31To James Madison from Martha Jefferson Carr, 21 August 1786 (Madison Papers)
Your kind attention to my Sons, excites in me an Anxciety to acquaint you with every change in...
32To James Madison from James Monroe, 30 August 1786 (Madison Papers)
Since my last we have been from day to day upon the business wh. engag’d us when you were here....
33From James Madison to James Monroe, ca. 31 August 1786 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. ca. 31 August 1786, Philadelphia. JM expressed his anxiety at being unable to...
34To James Madison from Elijah Craig, September 1786 (Madison Papers)
I Take the liberty to Request your Attention to a petition from our County For a division of the...
35To James Madison from James Monroe, 1 September 1786 (Madison Papers)
Sometime since I was appointed of the Committee to attend the Pena. Assembly, contrary to my...
36To James Madison from James Monroe, 3 September 1786 (Madison Papers)
In my last I advis’d you of the point to wh. seven States had brought the business. After...
37The Annapolis Convention, September 1786 (Editorial Note) (Madison Papers)
In the spring of 1786 JM’s enthusiasm for the approaching convention at Annapolis ranged from the...
38Lodging Account from George Mann, 4–15 September 1786 (Madison Papers)
Colonel Madison’s Bill—1786 Septr. 5 Lodging & Breakfast 3/9 Dinner 3/9 £0.. 7.. 6 wine 3/9 Punch...
39From James Madison to Ambrose Madison, 8 September 1786 (Madison Papers)
I came to this place a day or two ago, where I found two Commsrs only. A few more have since come...
40From James Madison to James Monroe, 11 September 1786 (Madison Papers)
I have two letters from you not yet acknowledged, one of the 1st the other of the 3d. inst....
41To James Madison from James Monroe, 12 September 1786 (Madison Papers)
I arriv’d here a few days since to press on the legislature of this State a seperation of the...
42Tench Coxe to the Virginia Commissioners at Annapolis, 13 September 1786 (Madison Papers)
Prior to the receipt of the Act of Virginia leading to a general Convention of the States, the...
43Hamilton’s Report on the Annapolis Convention, 14 September 1786 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
14 September 1786, Annapolis. Drafted by Alexander Hamilton, with JM the chief witness as to...
44To James Madison from Charles Thomson, 15 September 1786 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to transmit to You herewith enclosed a copy of the proceeding of Congress in the...
45To James Madison from Mary Bristow, 19 September 1786 (Madison Papers)
Tho’ I have not the honor of personaly knowing You, the benevolence of Your Character emboldens...
46To James Madison from Robert Johnson, 23 September 1786 (Madison Papers)
I take the liberty to inform you By letter that we have at present an Expedition Gone against the...
47To James Madison from George Muter, 23 September 1786 (Madison Papers)
There will be so many members of convention absent, principally from being engaged in the present...
48From James Madison to Charles Thomson, 25 September 1786 (Madison Papers)
I have been honoured with your favour of the 15th. instant inclosing a copy of the proceeding of...
49To James Madison from James Monroe, 25 September 1786 (Madison Papers)
I arriv’d here the evening of the day I left you & found Mrs. Monroe & the family well. They...
50To James Madison from James Monroe, 29 September 1786 (Madison Papers)
Since my last it has been propos’d that each delegation be at liberty to communicate to the...
51To James Madison from Caleb Wallace, 30 September 1786 (Madison Papers)
I embrace the Opportunity by a Neighbour bound for Richmond, where I expect this will meet you,...
52Survey of Mohawk Lands, [October?] 1786 (Madison Papers)
Extending the 2 longest lines each to 160 chs makes 953 acres extending lines 116 to 160 leaving...
53To James Madison from James Monroe, 2 October 1786 (Madison Papers)
I have lately seen Taylor—he has a right to 4,000 acres of land in an undivided tract of 40.000...
54From James Madison to James Monroe, 5 October 1786 (Madison Papers)
I recd. yesterday your favour of the 2d. inst: which makes the 3d. for which my acknowledgments...
