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James Madison, Washington, D.C., commission to William Clark, Ninian Edwards, Auguste Chouteau :
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James Madison, Washington, D.C., letter to the Senate and House of Representatives of the state of Tennessee :
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Responding to their address of April 22, 1809; regarding preserving peace with other nations, patriotism.
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James Madison, Department of State, Washington, D.C., letter to Ephraim Kirby :
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Enclosing a commission for Kirby's "services as a Commissioner for deciding on claims to Land within the Mississippi Territory in pursuance of a late law of Congress." Enclosure not present.
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Madison, James, 1751-1836. To William Clark, 1770-1838, Governor of the Missouri Territory; Ninian Edwards…et al.: Commission granting full power to sign a Treaty with the Indians situated on the Mississippi River. Washington, D.C. Countersigned by James Monroe, 1758-1831. 41 x 27 cm
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The American Indian File is an artificially assembled collection which includes miscellaneous pieces and five smaller groups of papers concerning Indians in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. The documents are primarily concerned with the transfer of land from Indians to whites and include deeds, indentures, treaties, proclamations and mortgages. Nearly all the papers are dated from 1634 to 1815, with a very few pieces from the late 19th and the 20th centuries. Also included is information on military and political affairs, negotiations and Indian ethnology, primarily between 1780 to 1850. Tribes belonging to the Iroquoian language family, including the Cherokees and Senecas, are most fully represented, but tribes in the Algonquian family, especially in the Great Lakes region are also represented (Ottawa and Saginaw Chippewa).
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James Madison, Department of State, Washington, D.C., letter to Rufus King :
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Circular letter sent by Madison as secretary of state to United States ministers abroad; this copy was sent to Rufus King, Minister to the United Kingdom. Letter regarding possible threats of attack on American shipping in the Mediterranean Sea by the "Bashaw of Tripoli"; the U.S. sending three frigates, and a Sloop of War to the area. Also giving permission to share information about the situation with Great Britain. The letter documents the beginning of the Tripolitan War (1801-1805), also known as the First Barbary War or the Barbary Coast War.
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James Madison, Washington, D.C., letter to Caesar A. Rodney, Wilmington, Delaware :
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Letter by Secretary of State James Madison to U.S. Attorney General Caesar A. Rodney regarding the treason trial of Aaron Burr; he requests that Mr. La Trobe be immediately summoned to Richmond as a witness and mentions other trial matters.
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James Monroe, War Department, Washington, D.C., letter to Daniel D. Tompkins :
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Monroe writes in the capacity of secretary of state to the governor of New York about British movements in his state during the War of 1812 and urging action to counter them, writing "A vigorous & manly exertion is therefore peculiarly necessary on your part." He mentions generals Alexander Macomb, Jacob Jennings Brown, and George Izard.
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