51301From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate and the House of Representatives, 22 November 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I communicate for information a copy of the speech of Arthur St. Clair , governor of the territory N.W. of the Ohio, delivered to the Convention assembled under the act of Congress for enabling that territory to form a constitution & for it’s admission into the union, which copy has been transmitted to me through authentic channels. This outrage on the justice and wisdom of the National...
51302From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate and the House of Representatives, 26 February 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
Some statements have been lately recieved of the causes decided or depending in the courts of the Union, in certain states, supplementary, or corrective of those, from which was formed the general statement accompanying my message at the opening of the session. I, therefore, communicate them to Congress, with a report of the Secretary of State, noting their effect on the former statement, and...
51303Report on Petition of John Mangnall, 14 November 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
The Secretary of State, to whom was referred by the Senate of the United States, the petition of John Mangnall, has had the same under consideration, and thereupon makes the following Report. He finds that Congress, on the application of the petitioner, resolved on the 27th. day of September, 1780, that the profit of the capture of the Dover cutter should be divided among the captors, and that...
51304V. Secretary of State to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 29 December 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
I have now the honour of submitting to the House of Representatives a Report on the navigation and commerce of the United states in the Mediterranean, which they were pleased to refer to me. I think it my duty to suggest to the consideration of the house whether it may not be proper to forbid any copy of this report, either printed or manuscript, to be taken; and whether the habitual...
51305From Thomas Jefferson to the House of Representatives, 5 January 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Agreeably to the request of the House of Representatives I now transmit a statement of the militia of those states from which any returns have been made to the War-office. they are, as you will percieve, but a small proportion of the whole. I send you also the copy of a circular letter written some time since for the purpose of obtaining returns from all the states. should any others, in...
51306From Thomas Jefferson to the House of Representatives, 20 February 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieve Gentlemen with profound thankfulness, this testimony of confidence from the great representative council of our nation . it fills up the measure of that grateful satisfaction which had already been derived from the suffrages of my fellow citizens themselves, designating me as one of those to whom they were willing to commit this charge, the most important of all others to them. In...
51307From Thomas Jefferson to the House of Representatives, 3 February 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
The inclosed letters and affidavits exhibiting matter of complaint against John Pickering District judge of New Hampshire which is not within executive cognisance, I transmit them to the House of Representatives, to whom the constitution has confided a power of instituting proceedings of redress, if they shall be of opinion that the case calls for them. RC ( DNA : RG 233, PM , 7th Cong., 2d...
51308From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate and the House of Representatives, 27 January 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I lay before you the accounts of our Indian trading houses , as rendered up to the 1st. day of January 1801. with a report of the Secretary at War thereon, explaining the effects and the situation of that commerce, and the reasons in favor of it’s further extension. but it is believed that the act authorising this trade expired so long ago as the 3d of March 1799. it’s revival therefore as...
51309From Thomas Jefferson to the House of Representatives, 23 February 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
In further compliance with the desire of the House of Representatives, expressed in their resolution of Dec. 31. I now transmit the Report and map of Isaac Briggs, referred to in my message of the 1st. instant, and recieved by the last post from New Orleans. RC ( DNA : RG 233, PM , 8th Cong., 2d sess.); date altered from 22 Feb.; endorsed by a House clerk. PoC ( DLC ); dated 22 Feb. Recorded...
51310From James Madison to the House of Representatives, 3 March 1813 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
3 March 1813. “Conformably to the Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 27th of January last I transmit ‘Rolls of the persons having office or employment of a public nature under the United States.’” RC and enclosure ( DNA : RG 233, President’s Messages, 12A-D1). RC 1 p. In Edward Coles’s hand, signed by JM. Printed with the enclosure as Message from the President of the United...
51311From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate and the House of Representatives, 2 February 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I now lay before you 1. a return of Ordnance , arms, & military stores the property of the US. 2. returns of muskets & bayonets fabricated at the armouries of the US. at Springfield & Harper’s ferry, and of the expenditures at those places: and 3. an estimate of expenditures which may be necessary for fortifications and barracks for the present year. Besides the permanent magazines established...
51312From James Madison to the House of Representatives, 31 January 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
31 January 1811. Transmits a report of the secretary of war in compliance with the House resolution of 21 Jan. 1811. Printed copy and enclosures ( Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting a Return of the Army … [Washington, 1811; Shaw and Shoemaker R. R. Shaw and R. H. Shoemaker, comps., American Bibliography: A Preliminary Checklist for 1801–1819 (22 vols. to date; New...
