1401To James Madison from William Duane, 5 December 1809 (Madison Papers)
I have revolved for some time in my mind the ideas which in a crude form I have taken the liberty of addressing to you. I presume not to set any higher values on them than liberal intentions and an enthusiastic devotion to the principles and durability of Republican Government, may give them. I neither look for any answer nor do I wish for any thing more than, the gratification of endeavoring...
1402To James Madison from William Lambert, 5 December 1809 (Madison Papers)
As the inclosed letter to bishop Madison, contains the principles of an useful method, not generally practised, to promote the geography of the United States, permit me to request that you will be pleased to read it with some attention, before you transmit it to him under your frank. I take this opportunity of acknowledging with gratitude and respect, the favors I have already received from...
1403Account with William Thornton, [5 December] 1809 (Madison Papers)
Account between the Honble. James Madison—and Mr. Thornton. William Thornton Dr: 1806 Augst. 4. To a Loan of one hundred and fifty Dollars $150.— 1807— To Interest one year on the above 9.— To Interest on fifty Dollars till 1809 from Augst. 4th: 1807 till Decr. 1809. 2 yrs: 3 months 7.50 1805 Octr. To 120 Bushels of Coals at 28 Cts. ⅌r: Bushell 33.60 March 18. To 196 Bushs: of Coal at 28 Cts....
1404To James Madison from Willie Blount, 5 December 1809 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
5 December 1809, Knoxville. Encloses a letter from John Dickinson of Nashville, who seeks the position of attorney for the district of West Tennessee. RC and enclosure ( DNA : RG 59, LAR , 1809–17, filed under “Dickinson”). RC 2 pp. Enclosure is Dickinson to Blount, 26 Nov. 1809 (2 pp.). Willie Blount (1768–1835) served three terms as governor of Tennessee between 1809 and 1815.
1405To James Madison from the Mississippi Territorial Legislature, 5 December 1809 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
5 December 1809. Petition requests the appointment of a brigadier general of militia for the Mississippi Territory. Asks that JM name an officer “with as little delay as is consistent with attention to objects of more pressing importance.” RC , two copies ( DNA : RG 107, LRRS , H-542:4); FC ( Ms -Ar). 1 p. Signed by Speaker Ferdinand L. Claiborne and council president Alexander Montgomery;...
1406John B. Colvin to Richard Forrest, 5 December 1809 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
5 December 1809, Washington. Provides Forrest with the statement he requested that Forrest had supported JM’s election in 1808, that he had assisted Colvin in publishing the Washington Monitor , and that he had written articles for that paper in support of the Embargo. RC ( DLC ). 1 p. Docketed by JM. On 22 Dec. 1809 JM nominated Forrest to be consul at Tunis. The Senate postponed the...
1407Richard Barry to Thomas Jefferson, 5 December 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I received your letter of the 30th Nov r in which you mention that M r Leitch required payment of you in 30 days for the am t ballance due by you of my account I can assure you Sir, it was contrary to my wishes . I met M r Leitch in this City on his return from Baltimore
1408Joseph Dougherty to Thomas Jefferson, 5 December 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
yours of the 30 Nov. I rec d the 3 rd of this month and delivered the inclosed, to M r Barry . Sir I expect expect that you have so many applications for the breed of your shepherds dog, that it is no use for me to say any thing to you about them, however, if you should have any to spare, I would be verry thankful to to you for one. before this reaches you, you perhaps may have heard of a duel
1409William Lambert to Thomas Jefferson, 5 December 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I acknowledge with sincere gratitude and respect, the receipt of your obliging note , inclosing a vote of thanks from the American Philosophical Society for a table of the Moon’s motion, transmitted to you, some time since, as their President. Truly sensible of the instances of friendship with which you have been pleased to favor me, I shall endeavor to reciprocate, so far as I may have it in...
1410To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 7 December 1809 (Madison Papers)
The inclosed letter is from Father Richard, the Director of a school at Detroit; & being on a subject in which the departments both of the Treasury & War are concerned, I take the liberty of inclosing it to yourself as the center which may unite these two agencies. The transactions which it alludes to took place in the months of Dec. & Jan. preceding my retirement from office, & as I think it...