29201From James Madison to George Clinton, 8 February 1810 (Madison Papers)
J. Madison presents his respects to the Vice President, & incloses a letter inadvertently opened some time since; the error being just now discovered. RC and enclosure ( DNA : RG 46, TP , Indiana). Enclosure (7 pp.) is Elias McNamee to the president of the Senate, 12 Dec. 1809. Enclosure printed in Carter, Territorial Papers, Indiana , 7:682–86.
29202To James Madison from John Wayles Eppes, 8 February 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
8 February 1810, Washington. Upon learning that Mr. Graham has declined the governor’s post in Louisiana has decided to suggest Col. Benjamin Howard as “peculiarly well calculated for a station where military as well as civil Talents may be important.” The suggestion is made without Howard’s knowledge, but that officer’s name came to mind since Louisiana is “a station … surrounded by hordes of...
29203To James Madison from an Unidentified Correspondent, 8 February 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
8 February 1810, Philadelphia. Warns JM to expect “ill treatement” after the return of Francis James Jackson to Great Britain. Offers advice on preparations for war. RC ( DNA : RG 107, LRRS , A-22:5). 1 p. Signed “A friend of this country.” Docketed by a War Department clerk as received 12 Feb. 1810.
29204Mary Ann Archbald to Thomas Jefferson, 8 February 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Early in summer last I had the presumption to address you but sensible of the great inferiority of my situation & abilities it required all the resolution I could summon up. Tho’ M r Gefferson occupied the highest Place in society I had long represented him to my imagination as one who wished to encrease the sum of happiness & would stoop to listen to the soft voice of Pity & humanity—this...
29205Isaac A. Coles to Thomas Jefferson, 8 February 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Having often heard you express a wish to get some fur Gloves, & meeting with the inclosed a few days ago in Baltimore , which appear to be of very good quality, I take the liberty of sending them to you by the mail, as the severity of the weather at present, must render them particularly acceptable. with Sincere & devoted Attachment RC ( DLC ); partially dated; dateline below signature,...
29206To James Madison from Samuel Kercheval, 7 February 1810 (Madison Papers)
I have taken the liberty of encloseing to your care, a subscription for the purpose of raising money to enable the Trustees at this place to proceed with the buildings already began. I am aware Sir, that you are probably too frequently applied to on subjects of this nature, and that such multitudes of applications are disagreeable and even irksome to you . I however flatter my self, that you...
29207To James Madison from William Short, 7 February 1810 (Madison Papers)
The present is merely to acknowlege the reciept & thank you for the kind expressions of your letter of Dec. 3. I shall add nothing more to this letter hoping very soon to have the satisfaction of renewing to you in person the assurance of my sentiments. I informed the sec. of State last summer on receiving his letter that I should return this spring. If there had not been an hope of some...
29208To James Madison from John Strode, 7 February 1810 (Madison Papers)
In dayly expectation (since the rect. of your favourable Letter of the 26th. of October last) of seeing here the manager of Your Orange Estates (Mr. Gideon Gooch) in order that He and I might have made the proposed Arangements for the debt wherewith You have so long indulged me; but as Yet not having seen or heard from him, have lost all hopes. Otherwise should not have presumed at this...
29209Thomas Jefferson to Eli Alexander, 7 February 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Our lease witheld the right of clearing within the limits of Shadwell for a reason, well considered, that there is not now as much woodland on the tract as will maintain it in fences and firewood. it gives a right to cut rails & firewood leaving the smaller growth to supply it’s place in time, and being it’s only chance of supply renders it indispensable that that should be left, and the...
29210William Short to Thomas Jefferson, 7 February 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Jefferson — Feb 7. to enclose that of M r Bott a — announc g my return—on acc t of public affair & mail— & Breck’s death—& had known it sh d
29211John Winn to Thomas Jefferson, 7 February 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I am in want of some lime for whitwasheing. M r Chisholem informs me you have some, if so and you can spare me about half a Bushell of that which is unslacked I shall be much Obliged if you have none unslacked that which is slacked will answer — I am RC ( MHi ); dateline at foot of text; addressed: “Tho Jefferson Esqr Montecello”; endorsed by TJ as received 7 Feb. 1810 and so recorded in SJL ....
