89281James Leander Cathcart to James Madison, 11 August 1834 (Madison Papers)
We had heard of your indisposition with sympathy & regret, & of your recovery with sincere pleasure. Associations which recall remembrances of passed events for the space of thirty eight years in more happy days, are not easily effaced from the memory, however time rank, & distance, may weaken the impression— Manners & customs are strangely altered in this disfranchised Metropolis of the...
89282To James Madison from John Smith, 26 July 1810 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor of transmitting herewith a copy of Govr. Harrison’s letter of the 11th. Inst. and of stating that a similar copy will, by this day’s mail, be forwarded to the Secretary of War at New York, to follow him from thence to Boston, should he have proceeded for that place. I am with perfect respect Sir, Your Ob. servt 11 July 1810, Vincennes. Has received a letter from John Johnston,...
89283To James Madison from Thomas McKean Thompson, 19 December 1807 (Madison Papers)
I am directed by the Governor to transmit to you the inclosed letter from George A. Cope, who states himself and ten others to be, at the time of writing it, confined on board an english vessel of war in the West Indies. I have the honor to be, with great respect, Sir, Your obedient Servant, PHarH .
89284To James Madison from William Reed, 14 February 1818 (Madison Papers)
Haveing served as a Deputy Collector in the 6th collection District in Massachusetts under Joseph Howard Esq. and at the time I agreed with him, he agreed to allow me the same commissions as goverment allowed him but we did not enter into any written agreement respecting it, but he now does not recollect any such agreement. But believing as I do that he reppresented to your Honner, in and...
89285To James Madison from John Gavino, 25 June 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From John Gavino. 25 June 1806, Gibraltar. No. 27. “I have not been honourd with any of your favours since my respects No. 26 [ sic ] under date 16th: Inst: by which you will have seen that Capn. Rodgers, the Gun Boats & other State Vessels had returnd for the U. S. Those that remain are the Hornett, now at Malaga with the Constitution, the former I am advised is going aloft, where the...
89286To James Madison from Tobias Lear, 19 August 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
19 August 1801, Cap Français. No. 7. Takes advantage of Stevens’s delayed departure to relay word that two British frigates appeared off the harbor on 17 Aug. One frigate boarded, then released, American schooner Commerce as it entered port. Has not heard of their capturing any American vessels, although several left earlier. Encloses an order from Toussaint halting payments from the treasury...
89287From Joseph Stanton to James Madison, 22 December 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
I herewith Transmit, for your Consideration The inclosed Letters Re c omending Mr. Wm S. Shaw as a suitable person for Consul of the Island of Medeira—I am not personally acquainted with the Gentleman, But am with his two Recomenders the Robinsons, they are Respectable Merchants of the City of New York, which Induces me to Join them in Soliciting your Interest for this appointment I am with...
89288To James Madison from James Smith, 26 November 1814 (Madison Papers)
Permit Me to present My respects, and grant Me the liberty to trespass on your attention a few Moments. On the 28. of May 1800 I had the honour to bear a lieutenants Commission in the U.S. Navy, and attachd. to the U.S. Brig Generel pinckney, Under the Command of George Cross Esqr, and Samuel Haywood the latter, as second officer. The Brig pinckney being sold from the service, I got permission...
89289To James Madison from Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., 3 March 1809 (Madison Papers)
In compliance with a request of the Legislature of this State, I have the honor to transmit the inclosed Resolutions which have been passed by them during their Session which is just now closed. With great Consideration & respect I have the honor to be Sir Your Obed. & humle. Servant DLC : Papers of James Madison.
89290To James Madison from William C. C. Claiborne, 5 January 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
5 January 1805, New Orleans. “I now enclose you the Correspondence between the Marquis of Casa Calvo and myself, upon the Subject of his Guard. I had not considered this Guard as an object of serious concern; it was small and for Some time did not seem to excite disquietude among the Citizens. “I was certainly impressed with an opinion that the Marquis could not maintain his Guard as a Matter...
