61To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 3 May 1804 (Madison Papers)
I have conferd with Mr. Carey since I had the honor to receive your letter of the 30th. Ulto. He expects to deliver 150 sets of the laws immediately, and very soon after 100 more. The Amount of the $2000 will therefore be soon delivered. I presume that I shall hear from the Treasurer this day or to morrow so that I can be perfectly punctual as to 250 or 260 of the first copies. I have...
62To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 6 May 1804 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Carey being prepared to deliver yesterday a number of sets of the Laws of the U.S. they were recd. cased & shipt agreeably to the inclosed bill of Lading on board the Schooner Hyland, Jno. Hand Junr. Master in two cases directed to “ The Secretary of State Washington .” She is expected to sail in three days. This being the first mail after the Books were ready, I avail myself of it to give...
63To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 7 May 1804 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 7 May 1804. Mentioned by Coxe in his docket of JM to Coxe, 3 May 1804 , as a letter informing JM of 149 copies of the laws of the U.S. shipped on 5 May.
64To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 9 May 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
9 May 1804, Purveyor’s Office. “This vessel (the Hiland, Hand Master) remaining in port, I have the Honor to inform you that a further shipment has been made of 38 sets of the Laws, for which a bill of Lading is enclosed. The vessel was expected to sail about this time. “I shall send only 200 copies to Washington ’til I am informed whether the quantity for Louisiana is 100 or 200. No time will...
65To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 5 September 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
5 September 1804, Purveyor’s Office. “I have the honor to inform you that I have shipt to Governor Claiborne a case containing the remainder of the sets of the laws for the use of his Government. The Number was 39. I have recd. his acknowledgement of the former parcel. There are 113 sets preparing for Washington, being printed and bound. When they go I will forward a Note of the whole, with...
66To James Madison from Tench Coxe, [21 September] 1804 (Madison Papers)
It may be useful to you to be ascertained, that the first Number of the paper, signed “Graviora manent,” noticed in the freeman Journal of this evening, was carried to a press in this city for publication several days before the departure of the M. de C Y o from this city for Washington. The person was evidently a foreigner , who bore it and offered to pay the printer . The same person was...
67To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 22 October 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
22 October 1804, Purveyor’s Office. “I have assurances, that Mr. Carey will furnish all the remaining Laws in time to be shipt by any Vessel which shall offer after the 1st. of November. I have before had the Honor to inform you of the shipment & forwarding of the full quantities for upper & lower Louisiana. I have made the business the subject of a particular conversation this day. There are...
68To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 5 November 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
5 November 1804, Purveyor’s Office. “I have the honor to inclose to you a bill of Lading for one box of books containing fifty eight sets of the laws of the U.S. Tho Mr. Carey assures me that the ⟨o⟩thers will be ready for any vessel that shall sail after the 10th. instant, I thought ⟨i⟩t best to forward these, as they might be wanted.” RC and enclosure ( DNA : RG 59, ML ). RC 1 p.; docketed...
69To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 10 November 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
10 November 1804, Purveyor’s Office. “I have the honor to transmit you a Note of the monies expended, and to be expended by me for your Department, in relation to the Laws of the United States. This is done to facilitate your Statement for appropriation, which will of course soon go to the Treasury. Mr. Carey has been paid from time to time as he delivered the Books except that I sent him...
70To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 24 January 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
24 January 1805, Purveyor’s Office. “I have the honor to transmit in this inclosure my Accounts for the Agency & Expenses, in the Business of the 400 Copies of the Laws adjusted with Mr. Carey, also for Expenses of transporting the old box of Laws to Governor Sevier, & the old Trunk of Stationary to Govr. Harrison. They are in distinct Accounts as indicated in your letter of the 8th. Instant....
71To James Madison from Tench Coxe (Abstract), ca. 11–16 April 1805 (Madison Papers)
Ca. 11–16 Apr. 1805 . “I have the honor to write to you in consequence of an application from Mr. Clement B. Penrose, who is desirous of an appointment in the Louisiana Territory under the Government. He is a gentleman of about 34 years of age, married, his [ sic ] several children, and is a branch of two old and respectable Pennsa. families. He read law about eighteen months under the late...
72To James Madison from Tench Coxe (Abstract), 7 June 1805 (Madison Papers)
7 June 1805, Philadelphia . “Shortly before Mr. Adams[’]s mission of Messrs. Gerry, Pinckney & Marshall to France my solicitudes to avoid a quarrel with that country brought into my mind many considerations, which I was anxious to communicate to the government. I wrote an ingenerous but respectful letter to Mr. Adams, of which I have some where the rough draught, and inclosed in it the paper...