29212To James Madison from William Woods, 6 February 1810 (Madison Papers)
William Woods Grocer of Baltimore having some time since had the pleasure of Presenting a cheese made in the place where the Noted Mammoth cheese was made to that great and good Man Thos. Jefferson Esqr. late president of the U. S. and also the honour of his Acceptance thereof Now presents his best respects to James Maddison President of the United States of America and begs he will please...
29213Eli Alexander to Thomas Jefferson, 6 February 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
yesterday at Montecelo , I omited to Consult you with respect to a pease of ground which I wish to Clear at shadwell , of about two or three acres. for the purpose of fire wood and rails. there is very little timber on it. owing in part to the Waggoners Commiting depredations when encamping at the place—as also rails taken from it at different times to repair the fenceing burnt by them. the...
29214Thomas Jefferson to Jonathan Shoemaker, 6 February 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
It has been a sincere affliction to me to be so importunate with you on the subject of my rents, but my necessities; which I only partly explained to you, have forced it on me. I inclose for your perusal two letters recieved by the last mail , which will shew you how sorely I am pressed, and that the urgencies I have stated to you were really less than the truth. be so good as to return the...
29215From James Madison to John Mitchell Mason, 5 February 1810 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your letter of the 29th. January. The Form of a Constn. delineated by Genl. Hamilton, & put by him into my hands, being among my papers in Virga. a copy of it cannot be furnished till I shall have made a trip thither. I shall then not fail to make good my promise. The general mass of manuscript materials which I possess relative to the Convention, being under the circumstances...
29216To James Madison from the Democratic Meeting of Muskingum County, Ohio, 5 February 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
5 February 1810, Zanesville. Resolutions express regret at “accumulated aggressions and insults from the Government of Great Britain” in the face of JM’s “forbearance and pacific overtures.” Meeting approves of president’s action regarding Francis James Jackson and declares “fullest confidence in the wisdom and integrity of the constituted authorities of our general Government (the government...
29217Thomas Jefferson to John Hollins, 5 February 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Your habits of kindness to me present you always first, when, wanting any thing from Baltimore , I look around for some one who will procure it for me. having made my last bow of Adieu to politicks, and emptied my head compleatly of all it’s concerns, I am become a mere farmer devoted to it from interest & inclination. we find plaister as beneficial to our lands as perhaps to any whatever, &...
29218John Breck Treat to Thomas Jefferson, 5 February 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
During a residence of the last five years at Arkansa , in Louisiana : I paid particular attention in making meteorological Observations—which being accomplished, I took the liberty to address them to you ; and by Mail forwarded the Same from this City, in August last . I wish Sir to know whether they have been receiv’d; and if So, whether you think they will an in any way be Sufficiently...
29219Wilson Cary Nicholas to Thomas Jefferson, 4 February 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I was excessively mortified two days ago, to find in my possession a letter written on the 20 th of Dec r in answer to your favour of the 16 th of that month . I am the more distressed lest you shou’d suppose from my silence I had not received as I ought the reproof it contained. Admonitions from you, I shall ever consider as proofs of your friendship and I beg you to be assured, there does...
29220William G. D. Worthington to Thomas Jefferson, 4 [February?] 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I presume to offer to your perusal a Speech—in which I have spoken of the late President of the U.S—with my sincerest and warmest feelings— I regret it is not in my power to present you with something more worthy of your attention—But I trust—that if it should not please, yet it will not offend you— RC ( MoSHi : TJC-BC ); probably misdated; addressed (torn): “ Thomas Jefferson Monticello...