51313From James Madison to the House of Representatives, 28 December 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
28 December 1810. Communicates a report from the secretary of state in compliance with the House resolution of 21 Dec. 1810. RC and enclosure ( DNA : RG 233, President’s Messages, 11A-D1). RC 1 p. In a clerk’s hand, signed by JM. Enclosure (21 pp.) is a 28 Dec. report with three sections, marked A, B, and C, on the duties imposed by France on imports carried in American vessels (printed in ASP...
51314From James Madison to the House of Representatives, 16 December 1809 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
16 December 1809. In response to a 13 Dec. House resolution, transmits extracts from the correspondence of the U.S. minister at London. RC and enclosures ( DNA : RG 233, President’s Messages). RC 1 p. In a clerk’s hand, signed and dated by JM. Enclosures (21 pp.) are a “Brief account of an un-official conversation between Mr. Canning and Mr. Pinkney on the 18th. of January 1809, continued on...
51315From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate and the House of Representatives, 17 February 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I lay before both houses of Congress, for their information, the report from the Director of the Mint now inclosed. RC ( DNA : RG 46 , LPPM , 7th Cong., 1st sess.); entirely in TJ’s hand; date reworked by TJ from 16 to 17 Feb.; endorsed by a Senate clerk. PrC ( DLC ). RC ( DNA : RG 233 , PM
51316From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate and the House of Representatives, 16 February 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I now transmit a statement of the expences incurred by the US. in their transactions with the the Barbary powers , and a Roll of the persons having office or employment under the US. as was proposed in my messages of December the 7th. and 22d. neither is as perfect as could have been wished; and the latter not so much so as further time & enquiry may enable us to make it. The great volume of...
51317From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate and the House of Representatives, 18 February 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
In a message of the 2d. instant, I inclosed a letter from the Secretary at War on the subject of certain lands in the neighborhood of our military posts, on which it might be expedient for the legislature to make some provisions. a letter recently recieved from the Governor of Indiana presents some further views of the extent to which such provision may be needed. I therefore now transmit it...
51318From James Madison to the House of Representatives, 14 January 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
14 January 1811. Transmits copies of the documents requested in the resolution of 4 Jan. 1811. RC and enclosure ( DNA : RG 233, President’s Messages, 11A-D1); Tr ( DNA : RG 46, Legislative Proceedings, 11A-E3). RC 1 p. In a clerk’s hand, signed by JM. For enclosure, a printed copy of JM’s proclamation of 2 Nov. 1810 and a Treasury Department circular to customs collectors dated 2 Nov. 1810,...
51319From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate and the House of Representatives, 25 February 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
No occasion having arisen, since the last account rendered by my predecessor, of making use of any part of the monies heretofore granted to defray the contingent charges of the government, I now transmit to Congress an official statement thereof to the 31st. day of December last, when the whole unexpended balance, amounting to 20,911. D 80 c was carried to the credit of the Surplus fund, as...
51320From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate and the House of Representatives, 11 January 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I now communicate to you, a memorial of the Commissioners for the City of Washington together with a letter of later date, which, with their memorial of Jan: 28: 1801 . will possess the legislature fully of the state of the public interests, & of those of the city of Washington, confided to them. The monies now due, & soon to become due to the State of Maryland, on the loan guarantied by the...
51321From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate and the House of Representatives, 24 February 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I communicate to both houses of Congress a Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the subject of our Marine hospitals , which appear to require legislative attention . As connected with the same subject, I also inclose information respecting the situation of our seamen and boatmen frequenting the port of New Orleans, and suffering there from sickness & the want of accomodation. there is...
51322From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate and the House of Representatives, 22 December 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I now inclose sundry documents supplementary to those communicated to you with my message at the commencement of the session. two others , of considerable importance, the one relating to our transactions with the Barbary powers , the other presenting a view of the offices of the government , shall be communicated as soon as they can be compleated. RC ( DNA : RG 233 , PM , 7th Cong., 1st...
51323Massachusetts Delegates to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 21 May 1777 (Adams Papers)
Mr. Gorham and Mr. Russel, Agents of the Town of Charlestown, have presented to Congress a Petition from the unfortunate Inhabitants of that Place, praying for a Compensation for their Losses. The Petition was drawn in very decent and handsome Terms, containing a lively Description of the Distresses to which the unhappy Petitioners are reduced, from a State of Ease and Affluence; and the...
51324I. To the House of Representatives, 30 December 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
In addition to the information accompanying my message of the 22d. instant, I now transmit the copy of a letter on the same subject recently recieved. PrC ( DLC ). Tr ( DNA : RG 233 , journals, 7th Cong., 2d sess.); in the “supplemental journal” appended at the end of the session (see Editorial Note). Enclosures: (1) William C. C. Claiborne to Madison, Natchez, 25 Nov. 1802; he sends a copy,...
