1Reply of the President to the Senate, [18 May] 1789 (Madison Papers)
I thank you for your Address, in which the most affectionate sentiments are expressed in the most...
2Alexander Hamilton’s Nomination by George Washington for the Office of Secretary of the Treasury of the United States … (Hamilton Papers)
New York, September 11, 1789. On this date Washington submitted to the Senate the following...
3Address of the President to Congress, 8 December 1790 (Madison Papers)
Fellow Citizens of the Senate, and House of Representatives. In meeting you again I feel much...
4Reply of the President to the Senate, [13 December] 1790 (Madison Papers)
These assurances of favorable attention to the subjects I have recommended, and of entire...
5X. The President to the Senate, [17 January 1791] (Jefferson Papers)
I lay before you a representation of the Chargé des affaires of France, made by order of his...
6VI. Secretary of State to the President of the Senate, 20 January 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor to inclose you a letter from one of our captive citizens of Algiers, if I may...
7From Thomas Jefferson to the President of the Senate, 2 February 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
As the information contained in the enclosed extracts from a letter of Mr. Short’s lately...
8VI. The President to the Senate, [14 February 1791] (Jefferson Papers)
Conceiving that in the possible event of a refusal of justice on the part of Gr. Britain, we...
9The President to the Senate, 18 February 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
The aspect of affairs in Europe during the last summer, and especially between Spain and England,...
10VIII. The President to the Senate, [22 February 1791] (Jefferson Papers)
I will proceed to take measures for the ransom of our citizens in captivity at Algiers, in...
11VI. Draft of a Message from the President to the Senate, [4 March 1791] (Jefferson Papers)
The ‘Act for the admission of the state of Vermont into this union’ having fixed on this, as the...
12From Alexander Hamilton to the Senate and the House of Representatives, [31 October 1791] (Hamilton Papers)
Arrangement made by the President of the United States, with respect to the subdivisions of the...
13Enclosure: Draft Message on Western Defense, 16 December 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Gentlemen of the Senate The pacific measures which were adopted for establishing peace between...
14George Washington to the Senate, [ca. 4 January 1792] (Jefferson Papers)
Your house has been pleased to communicate to me their resolutions, purporting a decision by them...
15George Washington to the Senate, 8 November 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
I now lay before you a letter from the Secretary of State, covering the copy of one from the...
16George Washington to the Senate, with Jefferson’s Note to Washington, 28 February 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
I was led, by a consideration of the qualifications of Patterson of New Jersey to nominate him an...
17V. Thomas Jefferson to the President of the Senate, 16 December 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Having, according to a resolution of the House of Representatives of February 23. 1791. given in...
18From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate, 28 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
To give the usual opportunity of appointing a President pro tempore , I now propose to retire...
19From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate, 3 March 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieve with due sensibility the congratulations of the Senate on being called to the first...
20From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate, 5 March 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
The offices of Secretary of state, Secretary of war, Attorney general of the United States, and...
21Enclosure: Draft of Message to the Senate, [before 12 November 1801] (Jefferson Papers)
By a resoln of the Senate of the 14th. of May. 1800. the President was requested to instruct the...
22From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate and the House of Representatives, 22 December 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I now inclose sundry documents supplementary to those communicated to you with my message at the...
23VI. To the Senate, 6 January 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
During the late recess of the Senate, I have issued commissions for the following persons and...
24From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate and the House of Representatives, 11 January 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I now communicate to you, a memorial of the Commissioners for the City of Washington together...
25From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate, 12 January 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I now communicate to you a letter from the Secretary of State inclosing an estimate of the...
26From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate and the House of Representatives, 27 January 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I lay before you the accounts of our Indian trading houses , as rendered up to the 1st. day of...
27From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate, 1 February 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I nominate the following persons to office, as respectively stated. David Latimore of the...
28From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate and the House of Representatives, 2 February 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I now lay before you 1. a return of Ordnance , arms, & military stores the property of the US. 2....
29From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate and the House of Representatives, 16 February 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I now transmit a statement of the expences incurred by the US. in their transactions with the the...
30From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate and the House of Representatives, 17 February 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I lay before both houses of Congress, for their information, the report from the Director of the...
31From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate, 18 February 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I nominate the reverend Alexander McFarlan of Virginia to be a chaplain in the Navy. RC ( DNA :...
32From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate and the House of Representatives, 18 February 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
In a message of the 2d. instant, I inclosed a letter from the Secretary at War on the subject of...
33From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate and the House of Representatives, 24 February 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I communicate to both houses of Congress a Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the subject...
34From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate and the House of Representatives, 25 February 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
No occasion having arisen, since the last account rendered by my predecessor, of making use of...
35From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate and the House of Representatives, 26 February 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
Some statements have been lately recieved of the causes decided or depending in the courts of the...
36From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate and the House of Representatives, 1 March 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I transmit for the information of Congress letters recently recieved from our Consuls at...
37From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate and the House of Representatives, 22 November 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I communicate for information a copy of the speech of Arthur St. Clair , governor of the...
38From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate, 15 December 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I nominate Gabriel Duval of Maryland to be Comptroller of the treasury of the US. vice John...
39From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate, 17 December 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I nominate John Spence West , whose term as Marshal of North Carolina expired on the 10th. inst....
40From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate, 27 December 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I lay before you a treaty which has been concluded between the state of New York and the Oneida...
41From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate, 27 December 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I lay before you a treaty which has been agreed to by Commissioners duly authorised on the part...
42From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate, 7 January 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
I submit for your approbation and consent a Convention entered into with the Choctaw nation of...
43From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate, 11 January 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
The cession of the Spanish province of Louisiana to France, and perhaps of the Floridas, and the...
44From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate, 11 January 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
During the late recess of the Senate, I have granted commissions for the following persons and...
45From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate, 11 January 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
During the late recess of the Senate I granted commissions for the Promotions, transfers, and...
46From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate, 11 January 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
The Spoliations and irregularities committed on our commerce during the late war by subjects of...
47From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate, 2 February 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
I nominate John Martin Baker of New York to be Consul for the islands of Minorca, Majorca, and...
48From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate, 14 February 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
I nominate Aaron Vale of New York to be commercial agent of the United States at L’orient in...
49From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate, 21 February 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
The Tuscarora Indians , having an interest in some lands within the state of North Carolina,...
50From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate, 1 March 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
I nominate Bartholomew D. Armistead now a 2d. Lieutent of Infantry in the 2d. regiment to be 1st....