73To James Madison from Tench Coxe (Abstract), 18 June 1805 (Madison Papers)
18 June 1805, Philadelphia . “On my return from a short visit to my family, I had the honor to receive your letter of the 11th. instant. I did not expect any immediate benefit to the U.S. to follow my communication of the paper in my last, yet I felt a disposition to trouble you with the perusal, because I had some reason to believe that the paper with the letter, which accompanied it,...
74To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 11 November 1805 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to transmit to you official copies of two Patents of the King of Great Britain for Land in West Florida, this day received from William Lyman Esquire, Consul of the U.S. in London. One of them is to George Tead for 2000 acres on Mobile River, recorded May 4. 1770 in Book E fo. 14 Recorders office West Florida, as certified by Fras. P⟨on⟩;ssett D. Recorder. The other is to Mrs....
75To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 29 November 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From Tench Coxe. 29 November 1805, Philadelphia. “I am honored with your letter relative to the copies of the two patents to Mrs. Rebecca Blackwell and Mr. Geo. Fende or Fead. I have just recd. the originals and I take the liberty to transmit them for the purpose of being forwarded to the proper officer or officers, whether register or commissioners. I will take the necessary measures for...
76To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 8 June 1806 (Madison Papers)
I find myself greatly impressed with the idea of the recent inroad of G. Britain upon neutral rights. If a whig Administration treats us & neutrals in general thus, we are to expect nothing from a change of men in their Administration. If we submit to this measure it is to be presumed that something equally extravagant will follow from the other side. The example of outrage tolerated from one...
77To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 12 June 1806 (Madison Papers)
It is my own opinion that the enclosed paper will do good among our own citizens, and public men, and in several foreign countries. I therefore send it as others anxious to do no harm where I mean only to do good. If it were to be found unfit for publication the collective view of the facts may be useful. The other paper I shall endeavour to handle with care and temper, tho with firmness. If...
78To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 20 June 1806 (Madison Papers)
The subject on which I have lately expressed my sentiments to you is so important in itself and so influential in its consequences, that I am led to continue some attention to it. In Poulson’s Amern. daily advertiser of this city of the 17th. inst. there is a proclamation of the Russian Adml. Henry Bailey, in which confiscation is held up as the consequence of infractions of the general...
79To James Madison from Tench Coxe, [3] June 1809 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor respectfully to submit to your consideration the inclosed Memoir. A few hundred copies have been prepared in order to subject it to the examination of my fellow citizens and to the judgment of gentlemen in public life. Enquiries into the means of attaining public good, and escaping public evil, can never do harm and may be useful if made with sobriety, honesty & industry. If...
80To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 28 April 1810 (Madison Papers)
As it is possible, that the bill to create a quartermasters department may become a law, and its operation upon my situation will be the most unexpected & inconvenient, I do myself the honor to submit myself to your consideration as a candidate for the office of Deputy Quarter Master at this place. I shall be willing, to obtain subsistence for myself & family, to perform any or all of the...
81Memorandum from Tench Coxe, ca. 26 May 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
Ca. 26 May 1810. Discusses the need to encourage American manufactures and encloses some observations on a treasury report on the same subject. Lists merchandise now imported that might be produced in America (linen, iron, hemp, liquors), since European sources are likely to be cut off by war. Also stresses the need to encourage manufactures that will supply the means of national defense....
82To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 18 June 1810 (Madison Papers)
It would be a matter of surprize to you, if you were to learn that any person, who ever felt a solicitude for the public happiness & safety, were easy in the recent state of our foreign affairs. The provision in the treaty dismembring the Dutch Country on the avowed ground of a rule drawn from the French constitution . between France & Holland, the complicated but consolidated power of France...
83To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 10 November 1810 (Madison Papers)
The great intrinsic importance of Banking institutions, both associated and incorporated, will be considered, I trust, by you as a sufficient apology for this respectful solicitation of a small portion of your valuable time. The system of commerce and credit, and the laws of property in the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland have been considered, as on the whole, the most perfect in...
84To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 24 April 1812 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to inclose to you a copy of a paper, which is written, in part, with a view to exemplify the mode in which it is considered, that the press and the operations of the offices or of some proper agents ought steadily to develope the cardinal truths and the practical details, on which are to be founded those vast and important aids, which internal trade can afford to Agriculture....
85To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 13 August 1812 (Madison Papers)
It is with sincere reluctance, that I trouble you upon the subject of a vacancy which I am told has been created, this day. It is understood that Capt. C. Irvine has been appointed Commissary Genl. I submit myself to your consideration for the office of Supt of military stores, of the duties of which I have had many occasions to think and much opportunity to acquire information. Tho it is not...
