1To James Madison from Winthrop Sargent, 16 March 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
16 March 1801, Mississippi Territory. No. 45. Unpaid services of an Indian interpreter have required him to draw upon State Department for $262.50. Wrote a letter on the past due account 14 May 1800, but nothing was done. The interpreter’s attorney made “an Extravigant Charge” and brought “an action against me,” which delayed matters. Still needs instruction on how to pay interpreters. Printed...
2To James Madison from Winthrop Sargent, 3 April 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
3 April 1801, Mississippi Territory. Acting with permission earlier received from the Adams administration and in the belief that ratification of the French treaty afforded an opportunity for a leave of absence, Sargent proposes to visit the Atlantic states. Expresses hope that on his arrival he might meet with JM and the president. Mentions the discredit enemies have cast on his reputation...
3To James Madison from Winthrop Sargent, 10 June 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
10 June 1801. Intends, after arriving in Boston, to send JM “such Vouchers for the Propriety of his public Conduct in civil and military Life as shall bring fullest conviction to the mind of the President that where and when he has been censured there have been— there are , no grounds even for Complaint, & that malice and self Interest strongly mark the Character of his base Calumniators.”...
4To James Madison from Winthrop Sargent, 29 June 1801 (Madison Papers)
THE hard services of a life which has been unceasingly devoted to my country, and the fatigues of the late journey to Washington , for the purpose of removing unfavorable impressions towards my administration, incapacitated me from returning here, with that dispatch I could have wished, and postponed the receipt of your letter, to the last evening. Mr. Jefferson’s recent determination to...