361Petition of Beverley Winslow and Joseph Hawkins, ca. 18 December 1795 (Madison Papers)
Document not found. Ca. 18 December 1795. Presented by JM to the House of Representatives, 18...
362Additional Revenue, [19 January] 1797 (Madison Papers)
The report of the Committee of Ways and Means calling for additional revenue of $4,724,360 had...
363Draft of the Petition to the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, [ca. September] 1795 (Madison Papers)
The following is the first of two drafts of a document that was later to appear in several...
364Jay’s Treaty, [6 April] 1796 (Madison Papers)
On 31 March, the day after Washington had rejected the call for Jay’s instructions and papers,...
365Release of Lafayette, [3 March] 1797 (Madison Papers)
On 2 March, Harper (South Carolina) had moved a resolution that the House inform the president of...
366National University, [26 December] 1796 (Madison Papers)
On 21 December JM had reported the following resolution from the select committee established on...
367Additional Revenue, [20 January] 1797 (Madison Papers)
The House took up the resolution for direct taxes on land and on slaves reported by the Committee...
368Naval Armament, [7 April] 1796 (Madison Papers)
By the law of 27 March 1794 Congress had authorized the president to construct six frigates...
369Petition of John Porter, ca. 27 December 1796 (Madison Papers)
Document not found. Ca. 27 December 1796. On 27 Dec. 1796 JM presented to the House of...
370Case of Randall and Whitney, [28 December] 1795 (Madison Papers)
Smith (South Carolina) informed the House of the activities of Randall and Whitney and declared...
371Indian Intercourse Bill, [9 April] 1796 (Madison Papers)
In response to problems arising from the 1795 treaty of Greenville and raids by Tennessee...
372Impressed American Seamen, [1 March] 1796 (Madison Papers)
In the debate continuing in the Committee of the Whole since 29 February, Bourne (Rhode Island)...
373Naval Armament, [8 April] 1796 (Madison Papers)
The House continued the debate from 7 April. The motion to build six frigates was rejected 36 to...
374Case of Randall and Whitney, [30 December] 1795 (Madison Papers)
Randall had petitioned the House that he be allowed time to prepare his defense with the aid of...
375Northwestern Land Offices, [3 March] 1796 (Madison Papers)
On 26 January 1796 Smith (South Carolina) reported a bill to establish offices for the sale of...
376Postal Road Survey, [19 May] 1796 (Madison Papers)
JM reported a bill for the postal road survey on 3 May ( JHR Journal of the House of...
377Articles of Agreement with Theodorus Bailey, 5 January 1796 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
5 January 1796. JM has sold to Theodorus Bailey and John B. Van Wyck his land known as lot number...
378Jay’s Treaty, [10 March] 1796 (Madison Papers)
After JM’s amendment to Livingston’s motion was lost, the House resumed its discussion of the...
379Case of Randall and Whitney, [7 January] 1796 (Madison Papers)
Giles (Virginia) moved that Whitney’s case be dismissed as it involved no breach of privilege....
380Postal Road Survey, [11 February] 1796 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Madison moved that the resolution laid upon the table, some days ago, be taken up, relative...
381Petition of Joseph-Léonard Poirey, [9 January] 1797 (Madison Papers)
On 5 January JM had called up the report of the secretary of war on Poirey’s petition and moved...
382Petition of Joseph-Léonard Poirey, [11 January] 1797 (Madison Papers)
JM called up the bill on the claim of Poirey. The House went into a Committee of the Whole, rose,...
383Petition of Peter Gree, ca. 13 December 1796 (Madison Papers)
Document not found. Ca. 13 December 1796. Presented by JM to the House of Representatives, 13...