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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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| 1 | Madison, James | Washington, George | From James Madison to George Washington, 5 March 1789 | 1789-03-05 | On our journey hither we have fallen in with the Bearer of the Electoral Votes of Georgia. They... |
| 2 | Madison, James | Washington, George | From James Madison to George Washington, 8 March 1789 | 1789-03-08 | We arrived here yesterday evening where we have met with Mr. Dawson just from New York. When he... |
| 3 | Madison, James | Washington, George | From James Madison to George Washington, 19 March 1789 | 1789-03-19 | On our arrival here we found that the number of Representatives on the spot had been stationary... |
| 4 | Madison, James | Washington, George | From James Madison to George Washington, 26 March 1789 | 1789-03-26 | The inclosed copy of Morgan’s invitation to his fellow Citizens was obtained from one of his... |
| 5 | Madison, James | Jefferson, Thomas | From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 29 March 1789 | 1789-03-29 | My last was committed in December to Mr. Gouverneur Morris. I was then on my way to Virginia. The... |
| 6 | Madison, James | Washington, George | From James Madison to George Washington, 6 April 1789 | 1789-04-06 | The arrival of R. H. Lee yesterday has made up a Quorum of the Senate. A Quorum in the other... |
| 7 | Madison, James | Pendleton, Edmund | From James Madison to Edmund Pendleton, 8 April 1789 | 1789-04-08 | You will not learn without some surprize that the sixth of this month arrived before a quorum was... |
| 8 | Madison, James | Import and Tonnage Duties, [8 April] 1789 | 1789-04-08 | Mr. Madison . I take the liberty Mr. Chairman, at this early stage of the business to introduce... | |
| 9 | Madison, James | Carrington, Edward | From James Madison to Edward Carrington, 8 April 1789 | 1789-04-08 | Letter not found. 8 April 1789. Acknowledged in Carrington to JM, 12 May 1789 . Encloses... |
| 10 | Madison, James | Notes for Speech in Congress, [ca. 9 April] 1789 | 1789-04-09 | Notes on commercial policy Importance of right outset—more easy to limit—than unfetter—1. prove... | |
| 11 | Madison, James | Import and Tonnage Duties, [9 April] 1789 | 1789-04-09 | FitzSimons moved to add a number of articles to be given a specific duty, including some for the... | |
| 12 | Madison, James | Randolph, Edmund | From James Madison to Edmund Randolph, 12 April 1789 | 1789-04-12 | I am just favored with yours of the 27. Ulto. My last was sent from Alexandria, and as the... |
| 13 | Madison, James | Import Duties, [14 April] 1789 | 1789-04-14 | The Committee of the Whole proceeded to set the amount of duty on each of the enumerated... | |
| 14 | Madison, James | Import Duties, [16 April] 1789 | 1789-04-16 | White suggested the duty on hemp be fixed at seventy-five cents per hundredweight. Mr. Madison... | |
| 15 | Madison, James | Import Duties, [17 April] 1789 | 1789-04-17 | The duty on salt was under consideration. Mr. Madison . From the nature of the arguments made use... | |
| 16 | Madison, James | Import Duties, [18 April] 1789 | 1789-04-18 | FitzSimons proposed duties on teas that discriminated between those imported from India and China... | |
| 17 | Madison, James | Pendleton, Edmund | From James Madison to Edmund Pendleton, 19 April 1789 | 1789-04-19 | My last was committed to Majr. Rogers of your County who embarked some days ago from this place... |
| 18 | Madison, James | Madison, James (Reverend) | From James Madison to the Reverend James Madison, 19 … | 1789-04-19 | Letter not found. 19 April 1789. Acknowledged in the Reverend James Madison to JM, 5 May 1789 .... |
| 19 | Madison, James | John Churchman’s Petition, [20 April] 1789 | 1789-04-20 | A committee had recommended a cautious approach in supporting Churchman’s proposed scientific... | |
| 20 | Madison, James | Import Duties, [20 April] 1789 | 1789-04-20 | FitzSimons proposed a drawback of six cents per gallon on exports of rum distilled in the United... | |
| 21 | Madison, James | Tonnage Duties, [21 April] 1789 | 1789-04-21 | The tonnage duty on vessels belonging to subjects of countries having a commercial treaty with... | |
| 22 | Madison, James | Import Duties, [24 April] 1789 | 1789-04-24 | Formal consideration of the Committee of the Whole report was now before the House. Several... | |
| 23 | Madison, James | Import Duties, [25 April] 1789 | 1789-04-25 | A fifteen-cent duty on Jamaica rum was approved. The House then took up the twelve-cent duty on... | |
| 24 | Madison, James | Import Duties, [28 April] 1789 | 1789-04-28 | Goodhue, Gerry, and Thatcher of Massachusetts objected to the six-cent duty on molasses as... | |
| 25 | Madison, James | Address of the President to Congress, [30 April] 1789 | 1789-04-30 | The term had not yet been coined, but JM was ghostwriting speeches for Washington during the... | |