51325From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate and the House of Representatives, 21 October 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
In my communication to you , of the 17th. instant, I informed you that conventions had been entered into, with the government of France, for the cession of Louisiana to the United States. these, with the advice & consent of the Senate, having now been ratified, & my ratification exchanged for that of the First Consul of France in due form, they are communicated to you for consideration in your...
51326From James Madison to Samuel House, 29 May 1784 (Madison Papers)
I have just recd. your favor of the 18 inst: inclosing one from my amiable friend Mrs. Trist. I feel pathetically for her in case she should have proceeded down the river before the news of Mr. Trist’s death got to Fort Pitt. The situation in which she will find herself at the end of her voyage bereft of the object of her pursuit, and surrounded wholly by strangers whose very language will be...
51327[From Thomas Jefferson to Samuel House, 1 July 1784] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Boston, 1 July 1784 . Entry in SJL reads: “S. House inclosing the bill as above” (this entry is immediately below that for TJ’s letter to Madison of this date, q.v.). Not found.]
51328[From Thomas Jefferson to Samuel House, 5 December 1783] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Annapolis, 5 Dec. 1783 . Entry in SJL reads: “Mr. Hou. enq. pri. copg. mach.” Expanded, this probably means “enquiring the price of a copying machine.” Since this is the earliest allusion to TJ’s interest in mechanical copying devices, it is most unfortunate that the letter has not been found. Samuel House, son of the Mrs. House with whom TJ lodged in Philadelphia in 1782 and 1783, and...
51329[From Thomas Jefferson to Samuel House, 20 April 1784] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Annapolis, 20 Apr. 1784. Entry in SJL reads: “S. House. Whether Harrison’s bill on Holker for 96. D. was paid into bank.” Not found.]
51330From Thomas Jefferson to Samuel House, 18 August 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favour of May 28. came to hand the 22d. Ultimo. I have spoken with some merchants of this place and endeavoured to shew them that it would be worth their while to try some commercial adventures to America, the disposal of which I would have endeavoured to procure for you. But this place carries on no distant commerce, but in their modes and other trifles: and the tales of want of faith...
51331[From Thomas Jefferson to Samuel House, 18 February 1784] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Annapolis, 18 Feb. 1784 . Entry in SJL reads: “S. House inclosing Harrison’s bill on Holker in favor Monroe for 96. D. to be paid into the bank.” Letter and enclosure not found.]
51332[From Thomas Jefferson to Samuel House, 1 February 1784] (Jefferson Papers)
[ Annapolis, 1 Feb. 1784 . Entry in SJL reads: “S. House. Books from B. & G.—probable course of Congress.” Not found.]
51333From Thomas Jefferson to James Houston, 10 February 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his salutations to mr Houston, and in compliance with the desire expressed in his letter of the 4th. returns him his journal. he is happy that mr Houston has got into the hands of the person who is certainly the most able he could have found in the unfortunate complaint under which he labours. with respect to any application to Congress, it would be inefficient, because...
51334From George Washington to William Churchill Houston, 20 January 1780 (Washington Papers)
I have been honored with yours of the 14th with the Act of Congress to which it refers. As Congress in their instructions to me have not determined whether the settlement and payment of the accounts of the troops of Convention shall be previous to, or be any ways involved in the subject of the proposed negociation—I have taken the liberty, in consequence of your letter, to request their...
51335From John Adams to William Churchill Houston, 17 September 1780 (Adams Papers)
Last night Mr. Dana arrived here, from Paris and brought me your Favour of the 11. of July. You cannot imagine, Sir how much Pleasure, this Letter gave me. I shall make a good Use of this and every other authentic Information, in order to prevent the unfavourable Impressions, you are aware of. It has been my greatest Affliction Since I have been in Europe that I have had so seldom Letters from...
51336From James Madison to Charles Pitt Howard, 11 September 1805 (Madison Papers)
I was presented a few days ago with a sample of Wheat from Buenos Ayres, and of Barley from Old Spain. Being deprived of the opportunity of putting them into the ground myself, I know not that I can dispose of them better than into your hands. I have no particular reason to suppose that either has any peculiar merit; but it may be the case; or they may improve by a change of climate. Such...
51337From John Adams to Hosea Howard, 23 June 1798 (Adams Papers)
I thank you for your address, presented to me, by your Representative in Congress Mr: Cochran— It is very true, that our evolutionary contest, acquainted us with our strength, and convinced us, that nothing less, than our Independence, could save this Country from a condition of existence, disgraceful and degraded below the Character of Freemen—But we should remember for our consolation, that...
51338From John Adams to John Howard, 16 March 1783 (Adams Papers)
I have just rec d. the letter you did me the honor to write me on the 26 th. ult:. You could not have applied to a person, less acquainted with the subject of lands. I know not where the best, & cheapest at the same time, are to be found: Indeed I should think it most prudent, for the man who wishes to purchase, to go to the Country first & enquire—and not to be in haste. There are Lands...
