6701To James Madison from João of Portugal, 26 May 1812 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ From João of Portugal. 26 May 1812, Palace of Real Quinta of Bõa Vista, Rio de Janeiro. Dom João, by the Grace of God Prince Regent of Portugal, and of Algarves, within and beyond the Sea, in Africa of Guinea, and of the Conquest, Navigation, and Commerce of Ethiopia, Arabia, Persia, and of India etc. I send greetings to the United States of America, which I highly Love, and Esteem. Today at...
6702To James Madison from William Gamble, 29 July 1812 (Madison Papers)
The benovolence of your disposition and the liberality of your heart will, I am confident, readily induce you to pardon the liberty I now take in trespassing on your attention, and intruding on your patience. The conversation I once had with you in consequence of the recommendatory letter of the Honbl. Richard M. Johnson of Congress, of the 19 last May, gave me reason to hope any proper...
6703From James Madison to William Eustis, 8 September 1812 (Madison Papers)
I have yours of the 7th. The detention of the Indians as hostages is liable to the most serious objections. The most extreme case only would justify it. And the policy of the measure is liable to those you suggest, under that view of the subject. The opinion of Clarke at least might to [ illegible ] favor of it. Is that known? The capture of Fort Wayne is I hope a mistake for the loss of...
6704To James Madison from Francis Perry, [ca. 21 September 1812] (Madison Papers)
The humble petition of Francis Perry Sheweth that your Petitioner has been confined in the penitentiary of Virginia at hard labour ever since the 30th Nov. 1810 having been convicted in the circuit Court of the United States of the crime of Robing the mail, that your petitioner means not here to palliate or deny the offence, he having for a long time pursued his purpose of repentance and...
6705To James Madison from James Dill, 22 January 1813 (Madison Papers)
I had the Honour last spring of addressing to you one or two letters, which amongst a multiplicity of business will no doubt have been forgotten, I again take the liberty of writing on a subject different from the former but from the same motive; the good of the people of this Territory. Ere this reaches you a number of petitions intended to reflect on the official conduct of Judge Taylor and...
6706To James Madison from Richard Richardson & Co., 26 February 1813 (Madison Papers)
The Memorial of Richard Richardson & Co: of the City of Savannah, Merchants, Most respectfully sheweth. That your Memorialists are Agents for the Owners of the British Vessels, “The Emperor,” “The Experiment,” and “The Adventurer,” for which passports have been obtained from your Excellency, under the Act of Congress of the Sixth day of July last. That the annexed Petition presented to the...
6707From James Madison to Anthony Morris, 14 April 1813 (Madison Papers)
To the Depôts where prisoners of war are to be provided for & exchanged, is the Island of Bermuda; for which a Commissary is about to be appointed. His allowance is not fixed on, but will be not less than at the rate of $2000 per annum. A Cartel in which he will have a passage will be dispatched in about 10 days, and will probably proceed from the Delaware. If the charge should coincide with...
6708To James Madison from Nathaniel Henchman, 29 May 1813 (Madison Papers)
Strictly speaking the subscriber is not acquainted with your honor; but when he considers you as the President of the U.S. and a vigorous defender of its honor & strict independence, he considers himself near to & intimately acquainted with your person. Under those impressions you will excuse the writer for his presumption in the following lines. The scribler has the fortune to live in a...
6709To James Madison from John Chandler, 13 September 1813 (Madison Papers)
On the 8th. of August last I had Seven Negroes which obtain’d possesson of a Boat belonging to the U. States which had been left by the Commander of the Potomack Squadren of Gun Boats with a M Rowand of Virginia and Succeeded in geting on Board a British Vessel; this loss at once brings poverty and distress on me with two Helpless Children and an ag[e]d Father. I have understood that the...
6710Remission for the Schooner Jane, [15 November 1813] (Madison Papers)
Whereas it has been made to appear to me that a certain Vessel called the Jane, whereof was Master did some time in the Year 1809 commit a breach of the law, commonly called, ‘the NonIntercourse law,[’] by transporting from the Island of St. Domingo to the Port of Baltimore, a Cargo of Coffee, and the said Vessel and Cargo, were consequently, in a due course of law, declared to be forfeited...
6711To James Madison from Henry Warren, 6 January 1814 (Madison Papers)
Mr: George Morton Junr. of this town is engaged with a company for the errection of salt works have made contracts for the suitable lumber necessary for this purpose at Portland. He wishes to be permitted to proceed to that place for this specific object: I can only say, that I believe his intentions to be pure & correct in this business, & that his gen[e]ral character is that of integrity &...
6712To James Madison from James Monroe, [ca. 14 January 1814] (Madison Papers)
The enclosed was handed to me by Mr Swift, who informd me that he had recd. it from Mr Daschkoff, without being instructed to present it here. He read me an extract from Mr Ds letter stating that the passage in the message, giving information to Congress that the Russian mediation had been declind in the first instance, gave him the first intelligence of the fact. RC ( DLC : Rives Collection,...
6713To James Madison from Philip Ammidon, 1 April 1814 (Madison Papers)
The petition of Philip Ammidon of Boston in the District of Massachusetts Merchant, Respectfully sheweth, That said Ammidon on the sixth day of November in the year Eighteen hundred & nine, became surety in the sum of Three thousand dollars, for One Daniel Herries Junr. for the appraised value of the Ship Argo & appurtenances, which vessel had been seized & libelled for a breach of the laws of...
