41To James Madison from James H. Hooe, 13 October 1810 (Madison Papers)
I have receieved [ sic ] another parcel of Sheep from Mr Jarvis of Lisbon, and he writes me that you are to select two Ewes from the whole parcell. As I saw a Letter from Mr Jarvis to your Excy., I did suppose you wou’d have sent ’ere now for these Sheep, and as I am desirous of making some dispositions of them, I have to request that you’ll send down for yours as soon as convenient. I have...
42To James Madison from Phinehas Wheeler, 13 October 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
13 October 1810, Caldwell, Washington County, New York. Requests JM at the next session of Congress to redress the grievances of Revolutionary War veterans. Recalls General Washington’s promise to the effect that all men who were discharged before receiving their pay would have an “honorable Setlement” within a year. Concedes there was a settlement but denies that being paid in certificates...
43To James Madison from Gideon Granger, 12 October 1810 (Madison Papers)
Emboldened by having devoted the best portion of my life to the Service of my Country, by being the only Attorney and Solicitor in New England, who practised at the Supreme Courts of New Hampshire, and Massachusetts, by the solicitations and profferred support of a number of the most distinguished Republicans in the Eastern Circuit, and by a firm conviction that my appointment would be, at...
44To James Madison from John Drayton, 12 October 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
12 October 1810, Charleston. Transmits a model designed by Jonathan Lucas, Jr., for “Mounting Cannon on a New Construction.” Encloses a letter from Lucas explaining its construction. Acknowledges receipt of JM’s letter of 12 Sept. 1810 [not found]. RC ( DLC ); enclosure ( DNA : RG 107, LRRS , L-115:5). RC 2 pp. Docketed by JM. Enclosure is Jonathan Lucas, Jr., to John Drayton, 11 Oct. 1810 (2...
45To James Madison from Gabriel Richard, 12 October 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
12 October 1810, Detroit. Reports that [territorial secretary] Reuben Attwater recently demanded $205 in rent for the year 1809 for the farm that supports the Indian school at Spring Hill. Attwater also stated his intention to collect a proportional amount for the first ten months of 1810. Complains that the charging of rent violates the oral agreement he made with the U.S. government when he...
46To James Madison from Jedediah K. Smith, 12 October 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
12 October 1810, Amherst, New Hampshire. Recommends Gideon Granger for the vacancy on the Supreme Court. RC ( DNA : RG 59, LAR , 1809–17, filed under “Granger”). 2 pp. Jedediah Kilburn Smith had been a representative from New Hampshire in the Tenth Congress.
47To James Madison from John Stark, 12 October 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
12 October 1810, Derryfield. Requests a position for his son-in-law, Benjamin Franklin Stickney. Expresses pleasure at the “brightening prospect in our foreign relations” and believes that if Congress will support JM “in decisive measures, we may yet be preserved in honourable peace.” RC ( DLC ). 2 pp. Docketed by JM.
48To James Madison from Joshua Wingate, Sr., 12 October 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
12 October 1810, Boston. Believes Levi Lincoln would decline a nomination to the Supreme Court; therefore recommends Gideon Granger. RC ( DNA : RG 59, LAR , 1809–17, filed under “Granger”). 2 pp.
49To James Madison from James Maury, 11 October 1810 (Madison Papers)
I am much obliged to you for your consignment of Tobacco ⅌ Adeline, of which I am just advised by Mr Stone, with orders for insurance. It is done at 3 Guineas ⅌ Cent, so as to cover £20 ⅌ Hhd. This market now is so much overdone with Tobacco as to contain nearly double the quantity I ever knew. It is greatly lowered in value & of dull sale. Whenever the Vessell arrive & the cargo be landed &...
50To James Madison from George de Passau, 10 October 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
10 October 1810, Pointe Coupee. Provides an account of his efforts to become a cotton planter near Baton Rouge after 1803. Owing to his political views, he was forced to abandon his plantation and immigrate to the Orleans Territory. Purchased lands in Pointe Coupee Parish in 1808 and made extensive improvements on them after receiving assurances from Armand Duplantier that his claims would not...
51To James Madison from Orchard Cook, 9 October 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
9 October 1810, Wiscasset. Urges appointment of Gideon Granger to the Supreme Court. Also informs JM that because of ill health he will not seek reelection to Congress. Peleg Tallman of Bath has been nominated by local Republicans for the Twelfth Congress. RC ( DNA : RG 59, LAR , 1809–17, filed under “Granger”). 2 pp. Orchard Cook was a Republican representative from Massachusetts in the Ninth...
52To James Madison from George Joy, 8 October 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
8 October 1810, Gothenburg. Continues “the thread of my discourse of yesterday.” Stresses the importance of JM’s appointing good men to office in the region and hopes to recommend, as he promised, a good man for the consulship at Gothenburg. Is going to Copenhagen and regrets not being able to accomplish his purposes here. Believes that Sweden, having elected a French prince to its throne,...
53To James Madison from George Joy, 7 October 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
7 October 1810, Gothenburg. Reports that his letter of 16 Sept. to JM had not left the port when he received the enclosed letter from Saabye. Finds Saabye’s reply personally satisfactory and is convinced that Saabye is a man of integrity; but is still at a loss how to proceed. Suspects that there is an effort to “conceal from our Countrymen the Object of my residence in these cold Regions.”...
54To James Madison from Richard Forrest, [6 October] 1810 (Madison Papers)
On the rect. of your respected favor, I prevailed on Mr. Eno to go to Alexa. and examine the Merino Sheep addressed to Mr. Hoe. Mr. H was not at home, nor expected ’till the sale, which would have been too late for those Advertised by Mr. Barry; and having a little business of my own here, I concluded it would be best to come on and bring Mr. Eno with me to take both chances; I therefore...
