Volume 5 – Table of Contents

Selected Correspondence and Papers, 1803-1811 

1803      1804      1805      1806      1807

1808      1809      1810      1811

(Transcriptions of the following letters are also available through our online catalogue)

1803

  • To Thomas Jefferson, 9 January
  • From Thomas Jefferson, 10 January
  • From Thomas Jefferson, 13 January
  • To James Madison, 24 January
  • From John Guerrant, 6 February
  • Samuel L. Mitchill to Catharine A. Mitchill, 9 February
  • To James Madison, 25 February
  • From James Madison, 1 March
  • From James Madison, 2 March
  • James Madison to James Monroe and Robert R. Livingston, 2 March
  • James Madison to James Monroe and Charles Pinckney, 2 March
  • To Samuel Coleman, 2 March
  • To John Breckinridge, 4 March
  • To John Taylor, 6 March
  • To Thomas Jefferson, 7 March
  • To James Madison, 7 March
  • To James Madison, 9 April
  • From Robert R. Livingston, 10 April
  • To James Madison, 15 April
  • To James Madison, 15 April
  • James Madison to James Monroe and Robert R. Livingston, 18 April
  • To James Madison, 19 April
  • From James Madison, 20 April
  • François Barbé-Marbois-Project of the Louisiana Treaty, 27 April
  • Memorandum of the Negotiations for the Cession of Louisiana, 27 April
  • James Monroe and Robert R. Livingston – Project of the Louisiana Treaty, 28 April
  • Memorandum of the Negotiations for the Cession of Louisiana, 29 April
  • James Monroe and Robert R. Livingston – Project of the Louisiana Treaty, 30 April
  • From James Madison, 1 May
  • Memorandum of the Negotiations for the Cession of Louisiana, 1 May
  • The Louisiana Treaty, 2 May
  • Convention for the Payment for Louisiana, 2 May
  • To François Barbé-Marbois, 2 May
  • François Barbé-Marbois to James Monroe and Robert R. Livingston, 4 May
  • To Robert R. Livingston, 5 May
  • To Robert R. Livingston – Draft of Convention for Paying Debts, 5 May
  • Charles Pinckney to James Monroe and Robert R. Livingston, 5 May
  • To Robert R. Livingston, 6 May
  • To Robert R. Livingston – Convention for the Payment of Debts, 9 May
  • James Monroe and Robert R. Livingston to James Madison, 13 May
  • To James Madison, 14 May
  • To James Madison, 16 May
  • To Charles Pinckney, 16 May
  • To Thomas Jefferson, 18 May
  • To James Madison, 18 May
  • To Charles Talleyrand, 19 May
  • From Robert R. Livingston, 23 May
  • Memorandum of the Negotiations for the Cession of Louisiana, 23 May
  • To Stevens Thomson Mason, Wilson Cary Nicholas and John Breckinridge, 25 May
  • To Robert R. Livingston, May 1803
  • To James Madison, 7 June
  • Opinion Respecting West Florida, 7 June
  • Robert R. Livingston and James Monroe to James Madison, 7 June
  • James Monroe and Robert R. Livingston to Charles Pinckney, 7 June
  • To Joseph Jones, 8 June
  • To James Madison, 8 June
  • To James Madison, 19 June
  • From James Madison, 25 June
  • To Charles Pinckney, 5 July
  • From John Breckinridge, 9 July
  • To Fulwar Skipwith, 17 July
  • To James Madison, 20 July
  • To James Madison, 26 July
  • From Robert R. Livingston, 29 July
  • From James Madison, 29 July
  • James Madison to James Monroe and Robert R. Livingston, 29 July
  • From James Madison, 30 July
  • To James Madison, 11 August
  • To James Madison, 15 August
  • To Robert R. Livingston, 20 August
  • Instrument of Guarantee, 20 August
  • To Fulwar Skipwith, 21 August
  • To James Madison, 31 August
  • To James Madison, 6 September
  • From Robert R. Livingston, 11 September
  • To James Madison, 17 September
  • To James Madison, 18 September
  • To Thomas Jefferson, 20 September
  • From James Madison, 29 September
  • To Samuel Tyler, 29 September
  • From François Barbé-Marbois, 8 October
  • To Robert R. Livingston, 9 October
  • To James Madison, 21 October
  • To James Madison, 22 October
  • From James Madison, 22 October
  • To Samuel Tyler, 22 October
  • To Robert R. Livingston, 29 October
  • From George Erving, 5 November
  • From John Randolph, 7 November
  • To James Madison, 16 November
  • From James Maury, 19 November
  • From Robert R. Livingston, 25 November
  • To James Madison, 25 November
  • To Lord Hawkesbury, 29 November
  • To John Page, 29 November
  • From Joel Barlow, 10 December
  • To James Madison, 15 December
  • To James Madison, 15 December
  • To Fulwar Skipwith, 16 December
  • To James Madison, 17 December
  • From Bishop James Madison, 23 December
  • From James Madison, 26 December

