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The writings of James Madison,

comprising his public papers and his private correspondence, including numerous letters and documents now for the first time printed.
Madison, James (1751-1836)
 
THE WRITINGS OF JAMES MADISON VOLUME VIII. 1808–1819
 
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CONTENTS OF VOLUME VIII.
 
CHRONOLOGY OF JAMES MADISON. 1808–1819.

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NEGOTIATIONS WITH MR. ROSE.
 
TO JOHN ARMSTRONG.
 
TO WILLIAM PINKNEY.
 
TO WILLIAM PINKNEY.
 
TO WILLIAM PINKNEY.
 
TO WILLIAM PINKNEY.
 
TO JOHN ARMSTRONG.
 
TO WILLIAM PINKNEY.
 
TO JOHN ARMSTRONG.
 
TO WILLIAM PINKNEY.
 
TO WILLIAM PINKNEY.
 
FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS
 
PROCLAMATION.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
TO MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE.
 
MESSAGE TO THE SPECIAL SESSION OF CONGRESS.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
TO MRS. MADISON.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
TO ROBERT SMITH.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
FIRST ANNUAL MESSAGE.
 
SPECIAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS.
 
TO GEORGE JOY.
 
TO WILLIAM PINKENY.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
TO WILLIAM PINKNEY.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
TO ROBERT SMITH.
 
TO ROBERT SMITH.
 
TO JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
PROCLAMATION.
 
TO JOHN ARMSTRONG. (Private.)
 
TO WILLIAM PINKNEY.
 
SECOND ANNUAL MESSAGE.
 
SPECIAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS.
 
VETO MESSAGES.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
MEMORANDUM AS TO ROBERT SMITH.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF NEW HAVEN.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
THIRD ANNUAL MESSAGE.
 
TO J. Q. ADAMS.
 
TO JOEL BARLOW.
 
SPECIAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS.
 
TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
TO JOEL BARLOW.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
SPECIAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS.
 
TO JONATHAN DAYTON.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
SPECIAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS.
 
PROCLAMATION.
 
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRIVATEERS.
 
TO—.
 
TO HENRY DEARBORN.
 
TO JOEL BARLOW.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
TO S. SPRING.
 
TO WILLIAM DEARBORN.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
FOURTH ANNUAL MESSAGE.
 
TO JONAS GALUSHA.
 
TO WILLIAM EUSTIS.
 
TO PAUL HAMILTON.
 
SPECIAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS.
 
SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
 
TO DAVID HUMPHREYS.
 
TO JOHN NICHOLAS.
 
MESSAGE TO THE SPECIAL SESSION OF CONGRESS.
 
TO THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
 
TO ALBERT GALLATIN.
 
TO HENRY DEARBORN.
 
TO ISAAC SHELBY.
 
TO JOHN GRAHAM.
 
TO WILLIAM WIRT.
 
FIFTH ANNUAL MESSAGE.
 
SPECIAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS.
 
TO GEORGE W. CAMPBELL. (Private.)
 
TO GEORGE W. CAMPBELL. (Private.)
 
CABINET MEMORANDUM.
 
CABINET MEMORANDUM.
 
TO JOHN ARMSTRONG.
 
TO C. J. INGERSOLL.
 
TO JOHN ARMSTRONG.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO MRS. MADISON.
 
MEMORANDUM
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO MRS. MADISON.
 
MEMORANDUM.
 
PROCLAMATION.
 
SIXTH ANNUAL MESSAGE.
 
TO DANIEL D. TOMPKINS.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
TO GEORGE W. CAMPBELL. (Private.)
 
TO WILSON CARY NICHOLAS.
 
TO BENJAMIN W. CROWNINSHIELD.
 
TO JOHN ADAMS.
 
SPECIAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS.
 
SPECIAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS.
 
VETO MESSAGE.
 
TO HENRY DEARBORN.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
SEVENTH ANNUAL MESSAGE.
 
TO JOHN GRAHAM.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO ALEXANDER J. DALLAS.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO JOHN GRAHAM.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO ALEXANDER J. DALLAS.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO W. H. CRAWFORD.
 
TO WILLIAM H. CRAWFORD.
 
TO WILLIAM H. CRAWFORD.
 
TO WILSON CARY NICHOLAS.
 
TO JOHN ADAMS.
 
EIGHTH ANNUAL MESSAGE.
 
TO WILLIAM H. CRAWFORD.
 
VETO MESSAGE.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO JOHN ADAMS.
 
TO D. LYNCH, JUNR.
 
TO RICHARD RUSH.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO J. Q. ADAMS.
 
TO HENRY ST. GEORGE TUCKER.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO CHARLES J. INGERSOLL.
 
TO JACOB GIDEON.
 
TO MORDECAI M. NOAH.
 
TO JOHN ADAMS
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO RICHARD PETERS.
 
TO ROBERT WALSH.
 
TO RICHARD RUSH.
 
TO J. Q. ADAMS.
 
TO ROBERT J. EVANS.
 
TO SPENCER ROANE.
 
TO EDWARD COLES.

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TO JAMES MONROE.

MONROE MSS.
[August 22, 1814.]
10 O'C. A.M.
Dear Sir

Since mine of this morning Tatham has come and

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speaks of reinforcements to the first Column of the
Enemy at Notingham. Taylor, I understand is also
here just from Parker, with a report that the Enemy
have 3000 in the Potowmac. This must be a great
exaggeration, if there be not more shipping than we
know of. It wd. seem not improbable that if they
have land force of any sensible importance, that it
would be equal to some distinct object, otherwise it
wd. not be taken from the real operative force. It is
sd. Parker is moving up parallel with the frigates; but
at what point they were I do not learn. I take for
granted that there are arrangements where you are
for quick intelligence from every important point.
The papers of all the Officers are under way to retired
places.[83] I fear not much can be done more
than has been done to strengthen the hands of Genl.
W[inder]. As fast as succorers arrive here they will
be hastened on, but the crisis I presume will be of
such short duration, that but few Even from the
neighboring Country will be on the ground before it is
over. Genl. Douglas's Brigade will receive another
spur, so will the Militia who are to rendevouz at a
Church in Fairfax near this. Wadsworth is taking
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measures for defensive works on the road about
Blandensbg.

It appears that the reinforcements in Canada,
amount to 8 or 10,000.

Yrs.
 
[83]

The papers of the State Department had been moved the day
before, Monroe having notified the clerks in his office to make the
best disposition possible of them. They were taken first to a grist
mill belonging to Edgar Patterson on the Virginia side of the Potomac
a short distance from the Chain Bridge; but this place being deemed
unsafe were moved to Leesburg and placed in an empty house, where
they remained for some weeks, until the British fleet had left the
Chesapeake. See letter of S. Pleasanton, August 7, 1848, to W. H.
Winder in A Sketch of the Events which Preceded the Capture of Washington,
by E. D. Ingraham.

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