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• Chronology of James Madison. 1808-1819.
• The Writings of James Madison.
• 1808 - Negotiations With Mr. Rose. Mad. Mss. 1
• To John Armstrong. D. Of S. Mss. Instr.
• To William Pinkney. D. Of S. Mss. Instr.
• To William Pinkney. D. Of S. Mss. Instr.
• To William Pinkney. D. Of S. Mss. Instr.
• To William Pinkney. D. Of S. Mss. Instr.
• To John Armstrong. D. Of S. Mss. Instr.
• To William Pinkney. D. Of S. Mss. Instr.
• To John Armstrong. D. Of S. Mss. Instr.
• 1809 - to William Pinkney. D. Of S. Mss. Instr.
• To William Pinkney. D. Of S. Mss. Instr.
• First Inaugural Address.
• Proclamation.
• To Thomas Jefferson. Mad. Mss.
• To Thomas Jefferson. Mad. Mss.
• To Marquis De Lafayette. 1
• Message to the Special Session of Congress.
• To Thomas Jefferson. Mad. Mss.
• To Thomas Jefferson. Mad. Mss.
• To Thomas Jefferson. Mad. Mss.
• To Mrs. Madison.
• To Thomas Jefferson. Mad. Mss.
• To Thomas Jefferson. Mad. Mss.
• To Robert Smith. D. Of S. Mss. Miscl. Lets.
• To Mrs. Madison. 1
• To Thomas Jefferson. 1
• First Annual Message.
• Special Message to Congress.
• 1810 - to the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:
• To George Joy. 1 D. Of S. Mss.
• To William Pinkney. 1
• To Thomas Jefferson. Mad. Mss.
• To William Pinkney. 1
• To Thomas Jefferson. 1
• To Thomas Jefferson. Mad. Mss.
• To Thomas Jefferson. Mad. Mss.
• To Robert Smith. D. Of S. Mss. Miscl. Lets.
• To Robert Smith. D. Of S. Mss. Miscl. Lets.
• To John Quincy Adams. Mad. Mss.
• To Thomas Jefferson. Mad. Mss.
• Proclamation.
• To John Armstrong. 1
• To William Pinkney. 1
• Second Annual Message.
• Fellow-citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives:
• Special Message to Congress.
• 1811 - to the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:
• Veto Messages.
• To the House of Representatives of the United States:
• To Thomas Jefferson. Mad. Mss.
• To James Monroe. Chic. Hist. Soc. Mss.
• Memorandum As to Robert Smith. 1 Mad. Mss.
• To Thomas Jefferson. Mad. Mss.
• To the Inhabitants of the Town of New Haven. Mad. Mss.
• To Thomas Jefferson. Mad. Mss.
• Third Annual Message.
• Fellow-citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives:
• To J. Q. Adams. Mad. Mass.
• To Joel Barlow. 1 Mad. Mss.
• Special Message to Congress.
• To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:
• To the House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina. Mad. Mss.
• 1812 - to Thomas Jefferson. Mad. Mss.
• To Joel Barlow. Mad. Mss.
• To Thomas Jefferson. Mad. Mss.
• Special Message to Congress.
• To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:
• To Jonathan Dayton. Chic. Hist. Soc. Mss.
• To Thomas Jefferson. Mad. Mss.
• To Thomas Jefferson. Mad. Mss.
• To Thomas Jefferson. Mad. Mss.
• Special Message to Congress.
• To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:
• Proclamation.
• Instructions For Privateers. 1 D. Of S. Mss. Instructions.
• To — Mad. Mss.
• To Henry Dearborn. 1 Mad. Mss.
• To Joel Barlow. Mad. Mss.
• To Thomas Jefferson. Mad. Mss.
• To S. Spring. Mad. Mss.
• To William Dearborn. Mad. Mss.
• To Thomas Jefferson. Mad. Mss.
• Fourth Annual Message.
• Fellow-citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives:
• To Jonas Galusha. 1 Mad. Mss.
• To William Eustis. 1 Mad. Mss.
• To Paul Hamilton. 1 Mad. Mss.
• Special Message to Congress.
• 1813 - to the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:
• Second Inaugural Address. 1
• To David Humphreys. Mad. Mss.
• To John Nicholas. Mad. Mss.
• Message to the Special Session of Congress.
• Fellow-citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives:
• To the Senate of the United States. 1 Mad. Mss.
• To Albert Gallatin. Mad. Mss.
• To Henry Dearborn. Mad. Mss.
• To Isaac Shelby. 1 Mad. Mss.
• To John Graham. Mad. Mss.
• To William Wirt. 1
• Fifth Annual Message.
• Fellow-citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives:
