129581To James Madison from James Monroe, 9 April 1816 (Madison Papers)
Col: Hawkins, will accept the offer as of agent, for the boundary under Porter, and there is reason to think that they are on a very good footing. His name is “Samuel.” He had better be sent in to day, and it will be fortunate if he & Col: Austin go together. Consuls, I. C. Barnett for Paris of Jersey Septimius Tyler of Connecticut for Bayonne. Joseph Ficklin, Kentucky, for St Bartholomews....
129582Madison and “Americanus”, April-May (Editorial Note) (Madison Papers)
The letters of “Americanus,” addressed to JM and printed in the Philadelphia Democratic Press in April and May 1816, occupy a significant place in the history of white-Indian relations and in the politics of the 1816 and 1824 presidential elections. The immediate impetus to the publication of the letters was the report on Indian affairs submitted to the Senate by Secretary of War William...
129583To James Madison from Americanus, 10 April 1816 (Madison Papers)
Sir —When you were first elected president of the union, the republican party had great hopes that under your administration, with the examples of your predecessors before you, as practical beacons to point out the courses to be avoided or pursued, little reason would have been found for republican reprehension. In good truth we have not much to complain of. You have enabled us to answer with...
129584To James Madison from William Lackey and Samuel C. Roundey, 10 April 1816 (Madison Papers)
hear is a Nomber of Semen that Surved thar tim On Board of the Flotilla in Newyork Station in the Care of Commerdore Jacorb Lewis kind sir we Surved Our tim Out till Pease took place we Surved. Duren the War the was a number Recevid Bounty 48 Dollars But the purser george S Wise Refuesed paying Ours Witch was due to us Kind Sir we Thought to Reply to you to grant the Same if you please Sir we...
129585To James Madison from William H. Winder, 10 April 1816 (Madison Papers)
It is not without considerable difficulty that I persuade myself to intrude upon your time. The interest I feel on the subject will I hope apologize for what may perhaps be deemed a departure from the ordinary & regular course. A Bill to increase the staff of the army is depending before congress which if passed into a law will add another judge advocate to those already appointed—& should...
129586From James Madison to Congress, 11 April 1816 (Madison Papers)
With a view to the more convenient management of the important and growing business connected with the grant of exclusive rights to Inventors & Authors; I recommend the establishment of a distinct Office, within the Department of State, to be charged therewith, under a director, with a Salary adequate to his services; and with the privelege of franking communications by mail from and to the...
129587From James Madison to Albert Gallatin, 12 April 1816 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Dallas has signified to me that it being his intention not to pass another Winter in Washington, he has thought it his duty to give me an opportunity of selecting a Successor during the present session of Congress; intimating a willingness, however, to remain, if desired, in order to put the national Bank in motion. Will it be most agreeable to you, to proceed on your mission to France; or...
129588To James Madison from Lafayette, 12 April 1816 (Madison Papers)
I Have taken the liberty Some time Ago to Mention to You the Eager Wishes of a friend of Mine, Charles de perron, Who Being a Stranger to the Business of dynasties, But Rather partial to the National flag, the only one He Has Served Under, Would be Happy to Be admitted to a few Campaigns, as a Volonteer in the Navy of the U.S. I Made Him the Representations Which I Never fail to offer to all...
129589To James Madison from Americanus, 13 April 1816 (Madison Papers)
“If the system already devised, has not produced all the effects which were expected from it, new experiments ought to be made, when every effort to introduce among them (the Indian savages) ideas of exclusive property in things real as well as personal shall fail, let intermarriages between them and the whites be encouraged by the government. This cannot fail to preserve the race, with the...
129590To James Madison from Henry Wheaton, 13 April 1816 (Madison Papers)
This letter will be handed you by Dr Walter V. Wheaton my brother in law and late a Hospital Surgeon in the army. He is a candidate to be retained under the new law, and I take the very great liberty of commending him to your notice and protection. His reputation in the service and the strong testimonials he has received from those who were witnesses of his zeal and labours enables me to say...