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