11From James Madison to Nathan Sanford, 19 September 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
19 September 1804, Department of State. “I have the honor to enclose an extract from a communication lately received from the British Minister, alluding to an irregularity alledged to have been committed by the French Frigates now in the harbour of New York. I therefore request you with the assistance of the Collector of the Customs to make a scrupulous enquiry into the truth of the allegation...
12From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 22 September 1804 (Madison Papers)
I inclose the letter alluded to in my last from Mr. Merry to Mr. Wagner; also a letter from Barney & one from L. Harris. I have authorized Mr. W. to forward any more information relating to Barney’s claims, to Mr Skipwith, reminding him that no further interposition could be made, unless you should so decide. A patronage of individual claims, besides its interference with the functions of the...
13Circular Letter to the Governors, 24 September 1804 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to notify to you, in pursuance of the act of Congress, passed on the 26th of March last, entitled “An act supplementary to the act entitled ‘An act relative to the election of a President and Vice-President of the United States, and declaring the officer who shall act as President, in case of vacancies in the offices both of President and Vice-President,[‘]”—That the amendment...
14From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 2 October 1804 (Madison Papers)
I return to the Dept. of State the inclosed papers (excepting the private letter from Mr. L ) thro’ your hands that you may peruse such of them as may deserve that attention. According to my recollection, the explanation of the Act of Congs. so offensive to Spain, was communicated to Yrujo. As it is possible that I may be mistaken, it may be worth while to enquire into the fact; and if the...
15From James Madison to Albert Gallatin, 6 October 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
6 October 1804, Department of State. “I request you to be pleased to issue a warrant for fifty six thousand dollars on the appropriations for foreign intercourse and to cause the proceeds thereof to be remitted to Messrs. Willinks and Van Staphonts [ sic ], the Bankers of this Department at Amsterdam.” Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, DL , vol. 14). 1 p. JM made similar requests for $6,000 on 22...
16From James Madison to Henry William DeSaussure, 8 October 1804 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor to receive your letter of the 1st. inst., with the accompanying documents, respecting the capture of the Brig Friendship and cargo, by a French Privateer, under pretence of her being bound to a part of St. Domingo in possession of the revolted Negroes. If that pretence could be verified as a matter of fact, yet in case of a capture on the high seas, it could not be admitted to...
17From James Madison to James Simpson, 8 October 1804 (Madison Papers)
Having since the commencement of the present year accepted & paid your bills to the amount of near Eight thousand dollars, it becomes necessary to repeat my desire that you would make out your accounts and transmit them for settlement at the Treasury. This intimation is not suggested by any diminution of confidence in the fidelity with which the monies drawn are applied to the public service,...
18From James Madison to Stagg, Snell, and Company, 8 October 1804 (Madison Papers)
I have received your letter of the 19th. Ult. and in answer have to inform you, that by a Letter of Mr. Merry, the British Minister, address’d to me on the 12th. of April last, and received on the next day, he informed me that he had just received a letter from Rear Admiral Sir John Duckworth, Commander in Chief of his Britannic Majesty’s Squadron at Jamaica, dated the 2d. of March, in which...
19From James Madison to John F. Brown, 8 October 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
8 October 1804, Department of State. “I have recd. your letter of the 20th. Ult, and the accot. enclosed therein has been referred to the Auditor of the Treasury, to whom you will be pleased to forward the vouchers necessary to enable him to settle it. No instruction to the Consuls is adequate to the correction of the abuse of the Sea Letter, which you represent occurs at present: it may...
20From James Madison to John Cockle, 8 October 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
8 October 1804, Department of State. “The President has referred your letter of the 14th. Ult. to me, and in answer I have to observe, that the subject of the claims to which you refer has been committed to Genl. Armstrong so far as it may be left unfinished by his predecessor, to whom instructions comprehending the sentiments of the President on the subject of the difficulties, which had...