James Madison Papers

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 ASP description begins American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States … (38 vols.; Washington, D.C., 1832–61). description ends , Commerce and Navigation, 1:483–86.

1John Beckley had sent JM a copy of the resolution extracted from the House journal (DNA: RG 59, ML).

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