1804

  • From James Madison, 5 January
  • From Thomas Jefferson, 8 January
  • To James Madison, 12 January
  • To Robert R. Livingston, 13 January
  • To John Randolph, 22 January
  • To Fulwar Skipwith, 14 February
  • From Charles Pinckney, 22 February
  • To James Madison, 25 February
  • From John Randolph, 28 February
  • To James Madison, 3 March
  • From James Madison, 5 March
  • From James Madison, 8 March
  • To Joseph Jones, 12 March
  • To Thomas Jefferson, 15 March
  • To James Madison, 18 March
  • Diplomatic Diary, 2 April
  • Project of a Convention Relative to Seamen &c., 7 April
  • To James Madison, 15 April
  • From James Madison, 15 April
  • To Joseph Jones, 16 May
  • To James Madison, 22 May
  • To James Madison, 3 June
  • From William Wilberforce, 6 June
  • To James Madison, 10 June
  • To James Madison, 23 June
  • To James Madison, 28 June
  • To James Madison, 1 July
  • James Madison to James Monroe and Charles Pinckney, 8 July
  • From James Madison, 20 July
  • From John Randolph, 29 July
  • To James Madison, 7 August
  • To James Madison, 10 August
  • From John Breckinridge, 8 September
  • To James Madison, 8 September
  • To Samuel Tyler, 25 September
  • To Lord Harrowby, 29 September
  • To James Madison, 3 October
  • To James Madison, 7 October
  • Journal of Journey to Spain, 8 October
  • To John H. Purviance, 14 October
  • To Fulwar Skipwith, 14 October
  • Journal of Journey to Spain, 16-24 October
  • From James Madison, 26 October
  • To John H. Purviance, 30 October
  • To Charles Talleyrand, 8 November
  • From James Madison, 9 November
  • From Robert R. Livingston, 12 November
  • To Robert R. Livingston, 13 November
  • To John H. Purviance, 16 November
  • From John Armstrong, 26 November
  • To James Madison, 27 November
  • To James Madison, 16 December
  • Journal of Journey to Spain, 19-20 December
  • To James Madison, 20 December
  • To Thomas Jefferson, 21 December
  • From Charles Talleyrand, 21 December
  • Journal of Journey to Spain, 22 December 1804 – 1 January 1805