6714To James Madison from George Hite, [ca. 18 June 1814] (Madison Papers)
I beg leave to r[e]commend to your notice Mr. William Brown by whom this will be handed to you. It is expected that the post office in this place will be taken from the post master; & if such event should take place Mr. Brown solicits the appointment. Mr. Brown lived in my family several years, & I can say with great confidence, that he is a man of business and of the most unquestionable...
6715To James Madison from Robert Weakley, 16 August 1814 (Madison Papers)
I have this day been shewn, a letter from the Department of State, Covering a petition to you, praying a Pardon for a Samuel Tyner who was convicted at our last Federal Court on a Charge of having Killed, a Chickasaw Indian, this letter & petition, was handed me for my inspection by Mr. John E. Beck attorney for the United States for the District of West Tennessee, I can state to you that the...
6716To James Madison from George Rogers Jr., ca. 5 November 1814 (Madison Papers)
Humbly represents George Rogers Jnr of the City of New London in the state of Connecticut Fisherman, that, at a circuit Court holden at Boston within and for the District of Massachusetts on the fifteenth day of October now last past, he was Inditied for having obtained and used a certain license or pass granted by an officer or agent of the United Government of Great Britain and Ireland, for...
6717To James Madison from Reasin Beall, 18 November 1814 [letter not found] (Madison Papers)
¶ From Reasin Beall. Letter not found. 18 November 1814. “Transmits a Copy of application of Thos. Taylor for the purpose of obtaining a lease for Sec. 9. 19. 16. in the Canton District. This Section is reserved under the 3d. Section of act of 18th. May 1896 [1796]. Any instructions the President may give in the premises, will meet with prompt attention” ( DNA : RG 49, Division D, Letters...
6718To James Madison from James Jameson and Others, 6 January 1815 (Madison Papers)
Humbly shews, the petition of the subscribers, inhabitants of the town of Freeport in the District of Maine, that they are deeply interested in the fate of one of their fellow citizens now under sentence to be shot, for the crime of desertion from the service of the army of the United States. William Furbush who has been found guilty of that Crime and received the sentence aforesaid, has for...
6719To James Madison from James Breheney, [ca. 15 January 1815] (Madison Papers)
Your Petitioner begs leave to State to Your Excellency that he Opened a small Grocery Store in Baltimore, last May, With the [ illegible ] of about thirty Dollars, that he Obtaind, through hard labour, Since his Commencement, in the United States, which is Only, two and One half years, entirely, and Poor Petitr, Being Ignorant, of the Manners Laws & Customs of the Country, neglected taken Out,...
6720François Changuion to James Monroe, 16 January 1815 (Madison Papers)
Desirant envoyer vers le mois de Mars ou d’Avril prochain un Cartel porteur de déepeches à mon Gouvernement, et etant informé que l’Amiral Anglais Cockburn se trouve dans la Chesapeak, je prends la liberté Monsieur de vous prier de vouloir bien accorder à Mr. Janssand porteur de la présente une permission pour Se rendre à bord du Vaisseau Amiral, mais si contre mon attente l’Amiral Cockburn ne...
6721To James Madison from Reasin Beall, 23 January 1815 [letter not found] (Madison Papers)
¶ From Reasin Beall. Letter not found. 23 January 1815. “Relating to a contemplated removal of the Land Office from Canton, by authority vested in the President. Give his reasons for recommending Wooster as a suitable location” ( DNA : RG 49, Division D, Letters Received from Registers and Receivers of U.S. Land Offices, Canton, Ohio). John Sloane sent a similar letter to JM on 24 Jan. 1815...
6722To James Madison from John Murray Forbes, 31 January 1815 (Madison Papers)
Permit me to offer my Sincere felicitations on the Conclusion of peace with England. Although at Ghent at, and for some weeks before the Signature of the treaty, I do not pretend to any knowledge of it’s Stipulations; from the talents and patriotism, however, of the Gentlemen who were Charged with the negociation I Cannot doubt that the Conditions are honorable for us and hope that they will...
6723To James Madison from Richard Forrest, 17 April 1815 (Madison Papers)
I have just heard, that an appointment is about to be made of an Officer to Command the Revenue Cutter for the Chesapeake Bay; and having understood, that Captain Middleton, of the Flotilla, is desirous of obtaining it, May I beg leave to recommend him to your consideration, as an excellent man for that purpose? Mrs. Forrest and myself, were some time since, rendered quite unhappy, at hearing,...
6724To James Madison from John George Jackson, 4 September 1809 (Madison Papers)
Your favor of the 23d. Ulto waited my arrival from a tour thro’ the district & thro’ the Western corner of Pennsylvania whence I returned two days since after an absence of two Weeks. Before I set out I had heard & indeed believed the report that the people north of this place had manifested the most decided hostility to the administration & the precautionary measures adopted last winter. Such...
6725To James Madison from George W. Murray, 27 September 1809 (Madison Papers)
On the 7th. Ulto. I did myself the honor of transmitting to you sundry papers in the Case of the Schooner Nimrod, captured within the Jurisdiction of the United States by the Leander & other ships of War. If the documents forwarded to you are considered as sufficient Evidence of the illegality of the Capture, you will no doubt, Sir, agree that the conduct of the Court at Halifax, when in...