29221To James Madison from Thomas McKean, 3 February 1810 (Madison Papers)
Permit me to introduce to your acquaintance Henry Pratt Esquire, an eminent merchant of this city, as my friend, and with whom I have a near family connexion: he is wealthy and a very benovelent [ sic ] citizen, and deservedly esteemed here. Mr; Pratt escorts Miss Elisa Pratt, his daughter, and Sophia Dorothea McKean, my daughter and only child in my family, to pay their respects to Mrs;...
29222To James Madison from John R. Smith, 3 February 1810 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Robert Smith one of the Directors of the Bank of the United States who will hand this letter to you, is one of a Committee appointed by the Bank to proceed to the Seat of Government on the Subject of the renewal of their Charter. He wishes Sir to pay his personal respects to you, & to communicate his sentiments freely on a Subject much involving the financial interests of the United States...
29223Receipt of Payment for Carriage Equipment, [3 February 1810] (Madison Papers)
1810 Coll. Robert Patten for the President of the United States, Dr, to Robert Fielding febr. 3. 1810 To 3 new full plated Globes for the Chariot 30,— six ℔ of the best wax canoles for do 4,80 a Case for do. & Porterage 2,— $36,80 Recd payment from Coll Patten Ms ( DLC ). Canole: a variant spelling of cannel, a hard bituminous coal that burns very brightly; also sometimes written channel
29224Joseph Milligan to Thomas Jefferson, 3 February 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Thomas Jefferson Bo t of J. Milligan 1 Sett Parents Assistant 3 vols Calf Gilt $3–00 I hope hop that you will pardon me if I have taken an unwarrantable liberty in sending you the Parents Assistant it is a little book that I have lately published particularly calculated for those that purchase parlour books for children and during your residence at Washington I had the honour of Executing...
29225To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 1 February 1810 (Adams Papers)
With this letter you will receive a bundle of Auroras, and another of the same size by the post of the next day—They are filled very much of late with our state politicks, but you will find many Columns still filled with complaints against Great Britain—so my son Richard tells me, for I assure you I have not read a Column in any one of them these six months. My wife asked me a few days ago...
29226To James Madison from William Bentley, 1 February 1810 (Madison Papers)
With the utmost care I conveyed the Letter to General Stark, & tho’ my importunity might be troublesome, it obtained for me a great pleasure. On the occasion, I find, the General has not so much of the Philosopher, as of the Good Old man. He felt with extasy, that he had a share in the affections of the man he reverenced as a rich Benefactor of his Country, & like Good Old Simeon, he...
29227From James Madison to the House of Representatives, 1 February 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
1 February 1810. Transmits a report of the secretary of war in response to House resolution of 22 Jan. RC and enclosures ( DNA : RG 233, President’s Messages). RC 1 p. Received by the House and referred to a select committee chaired by Thomas Newton, Jr., on 1 Feb.; ordered to be printed on 2 Feb. ( Annals of Congress Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States ... (42 vols.;...
29228From James Madison to the House of Representatives, 1 February 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
1 February 1810. Transmits a report of the secretary of the treasury in response to House resolution of 18 Jan. RC and enclosures ( DNA : RG 233, President’s Messages). RC 1 p. Received and tabled on 1 Feb. ( Annals of Congress Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States ... (42 vols.; Washington, 1834-56). , 11th Cong., 2d sess., 1367). Printed in ASP American State Papers:...
29229To James Madison from John Mason and Others, 1 February 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
1 February 1810. Recommends that Nathan Lufborough and Walter S. Chandler be appointed as magistrates for the northwest part of the county of Washington. RC ( DNA : RG 46, President’s Messages, Executive Nominations, 11B-A2). 1 p. Signed by Mason and twenty-one others. On 6 Feb. 1810 JM nominated Lufborough and Chandler to be justices of the peace for Washington County in the District of...
29230To James Madison from George Stevenson, 1 February 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
1 February 1810, Pittsburgh. Encloses vouchers for medical services he rendered that were disallowed by War Department. Although he admits that “public services should be rendered through regular channels, and by those duly authorized to perform the same,” he believes an exception “has been justified by necessity.” Precedents for such cases “are to be found in the Annals of our own...