1805

  • To James Madison, 19 January
  • To James Madison, 27 January
  • James Monroe and Charles Pinckney to Pedro Cevallos, 28 January
  • Project of a Convention, January
  • To Joseph Jones, 28 January
  • Pedro Cevallos to James Monroe and Charles Pinckney, 31 January
  • To James Madison, 2 February
  • James Monroe and Charles Pinckney to Pedro Cevallos, 5 February
  • Pedro Cevallos to James Monroe and Charles Pinckney, 10 February
  • Journal of the Negotiation at Aranjuez, 10 February
  • James Monroe and Charles Pinckney to Pedro Cevallos, 12 February
  • To John Armstrong, 15 February
  • Pedro Cevallos to James Monroe and Charles Pinckney, 16 February
  • Journal of the Negotiation at Aranjuez, 16 February
  • Pedro Cevallos to James Monroe and Charles Pinckney, 24 February
  • To John Armstrong, 26 February
  • James Monroe and Charles Pinckney to Pedro Cevallos, 26 February
  • Pedro Cevallos to James Monroe and Charles Pinckney, 28 February
  • To Eliza Monroe, 1 March
  • James Monroe and Charles Pinckney to James Madison, 1 March
  • Pedro Cevallos to James Monroe and Charles Pinckney, 4 March
  • From James Madison, 6 March
  • James Monroe and Charles Pinckney to Pedro Cevallos, 8 March
  • Pedro Cevallos to James Monroe and Charles Pinckney, 14 March
  • Journal of the Negotiation at Aranjuez, 16 March
  • To John Armstrong, 17 March
  • Journal of Journey to Spain, 24 March
  • Journal of the Negotiation at Aranjuez, 25 March
  • James Monroe and Charles Pinckney To Pedro Cevallos, 30 March
  • Journal of the Negotiation at Aranjuez, 5 April
  • James Monroe and Charles Pinckney to Pedro Cevallos, 9 April
  • From James Madison, 12 April
  • Pedro Cevallos To James Monroe and Charles Pinckney, 13 April
  • To James Madison, 16 April
  • James Monroe and Charles Pinckney to Pedro Cevallos, 20 April
  • Journal of the Negotiation at Aranjuez, 20 April
  • To Fulwar Skipwith, 2 May
  • To James Madison, 3 May
  • To John H. Purviance, 3 May
  • James Monroe and Charles Pinckney to Pedro Cevallos, 12 May
  • To Manuel de Godoy, 14 May
  • Pedro Cevallos to James Monroe and Charles Pinckney, 15 May
  • James Monroe and Charles Pinckney to Pedro Cevallos, 18 May
  • To Carlos IV, King of Spain, 22 May
  • To Pierre Riel de Beurnonville, 23 May
  • James Monroe and Charles Pinckney to James Madison, 23 May
  • James Monroe and Charles Pinckney to James Madison, 25 May
  • To James Madison, 26 May
  • Journal of Journey to Spain, 26 May
  • From Charles Pinckney, 28 May
  • From Larkin Smith, 7 June
  • To Lord Mulgrave, 31 July
  • To James Madison, 6 August
  • To Lord Mulgrave, 8 August
  • To Lord Mulgrave, 12 August
  • To James Madison, 16 August
  • To James Madison, 20 August
  • To John Armstrong, 2 September
  • From John Armstrong, 18 September
  • To Lord Mulgrave, 23 September
  • To Thomas Jefferson, 26 September
  • To James Madison, 18 October
  • To Thomas Jefferson, 1 November
  • To James Madison, 6 November
  • From Lord Mulgrave, 25 November
  • From John H. Purviance, 12 December
  • From William Lyman, 16 December
  • From James Bowdoin, 17 December
  • To Joseph Prentis, ,29 December

