1Memorandum on an African Colony for Freed Slaves, [ca. 20 October] 1789 (Madison Papers)
...and became president of the American Colonization Society (see “James Madison’s Attitude...
2To James Madison from George Washington, 13 February 1796 (Madison Papers)
...Cresson, a Philadelphia Quaker merchant and leading member of the American Colonization Society.
3To John Jay from William Hamilton, 8 March 1796 (Jay Papers)
...Philomath Society. He opposed the American Colonization Society’s efforts to relocate...
4From George Washington to the U.S. Senate, 30 December 1796 (Washington Papers)
...of the founding members of the American Colonization Society and belonged to the American...
5To George Washington from Marie-Jeanne-Jacqueline-Antoinette Pernot, 12 January 1797 (Washington Papers)
...States; and was active in the American Colonization Society. During the War of 1812,...
6Note on the Virginia Resolutions, 10 January, and the Address of the General Assembly to the People of the Commonwealth … (Madison Papers)
...attorney and former secretary of the American Colonization Society, whom the Joint Committee...
7From Thomas Jefferson to Walter Jones, Jr., 12 August 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
...a founding member of the American Colonization Society, and for many years a commander of...
8From James Madison to Walter Jones Jr., 20 July 1805 (Madison Papers)
...founding member of both the American Colonization Society and the Washington National...
9Thomas Jefferson to Samuel H. Smith, 6 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
He was also active in the American Colonization Society, the
10Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 8 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
and serving as an officer of the American Colonization Society
11William G. D. Worthington to Thomas Jefferson, 4 [February?] 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
...a founder and the first recorder of the American Colonization Society, 1816–17, and a special...
12John H. Cocke to Thomas Jefferson, 29 September 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
...was senior vice president of the American Colonization Society from its founding in 1819 until...
13Eleuthère I. du Pont de Nemours to Thomas Jefferson, 1 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
...1823–25 and 1827–29, and became active in the American Colonization Society (
14Thomas Jefferson to John Payne Todd, 10 October 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
...the residue of his estate to the American Colonization Society. Given the extent of his debts,...
15Judith Lomax’s Poem: “Monticello,” [ca. August 1813] (Jefferson Papers)
...a fervent evangelical Episcopalian and supporter of the American Colonization Society. TJ...
16Gales & Seaton to Thomas Jefferson, 15 September 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
...during the War of 1812, became active in the American Colonization Society, and was mayor...
17To James Madison from Peter H. Wendover, 30 January 1815 (Madison Papers)
.... Wendover was also among the founders of the American Colonization Society (Looney et al...
18Peter H. Wendover to Thomas Jefferson, 30 January 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
...the 1820s, a founder of the American Colonization Society, and a member of the Dutch...
19To James Madison from Samuel J. Mills, 3 January 1817 (Madison Papers)
...in the Fourteenth Congress and a founding member of the American Colonization Society.
20Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Humphreys, 8 February 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
was made by the newly formed American Colonization Society. At its inaugural meeting in
21To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 10 March 1817 (Madison Papers)
...and zealous supporter of the American Colonization Society, the American Temperance Union...
22Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Gales (1761–1841), 19 June 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
...of the American Colonization Society beginning in 1819 and as treasurer of the national...
23James Clarke to Thomas Jefferson, 6 July 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
auxiliary of the American Colonization Society in the 1820s. At the time of his death...
24Beverly Waugh to Thomas Jefferson, 5 May 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
...influence. Himself a member of the American Colonization Society, he was determined to keep...
25William H. Fitzhugh to Thomas Jefferson, 18 May 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
...voted against the final document. An early member of the American Colonization Society, by 1820
26To James Madison from Edmond Kelly, [ca. 12 November] 1818 (Madison Papers)
...1817 the American Colonization Society appointed the Reverend Samuel J. Mills (1783–...
27James Riley to Thomas Jefferson, 19 December 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
...slave, Riley supported the work of the American Colonization Society and campaigned against...
28Petty Vaughan to Thomas Jefferson, 29 March 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
...and philanthropic organizations and a supporter of the American Colonization Society...
29John H. Cocke to Thomas Jefferson, 3 May 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Late in 1817 the American colonization society had chosen
30From James Madison to Robert J. Evans, 15 June 1819 (Madison Papers)
...referred to the American Colonization Society which was organized in December 1816 to secure a...
31Peter Force to Thomas Jefferson, 30 July 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
...Board of Managers of the “American Colonization Society,” to forward you the enclosed...
32Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 23 September 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
American Colonization Society [index entry] ...Peter; and American Colonization Society [index...
33From James Madison to Thomas McKean Myer, 12 October 1819 (Madison Papers)
...annual report of the American Colonization Society, presented by the Managers in a...
34Samuel L. Mitchill to Thomas Jefferson, 16 May 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
auxiliary of the American Colonization Society. Fearn served as a trustee of two local schools...
35William Barret to Thomas Jefferson, 6 February 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
...1820s he was active in the American Colonization Society and its local subsidiaries....
36Thomas Fairfax to Thomas Jefferson, 20 September 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
...the American Colonization Society and emancipated several slaves during his lifetime. In...
37Samuel J. Harrison to Thomas Jefferson, 22 October 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
...law reports. He joined the American Colonization Society and argued that slavery was...
38Augustus B. Woodward to Thomas Jefferson, 5 January 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
under the auspices of the American Colonization Society, and at least one of them went to
39To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 25 February 1822 (Madison Papers)
..., and a founder and secretary of the American Colonization Society in 1816 (Hallie L. Wright,...
40Thomas Jefferson to James Monroe, 19 March 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
American Colonization Society [index entry]
41Charles Cocke to Thomas Jefferson, 20 May 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
auxiliary of the American Colonization Society in 1825. He owned forty-two slaves in 1820...
42To James Madison from Thomas Law, 22 December 1823 (Madison Papers)
..., where as a member of the American Colonization Society he promoted settlement in Liberia and...
43From James Madison to Jared Sparks, 26 January 1824 (Madison Papers)
...in the North American Review, January, 1824, on the American Colonization Society
44From James Madison to James Monroe, 8 March 1824 (Madison Papers)
.... He was first president of the American Colonization Society of Petersburg, formed in 1823,...
45From James Madison to Ralph Randolph Gurley, 6 August 1825 (Madison Papers)
...became an agent for the American Colonization Society in 1822, and subsequently its...
46To James Madison from Henry B. Bascom, 19 March 1827 (Madison Papers)
...to 1829 and as agent for the American Colonization Society, 1829–31. Bascom was professor...
47American Colonization Society membership certificates, 1 January 1830 (Madison Papers)
...D. Hobbs is a Member for life, of the American Colonization Society.
48James Madison to Richard Smith, 31 March 1831 (Madison Papers)
...the proceeds of the enclosed Check as Treasurer of the American Colonization Society...
49James Madison to Ralph Randolph Gurley, 29 December 1831 (Madison Papers)
: American Colonization Society Papers); draft
50James Madison to Ralph R. Gurley, 19 February 1832 (Madison Papers)
...been unanimously elected to the Office of President by the American Colonization Society."...