several...
845Excise, [27 December] 1790 (Madison Papers)
Secretary Hamilton’s report on a further provision for the establishment of public credit...
846Commercial Discrimination, [5 February] 1794 (Madison Papers)
Lyman moved to postpone further consideration of JM’s resolutions until the first Monday in...
847Compensation to Victims of the Whiskey Insurrection, [19 December] 1794 (Madison Papers)
The House continued its consideration of a resolution requesting the president “to cause an...
848Notes on Documents from the Secretary of the Treasury, ca. 15–19 February 1793 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
Abstract. Ca. 15–19 February 1793. A summary outline of the official documents and letters that...
849Jay’s Treaty, [6 April] 1796 (Madison Papers)
On 31 March, the day after Washington had rejected the call for Jay’s instructions and papers,...
850Release of Lafayette, [3 March] 1797 (Madison Papers)
On 2 March, Harper (South Carolina) had moved a resolution that the House inform the president of...