1806

  • To Joseph Prentis, 6 January
  • To James Madison, 10 January
  • From James Madison, 13 January
  • To James Madison, 16 January
  • To James Madison, 28 January
  • To Eliza Monroe, 28 January
  • To James Madison, 2 February
  • To James Madison, 12 February
  • To John Randolph, 20 February
  • To Charles J. Fox, 25 February
  • To James Madison, 11 March
  • From James Madison, 11 March
  • From Thomas Jefferson, 16 March
  • From James Garnett, 19 March
  • To Charles J. Fox, 31 March
  • To James Madison, 31 March
  • To James Madison, 3 April
  • To James Madison, 18 April
  • To James Madison, 20 April
  • From James Madison, 23 April
  • To James Madison, 28 April
  • To James Madison, 29 April
  • From Thomas Jefferson, 4 May
  • From Joseph Nicholson, 5 May
  • From James Madison, 15 May
  • James Madison to James Monroe and William Pinkney, 17 May
  • To James Madison, 17 May
  • “A British Merchant,” 28 May
  • From Fulwar Skipwith, 31 May
  • To James Madison, 9 June
  • From William Wirt, 10 June
  • To Thomas Jefferson, 15 June
  • To John Randolph, 16 June
  • To Thomas Jefferson, 20 June
  • To Fulwar Skipwith, 24 June
  • From Frances Vincent, 27 June
  • To Francis Vincent, 27 June
  • To Thomas Jefferson, 8 July
  • James Monroe and William Pinkney to James Madison, 25 July
  • To Charles J. Fox, 4 August
  • James Monroe and William Pinkney to James Madison, 11 August
  • James Monroe and William Pinkney to James Madison, 15 August
  • From Lord Auckland, 16 August
  • From William Wilberforce, 21 August
  • Journal of Negotiations, 27 August
  • To James Sullivan, 29 August
  • Project of a Treaty with Great Britain, August 1806
  • Journal of Negotiation, 1 September
  • James Monroe and William Pinkney to James Madison, 11 September
  • To James Madison, 13 September
  • From John Randolph, 16 September
  • Journal of Negotiations, 17 September
  • Journal of Negotiations, 22 September
  • Lord Holland and Lord Auckland to James Monroe and William Pinkney, 15 October
  • To William Smith, 15 October
  • Journal of Negotiations, 23 October
  • From Thomas Jefferson, 26 October
  • Journal of Negotiation, 30 October
  • Journal of Negotiation, 5 November
  • Lord Holland and Lord Auckland to James Monroe and William Pinkney, 8 November
  • James Monroe and William Pinkney to James Madison, 11 November
  • To John Randolph, 12 November
  • James Madison to James Monroe and William Pinkney, 28 November
  • From John Randolph, 5 December
  • Journal of Negotiation, 6 December
  • Journal of Negotiation, 9 December
  • Lord Holland and Lord Auckland to James Monroe and William Pinkney, 31 December
  • Treaty of Amity Commerce and Navigation between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America, 31 December

1807

  • James Monroe and William Pinkney to James Madison, 3 January
  • From Lord Howick, 10 January
  • To John Purviance, 12 January
  • From James Madison, 13 January
  • James Monroe and William Pinkney to John Armstrong, 16 January
  • James Madison to James Monroe and William Pinkney, 3 February
  • Lord Holland and Lord Auckland to James Madison and William Pinkney, 10 February
  • To William Wilberforce, 13 February
  • From Lord Howick, 11 March
  • To Lord Holland, 15 March
  • James Madison to James Monroe and William Pinkney, 18 March
  • From John Purviance, 20 March
  • From Thomas Jefferson, 21 March
  • To Lord Howick, 26 March
  • From James Madison, 31 March
  • From Lord Holland, March
  • From Joseph Nicholson, 12 April
  • To James Madison, 20 April
  • James Monroe and William Pinkney to James Madison, 22 April
  • James Monroe and William Pinkney to James Madison, 25 April
  • James Madison to James Monroe and William Pinkney, 20 May
  • To Thomas Jefferson, May
  • From Littleton W. Tazewell, 7 June
  • From Lord Holland, 27 June
  • From James Madison, 6 July
  • James Monroe and William Pinkney to James Madison, 23 July
  • James Monroe and William Pinkney to George Canning, 24 July
  • From George Canning, 25 July
  • To George Canning, 29 July
  • To Fulwar Skipwith, 30 July
  • From George Canning, 3 August
  • To James Madison, 4 August
  • To James Madison, 14 August
  • To George Canning, 7 September
  • From George Canning, 23 September
  • To Lord Auckland, 25 September
  • To George Canning, 29 September
  • James Monroe and William Pinkney to James Madison, 10 October
  • To James Madison, 10 October
  • From Lord Holland, 14 October
  • James Monroe and William Pinkney to George Canning, 18 October
  • George Canning to James Monroe and William Pinkney, 22 October
  • James Monroe and William Pinkney to James Madison, 22 October
  • To Lord Holland, 1 November
  • To Lord Auckland, 3 November
  • To William Pinkney, 6 November
  • From the Mayor, Aldermen and Council of Norfolk, 14 December
  • To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Council of Norfolk, 14 December
  • Resolution of the Virginia House of Delegates, 21 December
  • From Alexander McRae, 22 December
  • Committee Report of the Virginia Council of State, 23 December
  • From John Randolph, 24 December
  • From Alexander McRae, 31 December

