James Madison Papers

James Madison to the Senate, 16 December 1809 (Abstract)

§ To the Senate

16 December 1809. In response to a 15 Dec. Senate resolution, transmits copies of the president’s correspondence with the governor of Pennsylvania concerning the case of Gideon Olmstead.

RC and enclosures (DNA: RG 46, Legislative Proceedings, 11A-E2). RC 1 p. In a clerk’s hand, signed and dated by JM. Enclosures (6 pp.) are copies of Simon Snyder to JM, 6 Apr. 1809, the Pennsylvania “Act relative to certain proceedings in the case of the Prize Sloop Active,” 4 Apr. 1809, and JM to Snyder, 13 Apr. 1809 (see PJM-PS description begins Robert A. Rutland et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Presidential Series (11 vols.; Charlottesville, Va., 1984–2020). description ends , 1:105 and n. 1, 114). Received, read, and ordered to be printed on 19 Dec. (Annals of Congress description begins Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States … (42 vols.; Washington, D.C., 1834–56). description ends , 11th Cong., 2d sess., 515). 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 , Miscellaneous, 2:11–12.

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