29231William C. C. Claiborne to Thomas Jefferson, 1 February 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
In conformity to the request of the Legislative Council & House of Representatives of the Territory of Orleans , I have the honor to transmit you certain Resolutions , expressive of their high sence of “your long, faithful & important public services,” & of their grateful recollection of your interference in the case of the Bature , the preservation of which as a Public Common, is considered...
29232To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, January 1810 (Adams Papers)
Accept of my thanks for your last letter.—I enclose you a few numbers of the Aurora. Shall we descend in a Calm or a storm to the our Graves? We are told your son is gone to Petersburg to put a torch to the flame of War, and that we are to be Allies of France and of all the powers on the Baltic in it. Mr Jackson has just left our city. He has been visited & entertained by Some of our first...
29233Resolution of the Vestry of St. Matthew’s Church, January 1810 (Jay Papers)
The Vestry having deliberately heard and examined the Witnesses relative to the Reports in Circulation respecting M r . Feltch, together with his allegations and Remarks touching the same; proceeded to take the whole matter into Consideration: And having maturely and dispassionately considered it, they are of opinion, and do Resolve— That the Expressions used by M r . Feltch to M r . John F....
29234To James Madison from Robert Fulton, January 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
January 1810. In January 1809 at Kalorama, Joel Barlow’s District of Columbia estate, Fulton demonstrated his torpedo to JM, Jefferson, and members of Congress. Favorable response encourages him to present details of his experiments in France and England, which have enabled him to correct the torpedo’s past defects. Asserts that his invention will prevent the necessity of an expensive naval...
29235To James Madison from Jenkin Whiteside, [ca. January 1810] (Madison Papers)
As it is important to the interest of the United States and the inhabitants of the Territory of Louisiana, that a Suitable character Should be Selected for Governor of that Territory, I have taken the Liberty of naming to you Anthony Butler esquire —a Gentleman possessing Superior qualifications for that place to any that I have heard spoken of as candidates for it. Mr Butler formerly lived in...
29236From John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 31 January 1810 (Jay Papers)
I have rec d . your Letter of the 26 th ., and the Boxes of Plaister you sent by the Stage. They are much less in Size than those bought and sent by W m . Watkins— buy three or four more, while they may be had, and keep them for the present.— W m . has been confined by a Cough, which is better— when a little more so, he purposes to make you a visit; and by him I intend to send the Papers you...
29237From James Madison to the Chairman of the Republican Meeting of Washington County, Maryland, 31 January 1810 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your letter of the 25 enclosing the unanimous resolutions of a Meeting of Citizens of Washington County, at Hagers Town on the 20th. instant; approving the course lately taken by the Executive of the U. S. with respect to the British Minister Plenipotentiary, and pledging their support of the Constituted Authorities, in such Measures as may be required by the unjust conduct of the...
29238Caesar A. Rodney to Thomas Jefferson, 31 January 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Notwithstanding you have, with the purest motives, voluntarily retired, from a situation at once the most arduous, & the most exalted, in the gift of a free people, to the tranquil scenes of private life, you must feel even in retirement, at this eventful period, every anxious solicitude for the welfare of your beloved country, to whose service you have devoted many perilous & toilsome years....
29239Gilbert C. Russell to Thomas Jefferson, 31 January 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I have lately been inform’d that James Neely the Ag t to the Chickasaws with whom Gov r Lewis set off from this place has detain’d his pistols & perhaps some other of his effects for some claim he pretends to have upon his estate—He can have no just claim for any thing more than the expences of his interment unless he makes a charge for packing his Two Trunks from the Nation—And for that he...
29240From John Adams to Boston Patriot, 30 January 1810 (Adams Papers)
Amsterdam, July 13, 1781—transmitted to congress; “The following is an extract from the registry of the resolutions of their high mightinesses the states general of the United Provinces: Thursday, June 28, 1781. Heard the report of Messrs. de Linden, de Hemmen and other deputies of their high mightinesses for maritime affairs, having in consequence, and to obey their commissorial resolution of...