55To James Madison from Levi Lincoln, 6 October 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
6 October 1810, Worcester. Reminds JM that he had earlier recommended the former attorney general of Massachusetts [Barnabas Bidwell] for the seat on the Supreme Court held by Judge Cushing. “Thanks now to an overruling Providence … that arrangement did not take place.” Stresses the “importance to this part of the Union” of filling the vacancy recently created by the death of Cushing with “an...
56To James Madison from Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 5 October 1810 (Madison Papers)
I have been unfortunate in the construction of the fireproof. Depending on the old Walls, which ought to have been amply sufficient to carry the light Vault I placed upon them, had they been tolerably well built, I lowered the center. Finding that the arch settled I examined the Walls, & perceived that they were ⟨much⟩ cracked; but it appearing that the cracks were not new, being very black,...
57To James Madison from Gideon Gardner, 5 October 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
5 October 1810, Nantucket. Urges the appointment of Gideon Granger to the Supreme Court. RC ( DNA : RG 59, LAR , 1809–17, filed under “Granger”). 1 p. Gideon Gardner was a Republican representative from Massachusetts in the Eleventh Congress.
58To James Madison from David Gelston, 5 October 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
5 October 1810, New York. Encloses a copy of a bill from London for the expenses—“£2.13.2 Sterlg is $11.01”—for a pipe of brandy. Will remit the amount. RC ( DLC ). Docketed by JM. Enclosure not found.
59To James Madison from Elbridge Gerry, 4 October 1810 (Madison Papers)
On the 22d of Sepr last, I had the honor of addressing you a letter, on the subject of a candidate to supply the vacancy, caused by the death of Judge Cushing; & also of one for the office of district attorney, if that should be vacant by the promotion of the present incumbent. Being then in haste, I had omitted to mention, that my Son in law, by the appointment of Governor Sullivan, had...
60To James Madison from William Rogers, 4 October 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
4 October 1810, Philadelphia. Introduces the Reverend Dr. Thomas Baldwin, currently chaplain to the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Baldwin wishes an interview with JM, and Rogers has “taken the liberty from my personal knowledge of the President & the general Satisfaction which his administration affords, to recommend Dr. & Miss Baldwin to your and Mrs. Madison’s affectionate...
61To James Madison from William Pinkney, 3 October 1810 (Madison Papers)
I thought it possible that the Hornet would touch at Cowes—although I gave no order to that Effect. But I did not expect that Mr. Spence wd. come up to Town, or that the Brig wd. be detained a Moment. My Despatches were sent to Mr Auldjo —to be delivered with the least possible Delay to Mr Spence on Board in Case Circumstances should render it proper for the Brig to call. Mr Spence, however,...
62To James Madison from Richard Brent, 2 October 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
2 October 1810, Fauquier Court House, Virginia. Had intended to visit JM at Montpelier during the summer but was twice prevented from doing so by “some untoward circumstance.” Has received a letter from Thomas Jones, son of Walter Jones, who resides in the Mississippi Territory and who wishes to be considered for territorial secretary in the event that the office becomes vacant. Admits Jones...
63From James Madison to Richard Forrest, ca. 2 October 1810 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. Ca. 2 October 1810. Mentioned in Forrest to JM, 6 Oct. 1810 . Gives instructions for the purchase of merino sheep.
64To James Madison from Henry Smith and Others, 1 October 1810 (Madison Papers)
We are sensible that this intrusion upon your high public cares demands an apology: but trust that it will be found in our sincere zeal for the honour and success of your Administration, and in the importance of the occasion which suggests this Address. There will probably be several candidates for the office of Judge of the Supreme Court, for the eastern Circuit, vacated by the decease of the...
65To James Madison from Daniel Eccleston, 1 October 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
1 October 1810, Lancaster. Acknowledges JM’s letter of 18 July 1810 and states that he shares his opinions about General Washington. RC ( DLC ). 1 p.
66From James Madison to Caesar A. Rodney, 30 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
I am just favored with yours of the 26th. & sincerely sympathize with you, in the loss you have sustained. The new scene opened by the revocation of the F. Decrees, will I hope, terminate in a removal of the embarrassments which have been as afflicting as they have been unexampled. It promises us, at least an extrication from the dilemma, of a mortifying peace, or a war with both the great...
67To James Madison from Christopher Ellery, 30 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
When, the last winter, the late Mr. Cushing, then one of the justices of the supreme court, U. S. left this town on his way to the seat of government, intending there to give in his resignation, I had the honor of writing to you, and of inviting your attention towards the state of Rhode Island; naming from among her citizens a successor. The old gentleman proved too infirm to reach Washington,...
68From James Madison to Robert Smith, ca. 30 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. Ca. 30 September 1810. Mentioned in Robert Smith to William Harris Crawford, 2 Oct. 1810 (DNA: RG 59, DL), where Smith informed Crawford that his letter of 27 July (not found) had been sent to the president, who was “perfectly satisfied with the arrangement made by you in the execution of the delicate trust which we took the liberty of committing to your management.”
69To James Madison from John G. Jackson, 29 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
Some of the leading Republicans of Ohio have joined in recommending to you Samuel Herrick Esq of Zanesville to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Creighton District Attorney of Ohio. I am personally acquainted with that Gentleman and ask permission to join my opinion with theirs that he is a man of worth & talents & unquestionable political principles: And it will afford me...
70To James Madison from Mathew Arnold Hœvel, 29 September 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
29 September 1810, Santiago de Chile. Informs JM that the people of Chile met in convention on 18 Sept. to take measures to defend the country against threats from abroad and to correct the abuses of the previous regime. They have established a provisional board of government until a congress can meet, and the board is considering opening Chile’s ports to neutral commerce. Hitherto American...