89291To James Madison from Robert W. Fox, 2 August 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Robert W. Fox. 2 August 1805, Falmouth. “Be pleased to receive enclosed a List of American Shipping arrived in this District for the last 6 Months ending the 25 June [not found]—many other ships have touched off this port, but having received orders to proceed to foreign ports, particular[l]y to Holland, France &c⟨e⟩;. I had it not in my power to procure the particulars. “The Seamen in...
89292To James Madison from St. George Tucker, 27 January 1813 (Madison Papers)
I have this moment concluded an official Letter to the Secretary of State, notifying my Acceptance of the Commission which by your direction was sent to me from his office the last week. In that Letter I took the Liberty of offering you my respectful acknowledgements for what I deemed a testimonial of your approbation and Confidence; but the sense I entertain of your Conduct on this Occasion...
89293To James Madison from B. H. Cuthbert, 29 July 1808 (Madison Papers)
The perplexity in which I am placed, I hope will atone for any defect. As, Sir, you hold the honorable station that now will justify my writing, and undoubtedly soon will be the Executive who may be further impowered to act, I have presumed to intrude on your attention a circumstance which may be of service to our Country In event of a war with England, Canada presents to us the first object...
89294To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 11 December 1801 (Madison Papers)
I transmit you in course the Leyden Gazettes to this date. Nothing can be added with propriety at this moment to the Contents of the public papers in regard to the political state of Europe, which may undergo material Changes by the Congresses which are about to meet at Amiens Ratisbon & Lyons. The Winter will however most probably pass over before their deliberations are matured & made known....
89295To James Madison from James H. Hooe, [16?] October 1810 (Madison Papers)
I delivered to Mr. Eno the two Ewes allotted to you by Mr Jarvis, which he selected out of the whole Flock recd. by the Ship Citizen. I have this day delivered to him the two other Ewes which he selected out of the same Flock, next after yours. The Freight of your two Ewes is Six Dollars each, and I estimate your propo: of the expences attending them since they were landed, at one dollar. You...
89296From Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 1 April 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of the 27th. is recieved. I put Lattimore’s letter into my bundle of Agenda to be acted on in due time. Monroe’s, Pinckney’s & Jarvis’s are now returned. I suspect that Pinckney gives us the true design of Gr. Br. to be to oust the French & Dutch from our quarter & leave the Spaniards & Portuguese. it is possible she would rather see these two last in possession of the Southern continent...
89297To James Madison from John Graham, 31 July 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From John Graham. 31 July 1806, Dumfries. “Before I had the Honor to receive your Letter of the 28th Inst. I had written to Governor Claiborne, that I understood permission would be given him to visit the Seat of Government this winter, and begged if he wished to avail himself of this permission, that he would advise me accordingly, and I would immediately, on the receipt of his Letter...
89298To James Madison from David Lenox, 12 October 1801 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor to write you the 25th of July & 15th. Ultimo, the former enclosing Abstract of my Applications for the discharge of Seamen for the quarter ending the 30th. of June, together with a List of Seamen detained on the ground of their having no Documents to prove their Citizenship, & the latter enclosing certain documents relative to my Official situation required by your Letter of...
89299To James Madison from Alexander Balmain, 8 December 1794 (Madison Papers)
I wrote you, as I said I would, by Mr. Adam Douglass one of our Merchants, but, to my great Mortification, he did not deliver the letter, & brought it back to me. I waited on Doctor Baldwin with the money you left in my hands as a compensation for his Professional Services. The Doctor said it was perfectly satisfactory, & that he had made no charge against you upon his books. I am now to thank...
89300To James Madison from Anthony Merry, 29 November 1806 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Anthony Merry. 29 November 1806, Alexandria. “Mr Merry requests of Mr Madison to accept, with his best Respects, his Acknowledgments for the Passport which he had the Honor to receive this Morning, and particularly for the obliging Expressions with which Mr Madison has had the Goodness to accompany it [not found]. “He thinks it right to mention that, in Consequence of the unfavorable...