51339From Alexander Hamilton to John Eager Howard, 5 December 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
It appearing to me, that the attention of the Legislature of Maryland may be necessary to the removal of an inconvenience under which the subscribers of the debt of that state now lie, I do myself the honor to make the requisite communication to your Excellency. The 18th. section of the act making provision for the debt of the United States suspends the payment of interest in respect to the...
51340From George Washington to John Eager Howard, 19 November 1795 (Washington Papers)
It may seem strange to those, not acquainted with circumstances, that the office of State should be so long vacant; but causes, not within my power to controul, have occasioned it. I have, at length, proposed to Colo. Pickering, to go from the War office into that of State, & he has agreed to do so: this, of course makes a vacancy in the former. Permit me, to ask you Sir to fill it. I shall...
51341From George Washington to John Eager Howard, 30 April 1797 (Washington Papers)
Not sending to the Post office in Alexandria with the regularity I used to do (while I was in the discharge of public duties) I did not receive your favor of the 10th instant so soon as I should otherwise have done; & is the reason why the acknowledgment of it has been delayed. I thank you for making the enquiries relative to the Cattle of Mr Gough, wch you have taken the trouble to detail;...
51342From George Washington to John Eager Howard, 25 August 1793 (Washington Papers)
It is not my usual custom to answer letters of application or recommendation for an office; because, having made it a point to keep myself free from any colour of engagement so long as an office may be vacant, I have thought it best to say nothing that might raise the expectation or depress the hope of the Candidates. But so numerous and respectable have been the applications and...
51343From George Washington to John Eager Howard, 30 November 1795 (Washington Papers)
I have been duly favored with your letters of the 23d & 26th instant from Annapolis. The first, was received with regret. the second, assuredly with pleasure; for while I am resolved that no mis-representations, falsehoods or calumnies, shall make me swerve from what I conceive to be the streight line of my duty—and while I have suffered the various attempts to destroy all confidence in my...
51344From George Washington to John Eager Howard, 25 March 1790 (Washington Papers)
You will receive with this a Medal struck by order of the late Congress in commemoration of your much approved conduct in the battle of the Cowpens—and presented to you as a mark of the high sense which your Country entertains of your services on that occasion. This Medal was put into my hands by Mr Jefferson; and it is with singular pleasure that I now transmit it to you.I am, with very great...
51345From George Washington to John Eager Howard, 21 December 1790 (Washington Papers)
I have had the honor to receive your Excellency’s letter of the 5th of November, enclosing a certificate of the late election of Representatives for the State of Maryland in the Congress of the United States, which certificate I have caused to be delivered to Mr Beckley, Clerk of the House of Representatives. With due consideration I have the honor to be, yr Excellency’s most Obedt Sert Copy,...
51346From George Washington to John Eager Howard, 2 February 1789 (Washington Papers)
I have been duly honored with your polite favor of the 23d Ulto enclosing you[r] Excellency’s proclamation of the Representatives and Electors returning by the State of Maryland. The whole number of Representatives being federal and the large majority by which they were chosen, is the most decisive proof that could be given of the attachment of the people of your State to the general...
51347From Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Howard, 8 April 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
Age & ill health have obliged me to commit all my affairs to the care of my grandson Th: J. R. and most especially the managemt of the Lottery with which I have been indulged. he is at this time gone on to the North, probably will reach N.Y. tomorrow where he will make and publish his final arrangemts. these therefore you will learn sooner than myself. he had some expectns of proceeding as far...
51348From James Madison to Joseph Howard, 9 February 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
9 February 1802, Department of State. Acknowledges Howard’s letter of [27] Jan. concerning the seizure of his property at Trujillo. “As instructions have been given to our Minister at Madrid to endeavour to effect an agreement with the Spanish Government for the establishment of a Board of Commissioners to ascertain the losses which our commercial citizens have sustained during the war, it...
51349From George Washington to Bezaleel Howe, 9 November 1783 (Washington Papers)
You will take charge of the Waggons which contain my baggage; and with the Escort proceed with them to Virginia, and deliver the baggage at my house—ten Miles below Alexandria. As you know they contain all my Papers which are of immense value to me, I am sure it is unnecessary to request your particular attention to them—but as you will have several ferries to pass and some of them wide...
51350Lord Howe to Caroline Howe, [17 February 1775] (Franklin Papers)
AL and copy: Library of Congress While Franklin was preparing his drafts for the discussion with Barclay and Fothergill on the 17th, he received his first word in weeks from Lord Howe, who asked through his sister to see him. They met the next morning; the Admiral explained that he expected to be sent to the colonies as a commissioner to arrange a reconciliation, and wanted Franklin to go with...