1808

  • To James Madison, 19 January
  • To Alexander McRae, 20 January
  • To Joseph Prentis, 22 January
  • To the Public, January
  • From William Wirt, 8 February
  • From Thomas Jefferson, 18 February
  • From Edward C. Stanard, 19 February
  • From John Taylor, 22 February
  • To Thomas Jefferson, 27 February
  • To James Madison, 28 February
  • From Thomas Jefferson, 10 March
  • From James Madison, 18 March
  • To Thomas Jefferson, 22 March
  • To James Madison, 26 March
  • From John Randolph, 26 March
  • From Thomas Jefferson, 11 April
  • To George Hay, 29 April
  • To Samuel Tyler, 30 May
  • To John Taylor, 13 July
  • To John Taylor, 19 July
  • To John Taylor, 20 July
  • To William Short, 19 August
  • From William Wilberforce, 5 September
  • To Thomas Jefferson, 13 September
  • To Joseph Nicholson, 24 September
  • From Lord Holland, 6 October
  • From Littleton W. Tazewell, 8 October
  • From Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte, 15 October
  • To Thomas Jefferson, 24 October
  • To Littleton W. Tazewell, 30 October
  • To Samuel Tyler, 2 November
  • To Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte, 6 November
  • From Samuel Tyler, 30 November
  • To William Wirt, 20 December

1809

  • To John Taylor, 9 January
  • To James Bowdoin, 17 January
  • To Thomas Jefferson, 18 January
  • From Thomas Jefferson, 28 January
  • To Thomas Jefferson, 2 February
  • To James Morrison, 24 March
  • To Richard Brent, 18 April
  • To Unknown, 4 May
  • To Samuel Tyler, 21 May
  • To Eliza Monroe Hay, 10 July
  • To Thomas Jefferson, 18 July
  • To George Hay, 24 September
  • To Francis Baring, 15 October
  • Newspaper Advertisement, 27 October
  • From John Taylor, 8 November
  • To George Hay, 30 November
  • To Charles Everett, 28 December

1810

  • To Richard Brent, 25 February
  • To George Hay, 28 February
  • From Richard Brent, 21 March
  • Speech, 10 April
  • To Charles Everett, 12 May
  • To Evalina Louise Skipwith, 12 June
  • To James Madison, 25 July
  • To John Taylor, 10 September
  • To Evalina Louise Skipwith, 19 September
  • To George Hay, 25 September
  • Bill of Complaint, 31 October
  • To John Taylor, 19 November
  • Speech for the House of Delegates, December
  • Resolution, December

1811

  • To St. George Tucker, 6 January
  • From Chapman Johnson, 12 January
  • To Chapman Johnson, 14 January
  • From John Randolph, 14 January
  • From John Randolph, 15 January
  • From the Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Delegates of Virginia, 18 January
  • To the Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Delegates of Virginia, 18 January
  • To John Taylor, 23 January
  • From Thomas Jefferson, 25 January
  • To John Randolph, 4 February
  • To William B. Giles and Richard Brent, 8 February
  • To William Short, 16 February
  • To the Council of State, 23 February
  • To John Mason, 24 February
  • To Littleton W. Tazewell, 25 February
  • From Richard Brent, ca. 8-12 March
  • To Littleton W. Tazewell, 14 March
  • From Littleton W. Tazewell, 17 March
  • To Richard Brent, 18 March
  • From James Madison, 20 March
  • To James Madison, 23 March
  • From James Madison, 26 March
  • To James Madison, 29 March
  • From James Madison, 31 March
  • To Joseph J. Monroe, March
  • From James Madison, 2 April
  • To Thomas Jefferson, 3 April
  • To George W. Smith, 3 April