29241From James Madison to Alfred Madison, 30 January 1810 (Madison Papers)
I have recd two letters from you witht being able sooner to acknowledge either. I shall be glad to hear from you occasionally, and hope you will not infer the contrary from my silence which may otherwise be well explained. I find nothing in the Newspapers last out worth sending you. I will however have the National Intelligencer regularly forwarded to you for the six ensuing months, and it may...
29242To James Madison from William Eustis, 30 January 1810 (Madison Papers)
In obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22 Instant, I have the honor to transmit you the following returns, marked A. B & C. A. Exhibits a General return of the troops of the United states composing the Military peace establishment and the Additional military force, specifying the particular force of each Regiment and Corps, taken from the latest returns received by...
29243To James Madison from Benjamin Smith Barton, 30 January 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
30 January 1810, Philadelphia. Introduces his nephew, W. P. C. Barton, who holds a naval commission and “will never disgrace the important station in which you have been pleased to place him.” RC ( DLC ). 1 p. Docketed by JM. Benjamin Smith Barton, the eminent botanist, had recommended William Paul Crillon Barton for appointment as a naval surgeon. JM nominated him in June 1809 (B. S. Barton...
29244To James Madison from Albert Gallatin, 30 January 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
30 January 1810, Treasury Department. Transmits “copies of the instructions issued at several times by this Department with respect to foreign armed Ships or vessels within the waters of the United States” in response to the 18 Jan. resolution of the House of Representatives. RC and enclosures ( DNA : RG 233, President’s Messages). RC 1 p. In a clerk’s hand, signed by Gallatin. Enclosures 15...
29245To James Madison from John Mitchell Mason, 29 January 1810 (Madison Papers)
I did myself the honour of calling to pay my respects the evening previous to my leaving Washington, but was not fortunate enough to find you at home. Your note of the 12th. inst., with its enclosure, was handed to me immediately on my arrival at my own house, which was the latter end of last week. I pray you to accept my thanks for the obliging manner in which you were pleased to communicate...
29246To James Madison from John Tyler, 29 January 1810 (Madison Papers)
Agreeable to your desire I have enclos’d a Draft on the Bank of Columbia for 257$ 22 Cts. The balance remaining in our Bank I suppose may be applied to our State Use; but as I am uninform’d on the Subject except from you, I shall for a while suspend the Application of it. Nothing new here, but that our assembly has the Palsy as well as Congress. However, this week resolutions will be mov’d on...
29247To James Madison from Charles Haumont, 29 January 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
29 January 1810, Sapelo Island. Fears that the book manuscript [mentioned in his 25 Apr. 1809 letter to JM ] that he sent from Savannah on 5 July has miscarried. The president has not acknowledged it; hence his anxiety. His hope was that JM would recommend the work, for since illness and old age now plague him, he needs the benefits derived from a presidential endorsement. Refers to his...
29248To James Madison from Robert Williams, 29 January 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
29 January 1810, Lenox Castle, North Carolina. Seeks appointment for his brother, Marmaduke Williams, who has moved to Madison County, Mississippi Territory. Since Congress is considering a new federal judgeship in that territory, hopes his brother can be considered. “Permit me the liberty to say that his family consists of a wife whom you know, five small children, and about 12 Slaves Clear...
29249Executive Pardon, 29 January 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
29 January 1810, Washington. JM grants “a full and entire pardon” to five enlisted men court-martialed at New Orleans and Terre aux Boeufs between April and July 1809 and sentenced to be “shot to Death.” Tr ( DNA : RG 107, LSMA ). 1 p.
29250Executive Pardon, 29 January 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
29 January 1810, Washington. JM grants a general pardon to all army deserters who “shall within four months from the date hereof surrender themselves to the Commanding Officer” of a military post. Tr ( DNA : RG 107, LSMA ). 1 p.