89301To James Madison from William Madison, 15 February 1815 (Madison Papers)
I promised myself much satisfaction in stayg with you a few days on my return from Maryland, but the Enemy having ascended the Rappahanock and my recg orders to march to meet them produced a different arrangement. After crossing the Potomac it was ascertained that the enemy had decended the river. Genl Scott then directed me to proceed to Fredbg and discharge the troops. I cannot express to...
89302To James Madison from Thomas Truxtun, 15 September 1805 (Madison Papers)
Mr Robert Smith Secy of the Navy and myself have lately had a private correspondence explanatory of a misunderstanding or misconception between us, in consequence of my not having a Captain, or as I first proposed to him knowing that the Law for the peace establishment limitted the Number to Nine—a Lieutenant Commandant to Command under the Commodores broad pendnant [ sic ] his Ship, as Morris...
89303To James Madison from Turell Tufts, 11 May 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
11 May 1804, Surinam. “It has again become my duty to communicate to your department another change of the Govt. of this Colony. It capitulated on the fourth Instant to Sir Charles Green & Samuel Hood Esq Commanders in Chief of the B. Forces. Inclosed you will find a Paper contg. the capitulation. I shall take the earliest oppy to inform you of the new regulations when they are made known.”...
89304To James Madison from Josef Yznardy, 12 September 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
12 September 1804, Cádiz. “The anteceding is Copy of what I had the pleasure of addressing you; contents confirm I have now to communicate you that the Sickness at Malaga, has proved to be quite Malignant, and the day the Post left it, upwards of 400 Inhabitants were swept off, and what is worse it is already spread in the Kingdom of Granada, Velez Malaga & other Places. “We have had such a...
89305To James Madison from James Monroe, 12 July 1785 (Madison Papers)
I enclose a copy of the journals so far as they are printed. They contain nothing you will find respecting the requisition nor the commercial interests of the Union. The former upon the report of a committee hath been frequently before Congress of late and as often recommitted, in which state it now lies. As the principal part of the debt which in other States forms a part of the present...
89306To James Madison from Thomas Aborn, 28 June 1802 (Madison Papers)
I have to inform you of my arrival from Cayenne, which place I left on the 9th. of April last. On my arrival at that Port which was on the 5th. Feby. 1802 I waited upon the Governor Victor Hugues and acquainted him of my appointment as Vice Commercial Agent of the United States for the Port of Cayenne &c. The Governor observed to me that he was not authorised to receive an Agent from the...
89307To James Madison from William Jarvis, 1 September 1807 (Madison Papers)
In reading over the foregoing copies, the originals of which I had the honor to address you the 20th & 24th Ultimo, I find that in my haste I have fallen into some inaccuracies of expression, which I have partly taken the liberty to rectify. I imagine that my surmise of money being the principal object of the supposed late demand was not far out of the way, or at least that it has been...
89308From Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 5 November 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Will you consider whether a copy of the inclosed sent to each head of department would be best, or to avail myself of your kind offer to speak to them. my only fear as to the latter is that they might infer a want of confidence on my part. but you can decide on sounder views of the subject than my position may admit. [if] you prefer the letter, modify any expressions which you may think need...
89309To James Madison from Tobias Lear, 19 July 1803 (Madison Papers)
Since I had the pleasure of writing to you this forenoon, I have been favored with your acceptable letter of the 12th. inst. with its enclosures, for which I am much obliged. I have been on board the Constitution since writing to you in the morning; and am fully convinced that she will not be ready to sail until the 10th of Augt. Captn. Preble appears to be making every exertion to get the...
89310To James Madison from David Howell, 28 November 1810 (Madison Papers)
The Letter to our mutual friend, of which copy is enclosed was intended to bear on Subjects of instant concern: & lest its effect should be delayed by the Distance from Washington to Monticello I have thus far trespassed on the forms of proceeding. That you may learn the manner in which I discharged the high trust confided to me by General Washington in his lifetime I have enclosed copy of a...