91Removal Power of the President, [18 June] 1789 (Madison Papers)
The removal clause in the bill establishing a foreign affairs department was still under...
92Removal Power of the President, [19 May] 1789 (Madison Papers)
The House took up the establishment of executive departments. JM moved the creation of foreign...
93Salary of the Vice-President, [16 July] 1789 (Madison Papers)
An annual salary of $5,000 was proposed for the vice-president. White objected to any salary...
94Citizenship, [22 May] 1789 (Madison Papers)
The House took up the petition of David Ramsay, who claimed that the election of William Smith of...
95Address of the House of Representatives to the President, [5 May] 1789 (Madison Papers)
The Representatives of the People of the United States present their congratulations on the event...
96Notes for Speech in Congress, [ca. 9 April] 1789 (Madison Papers)
Notes on commercial policy Importance of right outset—more easy to limit—than unfetter—1. prove...
97Salaries of Judges, [18 September] 1789 (Madison Papers)
Goodhue moved to strike $4,500, the proposed salary of the chief justice of the Supreme Court,...
98Removal Power of the President, [22 June] 1789 (Madison Papers)
The bill establishing a department of foreign affairs was still being debated in the Committee of...
99Amendments to the Constitution, [17 August] 1789 (Madison Papers)
Tucker moved to strike out, “No state shall infringe the equal rights of conscience, nor the...
100Location of the Capital, [21 September] 1789 (Madison Papers)
The seat of government bill was under consideration in the Committee of the Whole. Mr. Madison...
101Amendments to the Constitution, [18 August] 1789 (Madison Papers)
The last proposition of the select committee read: “The powers not delegated by this...
102Notes for Speech in Congress, [ca. 8 June] 1789 (Madison Papers)
Reasons urging amendts. 1. to prove fedts. friends to liberty 2. remove remaining inquietudes 3....
103Location of the Capital, [26 September] 1789 (Madison Papers)
The Senate amended the residence bill by substituting for the Susquehanna site a district...
104Tonnage Duties, [27 June] 1789 (Madison Papers)
The Senate proposed to strike the clause in the tonnage bill providing for discrimination against...
105Import Duties, [16 April] 1789 (Madison Papers)
White suggested the duty on hemp be fixed at seventy-five cents per hundredweight. Mr. Madison...
106Import Duties, [18 April] 1789 (Madison Papers)
FitzSimons proposed duties on teas that discriminated between those imported from India and China...
107Title for the President, [11 May] 1789 (Madison Papers)
The debate concerned a title for the executive office. Should the House appoint a committee to...
108Treasury Department, [29 June] 1789 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Madison Observed, that the committee had gone through the bill without making any provision...
109Import Duties, [17 April] 1789 (Madison Papers)
The duty on salt was under consideration. Mr. Madison . From the nature of the arguments made use...
110Import Duty on Slaves, [13 May] 1789 (Madison Papers)
Parker moved to fix a duty of ten dollars on each slave imported into the United States. Some...
111John Churchman’s Petition, [20 April] 1789 (Madison Papers)
A committee had recommended a cautious approach in supporting Churchman’s proposed scientific...
112Receipt to the Treasurer, [24 October 1775] (Madison Papers)
Received twenty pounds for the Use of Colo. James Maddison for collecting Arms by Warrant from...
113Location of the Capital, [4 September] 1789 (Madison Papers)
Debate continued on Goodhue’s motion to fix the permanent location of the capital on the east...
114Import Duties, [24 April] 1789 (Madison Papers)
Formal consideration of the Committee of the Whole report was now before the House. Several...
115Removal Power of the President, [17 June] 1789 (Madison Papers)
Debate continued on the clause in the bill establishing a foreign affairs department that...
116Treasury Department, [20 May] 1789 (Madison Papers)
Gerry proposed to place the treasury in the hands of three commissioners. Baldwin preferred a...
117Import Duties, [25 April] 1789 (Madison Papers)
A fifteen-cent duty on Jamaica rum was approved. The House then took up the twelve-cent duty on...
118Amendments to the Constitution, [13 August] 1789 (Madison Papers)
On 21 July, JM moved that the House take up amendments in the Committee of the Whole, as provided...
119Import Duties, [28 April] 1789 (Madison Papers)
Goodhue, Gerry, and Thatcher of Massachusetts objected to the six-cent duty on molasses as...
120Tonnage Duties, [4 May] 1789 (Madison Papers)
Before this day’s debate began, JM gave notice that on 25 May he would introduce the subject of...