52701To James Madison from Robert R. Livingston, 3 March 1803 (Madison Papers)
You will receive with this Duplicates of two letters which contain a general Statement of our affairs here—this is merely to inform you that I have received your letter of the 18th Jany in which you notify me of Mr Munroe’s appointment. I Shall do every thing in my power to pave the way for him, & Sincerely wish his mission may be attended with the desired effect; it will however cut off one...
52702From James Madison to Albert Gallatin, 3 March 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
3 March 1803, Department of State. Requests a warrant for $150 in favor of Meeker, Denman, and Company of Philadelphia to satisfy a draft of William Henry Harrison for seals for the Indiana Territory, to be issued and paid out of the appropriation for contingent expenses of the State Department. RC ( InHi ); letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, DL , vol. 14). RC 1 p. In a clerk’s hand, signed by JM.
52703To James Madison from William C. C. Claiborne, 3 March 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
3 March 1803 , “ Near Natchez .” Has received JM’s 17 Jan. letter enclosing one from the Spanish minister to the intendant, which he forwarded to Hũlings with a copy of JM’s letter. The enclosed copy [not found] of a proclamation “lately issued at Orleans by the Intendant” will show how successful the steps taken to revoke the ban on the deposit have been. “The Port is now partially open, but...
52704To James Madison from James Ross, 3 March 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
3 March 1803, Washington. Encloses a consular act relative to the capture of the schooner Good Hope of Boston, “which may be Useful, if hereafter an Arrangement should be made with spain for payment of Spoliations of this description.” The act also confirms the statement of Joseph Dunlap and others sent to JM from Pittsburgh “last Summer.” RC and enclosure ( DNA : RG 76, Spain, Treaty of 1819,...
52705To James Madison from Thomas Sumter, 3 March 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
3 March 1803. “I find by a Conversation I have Just had with Mr. Leonard that he will accept of the place of Veice Consol [ sic ] to Barcelona.… His business appears urgent & his hopes Strong that the Executive Will Soon Gain farther Confidence in his Integrity, & ability. If it Should be agreable to Let him hear from you on this Subject, before it be Long, it will Lay him under the highest...
52706Chancery Court Decree in the Case between James Madison and William Madison and Others, 3 March 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
3 March 1803, Richmond. “In the high Court of Chancery for the Richmond District Between James Madison Plaintiff and William Madison son and acting executor of James Madison deceased, Nelly Madison widow of the said James Madison, Isaac Hite and Nelly his wife, Thomas Macon and Sarah his wife, Robert H Rose and Frances Taylor his wife which said William, Nelly Hite, Sarah Macon and Frances...
52707To Thomas Jefferson from Joseph Anderson, 3 March 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
In pursueance of an act regulating the grants of land, and provideing for the disposal of the lands of the United States, South of the State of Tennessee—Commissioners are to be appointed to determine Certain Individual claims therein Specify’d—Some Considerations induce me to inform you—that I will accept the appointment of one of the Commissioners, who are to set on that business, in the...
52708To Thomas Jefferson from John Bacon, 3 March 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
J Bacon presents his respectful regards to the President of the United States—wishes him a long, a useful, and a happy life—that he may be richly endowed with that wisdom which is from above, with that prudence which is profitable to direct, and with that integrity and uprightness which shall still preserve him; and that as his day is, so may his strength be. RC ( DLC ); addressed: “The...
52709From Thomas Jefferson to William Dunbar, 3 March 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 5th. of Jan. has been duly recieved, and I have to return you thanks for the two vocabularies. the memoir of mr Durald has been forwarded to the Philosophical society . we shall be happy to see your history of the Missisipi compleated, as it is becoming one of the most interesting parts of our country, the only one where some of the Tropical productions can be numbered among...
52710To Thomas Jefferson from Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 3 March 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Je vous remercie, comme Philosophe pacifique, comme Français, et comme ami très chaud des Etats unis d’avoir mis en négociation l’affaire de la Louisiane. Je pense qu’elle sera terminée à votre satisfaction, même avant l’arrivée de Mr. Munroë. J’en ai raisonné fortement de vive voix et par écrit plusieurs fois avec Mr. de Talleyrand et en dernier lieu avec le Consul Le Brun . Le Gouvernement...