• Special Message to Congress.
• To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:
• 1814 - to George W. Campbell. 1
• To George W. Campbell. 1
• Cabinet Memorandum. Chic. Hist. Soc. Mss.
• Cabinet Memorandum. 1 Mad. Mss. ( Submitted to the Cabinet, June 23 and 24, 1814.)
• To John Armstrong. Mad. Mss.
• To C. J. Ingersoll. Mad. Mss.
• To John Armstrong. Chic. Hist. Soc. Mss.
• To James Monroe. 1 Monroe Mss.
• To James Monroe. Monroe Mss.
• To Mrs. Madison. 1
• Memorandum—aug. 24, 1814. 1 Mad. Mss.
• To James Monroe. 1
• To Mrs. Madison. 1
• Memorandum. 2 Mad. Mss.
• Proclamation.
• Sixth Annual Message.
• Fellow-citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives:
• To Daniel D. Tompkins. 1 Mad. Mss.
• To Thomas Jefferson. Mad. Mss.
• To George W. Campbell. 1
• To Wilson Cary Nicholas. 1
• To Benjamin W. Crowninshield. 1 Mad. Mss.
• To John Adams. Mad. Mss.
• Special Message to Congress.
• 1815 - to the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:
• Special Message to Congress.
• To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:
• Veto Message.
• To the Senate of the United States:
• To Henry Dearborn. Mad. Mss.
• To Thomas Jefferson. Mad. Mss.
• Seventh Annual Message.
• Fellow-citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives:
• 1816 - to John Graham. D. Of S. Mss. Miscl. Lets.
• To James Monroe. D. Of S. Mss. Miscl. Lets.
• To Alexander J. Dallas. 1 Mad. Mss.
• To James Monroe. D. Of S. Mss. Miscl. Lets.
• To James Monroe. 1
• To James Monroe. D. Of S. Mss. Miscl. Lets.
• To John Graham. D. Of S. Mss. Miscl. Lets.
• To James Monroe. D. Of S. Mss. Miscl. Lets.
• To James Monroe. 1
• To Alexander J. Dallas. Mad. Mss.
• To James Monroe. 1
• To James Monroe. 1
• To W. H. Crawford. Mad. Mss.
• To William H. Crawford. 2
• To William H. Crawford. 1
• To Wilson Cary Nicholas. 1
• To John Adams. Mad. Mss.
• Eighth Annual Message.
• Fellow-citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives:
• 1817 - to William H. Crawford. Mad. Mss.
• Veto Message.
• To the House of Representatives of the United States:
• To James Monroe. D. Of S. Mss. Instr.
• To John Adams. 1
• To D Lynch, Jun R . Mad. Mss.
• To Richard Rush. Mad. Mss.
• To James Monroe. Mad. Mss.
• To James Monroe. Mad. Mss.
• To J. Q. Adams. 1 Mad. Mss.
• To Henry St. George Tucker. Mad. Mss.
• To James Monroe. Mad. Mss.
• 1818 - to Charles J. Ingersoll. Mad. Mss.
• To Jacob Gideon.
• To Mordecai M. Noah. Mad. Mss.
• To John Adams. Mad. Mss.
• To James Monroe. Mad. Mss.
• To John Quincy Adams. D. Of S. Mss. Miscl. Lets.
• To James Monroe. Mad. Mss.
• 1819 - to James Monroe. Mad. Mss.
• To James Monroe. 1
• To Richard Peters. Mad. Mss.
• To Robert Walsh. Mad. Mss.
• To Richard Rush. Mad. Mss.
• To J. Q. Adams. Mad. Mss.
• To Robert J. Evans. Mad. Mss.
• To Spencer Roane. Mad. Mss.
• To Edward Coles. 1 Chic. Hist. Soc. Mss.

TO WILLIAM EUSTIS.1mad. mss.

Dec^r 4, 1812.

Dear Sir,—

I have rec^d. your letter of yesterday with the impressions w^ch. could not but result from your purpose of retiring from an Office so nearly related to that which has been entrusted to me, in which your services have been coeval with mine, & in which I have witnessed the zeal and constancy of your exertions for the public good under difficulties peculiarly arduous & trying. In bearing this testimony, I indulge my own feelings as well as pay a tribute which is so justly due.

I take the liberty of adding a hope that it will not be inconsistent with your arrangements, to continue your official attentions untill they can be replaced by a successor.

I thank you for the kind wishes you have expressed, and I offer the best of mine for your welfare & happiness.

[1 ]Eustis’s retirement as Secretary of War was probably voluntary, he himself recognizing that Congress had no confidence in his ability to cope with the situation. Monroe was appointed Secretary of War pro tempore January 1, 1813, and served till February 4.