86To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 31 August 1812 (Madison Papers)
I am astonished to learn that Mr. B. Mifflin deputy Commy died yesterday suddenly. I entreat your consideration of my name for the office, or for that of Mr. Duncan, under all the circumstances of my family. I say with Sincerity that the times require my appointment to the D. Commys. office. Mr. Irvine is a mere lawyer, unacquainted with the walks of trade. I write at the dawn of day, having...
87To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 1 September 1812 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor to write you a hasty line at day light yesterday morning. Suffer me to obtrude upon you a few personal and public considerations. I sincerely believe that a considerable portion of our present difficulties have arisen from the injuries to the operations & system of supply, which have grown out of the measures since the spring of 1809 upon the subject of its organization. I am...
88To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 16 December 1812 (Madison Papers)
It is only from a desire to reserve from the public files of the war department an application, which might wear the appearance of complaint, where none is intended, that I have ventured to do my self the honor to address the requests in this letter to you. In the week preceding the cessation of my operations as Purveyor, I made applications to the war department for the name of an officer...
89To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 31 December 1812 (Madison Papers)
I respectfully trust you will excuse this second letter, when you know the circumstances, under which it is written. Since I had the honor to address you on the 17th. Instant, I have received very urgent tho’ polite applications from Jacob Eustis, Esquire, of Boston, Messrs. Gansevort & Lagrange of Albany & Aaron R. Levering, Esquire, of Baltimore all late agents for this office to Settle or...
90To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 12 January 1813 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Eustis, the late Secretary of War, on his way to Boston, remained two or three days here. During the time I conversed unreservedly with him. He informed me that it had been understood at Washington that I was in a very good way in business. I had no opportunity to learn from what source such a representation could have arisen. I understood that it had reached you & was probably credited by...
91To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 18 March 1813 (Madison Papers)
I really am unable to excuse myself, in my own mind, for the troublesome applications I have so repeatedly made to you. I have presumed far, in offering objects for my own benefit to your consideration. But the close of the busy and anxious session of congress, and the tranquil commencement of your new term, seem to make the present time a season of less pressing engagement, and I yield once...
92To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 20 April 1813 (Madison Papers)
In the course of my reflections upon the intended negociations at St. Petersburg, I find my mind equally solicitous for a pacific issue , and for an issue, which may be found regular at public law, as it was received and considered in 1783 & from thence till the commencement of the wars which have arisen from the late European revolutions. The Former object of solicitude is immediate peace:...
93To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 8 July 1813 (Madison Papers)
Mr Coxe has the honor respectfully to transmit the enclosed to the President, as the best disposition he can make of it, within the views of the writer. Mr. Coxe begs leave to remark, that he does not remember any thing very material, in the case of the gentleman applying, but believes he was employed in the care of the small foreign distillery near to Charleston. Mr. Coxe cannot suppress his...
94To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 16 July 1813 (Madison Papers)
I hope this letter will find you restored to that state of health which your personal happiness, and those of your family and your country require. The new revenues will occasion the want of suitable officers for a very difficult service. I have not seen any of the bills which create the offices. I understand that the office of Commissioner of the Revenue is restored, that there will be no...
95To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 22 July 1813 (Madison Papers)
I am encouraged by your goodness, expressed thro Mr Gallatin, to trouble you with a letter on the same subject as my last, after having obtained from my brother, of the House of Reps., the loan of his file of bills in relation to the revenues, and offices creating at this session. I have read & considered the bill relative to the office I formerly held, and I perceive that it is wisely...
96To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 2 September 1813 (Madison Papers)
I hope and trust, that the air and partial relaxation of Montpelier have restored you to the blessings of health, under the advantages of a constitution, which, tho not robust, has never been in any degree sacrificed to irregularity. Having seen the various laws in relation to the new revenues, which have been enacted, and hoping that you will indulge me with a few minutes upon my own subject,...
97To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 6 November 1813 (Madison Papers)
I presume you will receive, by the mail of this day, or tomorrow an account of the death of Gen. Macpherson. It took place last Night at his country house, near this city. This event has brought up to my mind the permission, which I had the honor to receive from you through Mr. Gallatin—to address you on the subject of the office on the expected occurrence of the event. Since Providence has...
98To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 15 November 1813 (Madison Papers)
I had the honor to receive your commission, of the 8th. instant for the office of Collector of the direct tax & internal revenues, thro the hands of the commissioner, to whom, in compliance with his printed circular, I made known my acceptance of that office instantly, by the return of the mail. I also proceeded to prepare & perform such other things, as the laws and instructions pointed out,...
