1To James Madison from Lafayette, 18 August 1816 (Madison Papers)
Your kind favour, May 10h, is an Additional proof of the friendly Concern in My Behalf for Which I Beg Leave to Repeat My Most Affectionate Thanks. The instruction issued from the General Land office ought, it Seems, to Have procured the Certificate Necessary, But Sufficient, to obtain a patent. That Some thing in the Secondary Measures at New orleans Has Been Wanting Appears to Be pretty Well...
2To James Madison from Lafayette, 12 April 1816 (Madison Papers)
I Have taken the liberty Some time Ago to Mention to You the Eager Wishes of a friend of Mine, Charles de perron, Who Being a Stranger to the Business of dynasties, But Rather partial to the National flag, the only one He Has Served Under, Would be Happy to Be admitted to a few Campaigns, as a Volonteer in the Navy of the U.S. I Made Him the Representations Which I Never fail to offer to all...
3To James Madison from Lafayette, 16 February 1816 (Madison Papers)
I Have Had the pleasure to write to You By Several opportunities and took the Liberty to Recommend Some of the Numerous french Citizens Whom the proscription Laws Under the Name of Amnesty Have obliged or induced to leave this Country. This Letter goes By the frigat Which Carries over the Representative of the King M. Hyde de Neuville Whose Speeches in the Chambre des deputés Have probably...
4To James Madison from Lafayette, 25 January 1816 (Madison Papers)
The Correspondance of Mr Jackson Has over My Letters, in our Quick Sand of politicks, the advantage of Being writen from the Center and On the Spur of the Occasion. The Sad Situation of this Country, the Views of its Legislators, the Sentiments of its Government, and the main object of foreign powers are obvious. On one Side Coblentz and pilnitz on our part the principles of 1789. Such is the...
5To James Madison from Lafayette, 11 November 1815 (Madison Papers)
Amidst the services I would be happy to render to the U.S. I set in the first rank an acquisition so precious, that America is the only Country upon earth which I cannot grieve to see benefitted by the loss of France. General Bernard whom the Polytechnic School glories to have possessed, has so eminently distinguished himself in the Corps of Engineers, namely on the fortification of Antwerp,...
6To James Madison from Lafayette, 20 August 1815 (Madison Papers)
The Name of Regnauld de St. Jean d’Angely a member of the Constituent assembly, of our late House of Representatives, and in the interval Between those two great Epochas, an Eminent Actor on the administrative Stage of france, is, no doubt, well known to You. His Uncommon talents Had placed him Very high in the imperial affairs and Have probably Contributed to the choice made of him to be...
7To James Madison from Lafayette, 26 March 1815 (Madison Papers)
The glorious termination of the war and the Ratification of the peace are Events which on Every public and personal accounts Have afforded me the Highest Satisfaction. Had Great Britain persisted in the project to Bend Her Whole force against the people of the U.S. abandonned as they Were By all the powers of Europe, I Would not Have doubted the final Success of American Bravery and...
8To James Madison from Lafayette, 11 February 1815 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Masson a Citizen of the U.S. whose Relations in france are particularly known to me, and who Has Rendered Services on the West point Establishment, informs me that He Has the Honor to Apply to You as a Candidate for Consular Employment in Some port of france. His merits in the military line you know better than I Could state them but am inclined to think they give Him a title to the...
9To James Madison from Lafayette, 18 August 1814 (Madison Papers)
I Had flattered myself with the Expectation to See Mr. Tod in our Rural Retirements before He left This Country. But Hearing He is to Set of from paris to morrow I Hasten these lines to You, Refering Myself for European intelligence to the official dispatches and verbal accounts which you are going to Receive. Here is However a letter of mine to our friend Jefferson which being unsealed I...
10To James Madison from Lafayette, 30 August 1813 (Madison Papers)
The Arrival of Mr. Crawford and two Letters from our friend Monroe and david parish Have informed me that You Were in Good Health. I Expect the pleasure of a letter from You along With the patents which You Have Been pleased to Entrust to Mm Gallatin and Bayard. They Will probably find Means to Convey them before the End of the Year. A Communication I Meant to Open through one of the...