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1816/03/19
Monroe, James (1758-1831)
to Robert Patterson
Signed as Secretary of State to the Director of the Mint, Patterson. The Mint, in Philadelphia, was being repaired. It was unaffected by the British invasion of Washington.
GLC02002
20 November 1816
Madison, James (1751-1836)
[Presidential pardon of a group of Quakers for refusing to bear arms in militia].
Countersigned by Secretary of State James Monroe. Intended for Joseph Hollingsworth, William Ellicott Jr. and Sr., Thomas Hartley, Levi Hartley, Samuel Hartley Jr., and Seneca Parry, who were arrested in Maryland. Partially filled out.
GLC00043.02
13 November 1816
to Thomas Rutter
Secretary of State Monroe asks the marshal of Maryland for details of the cases against Joseph Hollingsworth, William Ellicott Jr. and Sr., Thomas Hartley, Levi Hartley, Samuel Hartley Jr., Seneca Parry. These men were Quakers who had refused to...
GLC00043.06
[Transmittal letter for blank pardon form].
Possibly for a group of Quakers arrested for refusing to bear arms. Writing as secretary of state.
GLC00043.07
7 December 1816
Urges U.S. Marshall Rutter to promptly list the names of the customs officers who must appear as trial witnesses in Richmond in the case of the Brig Romp.
GLC00043.08
22 November 1816
[Presidential appointment of Thomas Rutter as Marshal for the District of Maryland].
Countersigned by Secretary of State James Monroe. Appointment is from 22 November 1816 until the end of the next session of the Senate of the United States.
GLC00043.09
16 December 1816
[Delay of execution of Clinton Adams and Randal Terrier]
Countersigned by Secretary of State James Monroe. Adams and Terrier were convicted of highway robbery in June 1816. Respite was granted until 21 February, 1817. No reason mentioned for respite.
GLC00068.02
22 May 1816
[Advertisement for sale of land]
Advertisement written by Monroe as Secretary of State for the sale of 2000 acres of land in Loudoun County, Virginia. He had been attempting to sell the land to liquidate his debts as early as 1814, when he placed advertisements in various newspapers...
GLC00496.067
24 January 1815
Rich, Charles (1771-1824)
to unknown
Discusses General Andrew Jackson's New Orleans victory. Mentions a bank bill has been kept by President James Madison for 6 days without a decision. Reports the loss of the frigate U.S.S. President on 15 January 1815.
GLC00496.080
1815/04/08
to Samuel Harrison Smith re: costs of moving Jefferson's library to Congress
Written as President. Jefferson sold his library to the nation (for what became the institution known as the Library of Congress) after the British burned the capitol. "Jos: D." is Jefferson's coachman, Joseph Dougherty. The Madison papers...
GLC02793.011
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