9641To James Madison from David Zeigler (Abstract), 4 March 1805 (Madison Papers)
4 March 1805 , Cincinnati . “How great sir is my Grief, to find myself no longer Able to procure by my Services any more Good to my Country, Occasioned by wounds received in defending my right and priviledges, but estime myself the most happy of Mortals, especially when seening that under our present Administration I live injoie the fruits of my labour, also can Sing hymns to our Country &...
9642To James Madison from John Zimmer, 17 April 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
17 April 1804, Philadelphia. “Mr. Savage American Agt. at Kingston in the Island of Jamaica exhibited to me, in January last, his Acct. with the United States—for Amt. of which his draft it appears was returned unpaid, in consequence of several charges therein Contained, for which he had not accompanied the Acct. with the Vouchers looked for—Amongst the rest he pointed Out two, One for Jama....
9643To James Madison from an Unidentified Correspondent, 28 May 1801 (Madison Papers)
I hope to be pardoned for the liberty I now take in addressing you, when I declare that I am prompted thereto solely by a wish to See our country prosperous & happy. And however chimerical, at first view, the project may appear, which I am about to submit to your consideration; yet I am persuaded, that upon reflection, there is a possibility of its meeting with your approbation—I therefore am...
9644To James Madison from an Unidentified Correspondent, 1 February 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
1 February 1804, Lyon. The person to whom Mr. Adet had given the enclosed letter of recommendation, having been detained in Europe first by business, then by illness, has decided to forward it directly to JM. He presumes that this letter might contain things that would not admit of a longer delay, and if he goes to the U.S. he will have the honor of being the bearer of other letters for JM. RC...
9645Serious Questions to Mr. Madison, [26 February 1806] (Madison Papers)
Did Miranda go to Washington about the middle of December last? Had he two long interviews with you? Did he not present you a plan of an expedition against the province of Carracas? Did he support the probability of success by the exhibition of various letters, either real or spurious, supposed to be written to him from his friends in that country? Did he shew you a plan of the government he...
9646To James Madison from John Armstrong, 14 February 1805 (Madison Papers)
Your letter of the 10th of November had a long passage, and the duplicate copy by the way of Marseilles, was the first to reach me. With the exception of one of the 4th. of September, this is the only letter I have received from you. The claims are now nearly brought to a close, and my next dispatch will probably present a final report with regard to them. Of all the business I have ever had...
9647Account with St. Mary’s College, 8 July 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ Account with St. Mary’s College. 8 July 1806. Records payment by JM of $250 on John Payne Todd’s account. MS ( MdBSAr : St. Mary’s College Journal, Finance Record Book 10, 1805–8). 1 p.; in French.
9648To James Madison from an Unidentified Correspondent, 13 March 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From an Unidentified Correspondent. 13 March 1806. “The hostility naturally existing between Monarchy & Republicanism are so Visible that every citizen of America must be convinced of the necesity of a rectitud essential to their national reputation & of the propriety of cautiously Garding against the overbearing combinations & designs of the Former. Hence I take the liberty to animadvert on...
9649To James Madison from an Unidentified Correspondent, 15 May 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
15 May 1801. “It has been cause of surprise that the Schooner 3 sisters a british privateer sho’d be permitted to refit & arm in the port of Alexandria made now into a snow & peirc’d for 20 guns and ready for sea & takes in flour to cover her destination—this is a hint if the naval officer hath been silent.” RC ( NHi : Gallatin Papers). 1 p. Unsigned. Dated “May 15th” and postmarked at...
9650Account with St. Mary’s College, 30 June 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ Account with St. Mary’s College. 30 June 1806. Records payment by JM of $222.53 ½ on John Payne Todd’s account as detailed in an 8 Jan.–7 June 1806 statement ( PJM-SS Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series (12 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1986–). 11:164 –65). Allocates the funds received to various St. Mary’s accounts as follows:...