| 26 | Madison, James | Tonnage Duties, [4 May] 1789 | 1789-05-04 | Before this day’s debate began, JM gave notice that on 25 May he would introduce the subject of... | |
| 27 | House of Representatives | Washington, George | Address of the House of Representatives to the … | 1789-05-05 | The Representatives of the People of the United States present their congratulations on the event... |
| 28 | Madison, James | Tonnage Duties, [5 May] 1789 | 1789-05-05 | Jackson moved to lower the proposed duty on vessels from nations having commercial treaties with... | |
| 29 | Madison, James | Hawkins, Benjamin | From James Madison to Benjamin Hawkins, 5 May 1789 | 1789-05-05 | Letter not found. 5 May 1789. Acknowledged in Hawkins to JM, 1 June 1789 . Encloses draft of the... |
| 30 | Madison, James | Tonnage Duties, [7 May] 1789 | 1789-05-07 | JM moved to lower the tonnage duty on ships of countries which had no alliance with the United... | |
| 31 | Madison, James | Jefferson, Thomas | From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 9 May 1789 | 1789-05-09 | My last was of the 29th. March. A few days ago I had the pleasure of yours of the 12. Jany. I... |
| 32 | Madison, James | Import Duties, [9 May] 1789 | 1789-05-09 | The impost bill, first read on 5 May, was under consideration by the Committee of the Whole.... | |
| 33 | Madison, James | Randolph, Edmund | From James Madison to Edmund Randolph, 10 May 1789 | 1789-05-10 | Whilst I thank you for your favr of the 23d. Ult: I must remind you that it does not contain the... |
| 34 | Madison, James | Title for the President, [11 May] 1789 | 1789-05-11 | The debate concerned a title for the executive office. Should the House appoint a committee to... | |
| 35 | Madison, James | Import Duties, [12 May] 1789 | 1789-05-12 | The committee had resumed consideration of the impost bill. The question was whether to strike... | |
| 36 | Madison, James | Monroe, James | From James Madison to James Monroe, 13 May 1789 | 1789-05-13 | I have been favored with yours of April . The newspapers will have given you some idea of our... |
| 37 | Madison, James | Import Duty on Slaves, [13 May] 1789 | 1789-05-13 | Parker moved to fix a duty of ten dollars on each slave imported into the United States. Some... | |
| 38 | Madison, James | Import Duties, [15 May] 1789 | 1789-05-15 | JM moved to add a clause to the impost bill limiting its duration. Mr. Madison . When he offered... | |
| 39 | Madison, James | Pendleton, Edmund | From James Madison to Edmund Pendleton, 17 May 1789 | 1789-05-17 | Your favor of the 3d. instant was not recd. till two days ago. It is not certain however that the... |
| 40 | Madison, James | Removal Power of the President, [19 May] 1789 | 1789-05-19 | The House took up the establishment of executive departments. JM moved the creation of foreign... | |
| 41 | Madison, James | Treasury Department, [20 May] 1789 | 1789-05-20 | Gerry proposed to place the treasury in the hands of three commissioners. Baldwin preferred a... | |
| 42 | Madison, James | Trist, Eliza House | From James Madison to Eliza House Trist, 21 May 1789 | 1789-05-21 | Your favor of the 15th. gave me the first information of Browse’s illness. I hope his recovery is... |
| 43 | Madison, James | Citizenship, [22 May] 1789 | 1789-05-22 | The House took up the petition of David Ramsay, who claimed that the election of William Smith of... | |
| 44 | Madison, James | Jefferson, Thomas | From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 23 May 1789 | 1789-05-23 | This will I expect be handed you by a young gentleman, Mr. Colden, the son of an amiable lady of... |
| 45 | Madison, James | Jefferson, Thomas | From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 27 May 1789 | 1789-05-27 | Since my last which was written on sunday last and included an introduction of young Mr. Colden... |
| 46 | Madison, James | Randolph, Edmund | From James Madison to Edmund Randolph, 31 May 1789 | 1789-05-31 | I have been favored with yours of the 19th. instant and thank you for the answer to Mr. St.... |
| 47 | Madison, James | Notes for Speech in Congress, [ca. 8 June] 1789 | 1789-06-08 | Reasons urging amendts. 1. to prove fedts. friends to liberty 2. remove remaining inquietudes 3.... | |
| 48 | Madison, James | Amendments to the Constitution, [8 June] 1789 | 1789-06-08 | On 25 May, the day assigned to take up amendments, JM moved to postpone the subject for two weeks... | |
| 49 | Madison, James | Jefferson, Thomas | From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 13 June 1789 | 1789-06-13 | The letter herewith enclosed from Col: H. Lee with the papers accompanying it fully explain... |
| 50 | Madison, James | Randolph, Edmund | From James Madison to Edmund Randolph, 15 June 1789 | 1789-06-15 | The inclosed paper contains the proposition made on Monday last on the subject of amendments. It... |