99To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 3 January 1814 (Madison Papers)
It has been my lot to be a trespasser upon your goodness, which has been very great and to my whole family most important. An opportunity this day presents of avoiding the possible chance of objections that do not arise in your circle of authority. The post office in this city is vacated by the death of Capt. Robert Patton. It is a permanent office. It is I believe a valuable one. It is in the...
100To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 23 February 1814 (Madison Papers)
I think it my duty confidentially to make known to you, that I have drawn a respectful memorial to the S. of the U.S. upon the subject of the difficulties, which I conjectured would arise there, and some which from symptoms I suspect, base and malignant as they are, to have been imposed upon that honorable body. How highly ought I, under all the circumstances with which you are surrounded to...
101To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 24 February 1814 (Madison Papers)
A real necessity for relief, and not an intention to injure any one obliges me to make the address, which I have now the honor to present, with the most sincere regret. You will remember, that in the latter part of March 1812, a law was passed to abolish the Purveyors office and establish those of a commissary general & deputies. In the beginning of April W. Jones Esqre was appointed Commy...
102To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 10 March 1814 (Madison Papers)
I respectfully request permission to submit to your perusal the enclosed papers, merely for information. You will appreciate the injury to the service & myself from the unprecedented exclusion of a late officer from his books and papers. Mr. Mifflin, late deputy commissary, who first made the obstructions appears on the books a debtor in $444. & never returned an answer to my request that he...
103To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 30 August 1814 (Madison Papers)
In proportion as new, solemn and unlooked for duties and trials come upon you, I find myself supported by my confidence in your heart and mind and public & personal exertions. Three of my sons are gone to the field in the Philada. volunteer corps which marched last week, one remains assistant Secy to the general committee of defence, and is enrolled in a company which forms part of stationary...
104To James Madison from Tench Coxe, [ca. 12 September 1814] (Madison Papers)
The inclosed view of the British population is most respectfully submitted, at this crisis. Physical strength, except as to recruits to serve in the Atlantic, tho less than among the whites is a fair item, in relation to estimates of the value of even the E. Indian population. Seapoys, sailors, cutters of ship timber &ca are commonly derived from that country. But if we consider all the...
105To James Madison from Tench Coxe, [ca. 19 September 1814] (Madison Papers)
The Comme. of Defense determined, on Thursday (I think), the 15th., to request a comme: from each ward to be appointed to receive from them a communication, which they could not make publickly. Saturday, at 10. OClock, was appointed to make it: Committees were to be appointed in the short interval by the 120.000 persons (or the freemen among them) in the city and various suburbs. Notices were...
106To James Madison from Tench Coxe, [ca. 24 September 1814] (Madison Papers)
Mr. Cose most respectfully requests the favor of the President to peruse, in the democratic press of this 24 Septr., a paper on the subject of “ the balance of Naval power ” in the whole or parts of the 1. 2. 3 & 4th. inner Columns. This great and costly power, he humbly conceives, should be thoroughly investigated. It was new in 1791. It is so large & has so many sides, as not to be very...
107To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 15 November 1814 (Madison Papers)
From my knowledge of the Reverend Mr. W. White, Commr. of Loans & of John White Esqr Collector of the Revenue, I beg leave, on their application, respectfully to submit to you an opinion, that a Son & Nephew of those two gentlemen will be a safe & proper person to receive the honor of a place in the Corps of Cadets. I have the honor to be, Sir, your most respectful Servant, RC ( DNA : RG 94,...
108To James Madison from Tench Coxe, [ca. 17 November 1814] (Madison Papers)
The admission of new states, and particularly of Louisiana, and the representation, on consideration of slaves having been incorrectly used to create eastern dissatisfaction, in this Crisis of our country, it has appeared to be a duty to give those two points a careful examination. The inclosed paper relates to one of them, but it takes one more to do bare justice to that perverted topic. It...
109To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 12 December 1814 (Madison Papers)
During the last twelve or fifteen months two of my sons have pressed upon me an application to the government, in their behalf, for Warrants in the Navy. I have devoted myself to the Collegiate & professional education of my seven sons (one of whom I have lost) and hoped, that they would be able to establish themselves in civil life, subject to a volunteer exertion in the military service of...
110To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 4 January 1815 (Madison Papers)
I had some time ago the honor to apply to you for the favor of Warrants, as Midshipmen in the Navy for my Sons James Sidney Coxe & Henry Sidney Coxe. As I am not acquainted with the course, which it has appeared to you proper, or which it may be found practicable to adopt in those cases, I have taken the liberty, by this mail, to request of my friend Jonathan Roberts Esquire, to enquire, in...