1251From James Madison to Walter Jones, 12 July 1789 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 12 July 1789. Acknowledged in Jones to JM, ca. 25 July 1789 . Indicates JM’s willingness to correspond with Jones concerning legislative matters.
1252From James Madison to John Graham, 12 August 1810 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 12 August 1810. Acknowledged in Graham to JM, 15 Aug. 1810 . Forwards a letter from Mr. Balch [not found] and asks Graham to consult with Mr. Jones.
1253From James Madison to Congress, 16 December 1809 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
16 December 1809. Transmits report of the surveyor of public buildings. RC and enclosure, two copies ( DNA : RG 233, President’s Messages; and DNA : RG 46, Legislative Proceedings, 11A-E2). Each RC 1 p., in a clerk’s hand, signed and dated by JM. Received, read, and tabled by the House on 21 Dec. and by the Senate on 22 Dec. ( Annals of Congress Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the...
1254From James Madison to Edward Thornton, 21 October 1801 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 21 October 1801. Acknowledged in Thornton to JM, 30 Oct. 1801 . Also mentioned in Thornton to Hawkesbury, 25 Nov. 1801 (PRO: Foreign Office, ser. 115, 9:149–50). Repeats the complaints of the American government on the continued detention at Quebec of Lewis Le Couteulx, demands his release, and expresses the expectation that he will receive indemnification for his losses and...
1255From James Madison to Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, 1 November 1804 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 1 November 1804. Calendared in the index to the State Department notes to foreign legations as “relative to Mr. Cabrenas [ sic ] case” (DNA: RG 59, Notes to Foreign Ministers and Consuls, vol. 1).
1256From James Madison to William F. Gray, 11 June 1821 (letter not found) (Madison Papers)
¶ To William F. Gray. Letter not found. 11 June 1821 . Offered for sale in Stan. V. Henkels Catalogue No. 1405 (24 June 1927), item 41, where it appears as the following extract: “J. Madison presents his respects to Mr. Gray and encloses $40—which balances his account within 37½ cents (which cannot be well sent in a letter) after deducting $6.—for two copies of Horace paid for by J. P. Todd.”
1257From James Madison to Richard Cutts, 10 September 1823 (Madison Papers)
The Carriage we brought from Washington being nearly worne out, & not well to be replaced here, you will oblige Mrs. M. & myself, by procuring for us one suited to the Country at a price between 5 & 6 hundred dollars on a credit till the 1st. of Jany. next, on or before which payment will be remitted. Friendly respects RC ( MHi ).
1258From James Madison to Ebenezer Stevens, 6 May 1801 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
6 May 1801, Department of State. Since his letter to Stevens of 4 May [not found] JM has learned that War Department will ship from Philadelphia gunpowder due Tunis; supply from navy unnecessary. RC ( NHi ). 1 p. In Wagner’s hand, signed and franked by JM. Stevens’s docket damaged by torn seal.
1259From James Madison to Daniel Carroll, 6 April 1792 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 6 April 1792. Acknowledged in Carroll to JM, 9 Apr. 1792 . Reports the president’s veto of the apportionment bill.
1260From James Madison to Daniel Carroll, 10 April 1788 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 10 April 1788 . Mentioned in JM to Washington, 10 Apr. 1788 . Acknowledged in Carroll to JM, 28 Apr. 1788 . Urges speedy adoption of the Constitution by Maryland. A delay there could prove fatal to ratification in Virginia.