From James Madison to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 5 January 1802 (Abstract)
§ To the Speaker of the House of Representatives
5 January 1802, Department of State. In response to the 24 Dec. resolution of the House of Representatives,1 encloses a table of the comparative duties paid in British ports on goods imported there in American, foreign, and British vessels since 5 Jan. 1798.
RC and enclosure (DNA: RG 233, Reports and Communications from the Secretary of State, 7A-E1.1); Tr (DNA: RG 233, Transcribed Reports and Communications from the Secretary of State, 5C-B1). RC 1 p.; in Wagner’s hand, signed by JM. Enclosure 6 pp. RC and enclosure printed in Commerce and Navigation, 1:483–86.
,1. John Beckley had sent JM a copy of the resolution extracted from the House journal (DNA: RG 59, ML).