55To James Madison from James Monroe, 7 October 1786 (Madison Papers)
I have been favor’d with yours covering a letter to Mr. Thomson which I shall deliver him in the...
56To James Madison from Henry Lee, 19 October 1786 (Madison Papers)
In our letter of this date to the Assembly you will know our sentiments on the interesting...
57To James Madison from Henry Lee, 25 October 1786 (Madison Papers)
You now have the report from the secretary of war mentioned in my last letter & omitted. The...
58From James Madison to James Madison, Sr., ca. 26 October 1786 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. ca. 26 October 1786, Fredericksburg. Concerning family affairs and articles to...
59From James Madison to James Monroe, 30 October 1786 (Madison Papers)
I drop you a few lines rather as a fulfilment of my promise than for the purpose of information,...
60The General Assembly Session of October 1786 (Editorial Note) (Madison Papers)
Historians tend to see the past only in the official documents or letters from public men. Yet in...
30 October 1786. JM moved that the House, on 2 November, elect with the Senate a governor of...
⟨J. M. In Virga. Legislature previous to Convention of 1787⟩ Genl. [Regns. neces]sary, whether...
63From James Madison to James Madison, Sr., 1 November 1786 (Madison Papers)
Jno. Lusher & Joe got down this forenoon, with the articles sent. I shall execute your...
64From James Madison to George Washington, 1 November 1786 (Madison Papers)
I have been here too short a time as yet to have collected fully the politics of the Session. In...
65Outline for Speech Opposing Paper Money, [ca. 1 November 1786] (Madison Papers)
JM had long anticipated that an emission of paper currency would be attempted in the October 1786...
66Notes for Speech Opposing Paper Money, [ca. 1 November] 1786 (Madison Papers)
Agst. Paper money. Novr. 1786 Virg: Assy. Ms ( DLC ). The one-page document is an expanded...
67To James Madison from Ambrose Madison, Ca. 1 November 1786 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. ca. 1 November 1786. Mentioned in JM’s letter of 8 November 1786 to Ambrose ....
68To James Madison from John Blair Smith, ca. 1 November 1786 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. ca. 1 November 1786. Informing JM that his nephew James and Jacky Walker were...
69From James Madison to Nicholas Lewis, 4 November 1786 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 4 November 1786. Mentioned in Nicholas Lewis’s letter of 26 November 1786 to JM...
70To James Madison from George Washington, 5 November 1786 (Madison Papers)
I thank you for the communications in your letter of the first inst. The decision of the House on...
71Bill Providing for Delegates to the Convention of 1787, [6 November] (Madison Papers)
Whereas the Commissrs. who assembled at Annapolis on the 14th. day of Sepr. last for the purpose...
72From James Madison to William Grayson, ca. 7 November 1786 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. ca. 7 November 1786. Mentioned in Grayson’s letter of 22 November to JM ....
73From James Madison to Ambrose Madison, 8 November 1786 (Madison Papers)
I have yours by Mr. Parker. I can by the time you mention pay the money to the Treasr. or settle...
74From James Madison to George Washington, 8 November 1786 (Madison Papers)
I am just honoured with your favor of the 5th. inst. The intelligence from Genl. Knox is gloomy...
75From James Madison to Henry Lee, 9 November 1786 (Madison Papers)
The last mail went out at a time when I was so engaged that I could not drop a line to you. The...
76To James Madison from Henry Lee, 11 November 1786 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 11 November 1786. Mentioned in JM’s letter to Lee of 23 November 1786 ....
77From James Madison to Ambrose Madison, 16 November 1786 (Madison Papers)
I have yours by Majr. White. You need not take the Tobo. of Mr Cowherd on the terms he requires....
78From James Madison to James Madison, Sr., 16 November 1786 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Anderson in answer to your enquiries tells me that you shall have goods at 87½ Per Ct. and...
79To James Madison from George Washington, 18 November 1786 (Madison Papers)
Not having sent to the Post Office with my usual regularity, your favor of the 8th. did not reach...
80To James Madison from Edmund Pendleton, 19 November 1786 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 19 November 1786. The calendar of Pendleton’s letters (DLC: Madison Miscellany)...