51To James Madison from Benjamin Hawkins, 11 July 1803 (Madison Papers)
I have had the pleasure to receive your favour by Mr. Hill, and am glad that you have had the opportunity of hearing from so honest a man a plain detail of occurrences in this quarter. You must have seen the issue of some interesting occurrences in this agency during the winter and spring in my communications to the war office. I was a good deal agitated during this period ’till after I had,...
52To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin Hawkins, 11 July 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
I had the pleasure to receive your favour by Mr. Hill at a time when my mind was greatly agitated with the state of affairs in my agency. The opposition with us joined by the Simanolie seemed determined to usurp the direction of affairs, to place a chief of their own choice over the nation, and to disturb the peace of the agency. In their progress, meeting but little opposition publicly, they...
53To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin Hawkins, 13 September 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
I was duly honoured with your favour of the 11th July, and having communicated to the postmaster General, the letters of Mr. Bloomfield the asst. for the post office in this neighbourhood, I deemed it unnecessary to report to you, what I had written to him, and therefore delayed writing, until I could give you correct information, after the meeting of the national council, which took place on...
54To James Madison from Benjamin Hawkins, 11 March 1811 (Madison Papers)
General Mathews and the gentleman with him arrived here on the 9th. spent yesterday with me and set out this morning for Fort stoddert. They are in good health and well fixed for traveling. He revealed to me the object of his mission, and seems pretty confident of success. I told him to call on me, and all under my authority, to aid and assist him if necessary. He was sincerely impressed with...
55To James Madison from Benjamin Hawkins, 13 October 1811 (Madison Papers)
I have had the pleasure my Dear friend to receive your favour of the 18th July. To a man of my standing with you there was no need of the frank declaration you have made to ensure a continuance of my confidence in your political conduct and to convince me that you are invulnerable in that part where you have been so violently assailed. I had known but little of the character of Mr. Smith and...