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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91 | Madison, James | Memorandum on an African Colony for Freed Slaves, [ca. … | 1789-10-20 | Without enquiring into the practicability or the most proper means of establishing a Settlement... | |
| 92 | Madison, James | Removal Power of the President, [18 June] 1789 | 1789-06-18 | The removal clause in the bill establishing a foreign affairs department was still under... | |
| 93 | 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... | |
| 94 | Madison, James | Salary of the Vice-President, [16 July] 1789 | 1789-07-16 | An annual salary of $5,000 was proposed for the vice-president. White objected to any salary... | |
| 95 | 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... | |
| 96 | 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... | |
| 97 | Madison, James | Salaries of Judges, [18 September] 1789 | 1789-09-18 | Goodhue moved to strike $4,500, the proposed salary of the chief justice of the Supreme Court,... | |
| 98 | Madison, James | Removal Power of the President, [22 June] 1789 | 1789-06-22 | The bill establishing a department of foreign affairs was still being debated in the Committee of... | |
| 99 | Madison, James | Amendments to the Constitution, [17 August] 1789 | 1789-08-17 | Tucker moved to strike out, “No state shall infringe the equal rights of conscience, nor the... | |
| 100 | Madison, James | Location of the Capital, [21 September] 1789 | 1789-09-21 | The seat of government bill was under consideration in the Committee of the Whole. Mr. Madison... | |
| 101 | Madison, James | Amendments to the Constitution, [18 August] 1789 | 1789-08-18 | The last proposition of the select committee read: “The powers not delegated by this... | |
| 102 | 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.... | |
| 103 | Madison, James | Location of the Capital, [26 September] 1789 | 1789-09-26 | The Senate amended the residence bill by substituting for the Susquehanna site a district... | |
| 104 | Madison, James | Tonnage Duties, [27 June] 1789 | 1789-06-27 | The Senate proposed to strike the clause in the tonnage bill providing for discrimination against... | |
| 105 | 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... | |
| 106 | Madison, James | Import Duties, [18 April] 1789 | 1789-04-18 | FitzSimons proposed duties on teas that discriminated between those imported from India and China... | |
| 107 | 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... | |
| 108 | Madison, James | Treasury Department, [29 June] 1789 | 1789-06-29 | Mr. Madison Observed, that the committee had gone through the bill without making any provision... | |
| 109 | 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... | |
| 110 | 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... | |
| 111 | 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... | |
| 112 | Madison, James | Receipt to the Treasurer, [24 October 1775] | 1775-10-24 | Received twenty pounds for the Use of Colo. James Maddison for collecting Arms by Warrant from... | |
| 113 | Madison, James | Location of the Capital, [4 September] 1789 | 1789-09-04 | Debate continued on Goodhue’s motion to fix the permanent location of the capital on the east... | |
| 114 | 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... | |
| 115 | Madison, James | Removal Power of the President, [17 June] 1789 | 1789-06-17 | Debate continued on the clause in the bill establishing a foreign affairs department that... | |
| 116 | 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... | |
| 117 | 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... | |
| 118 | Madison, James | Amendments to the Constitution, [13 August] 1789 | 1789-08-13 | On 21 July, JM moved that the House take up amendments in the Committee of the Whole, as provided... | |
| 119 | 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... | |
| 120 | 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... |