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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 JAMES MONROE.1monroe mss.

[August 21, 1814.]

Dear Sir

I rec^d yours of 11 P. M. about 20 minutes ago. You will hear from Genl. A. or myself by other express who will leave this about 9 or 10 o’C. If the force of the Enemy be not greater than yet appears, & he be without Cavalry, it seems extraordinary that he sh^d venture on an enterprize to this distance from his shipping. He may however count on the effect of boldness & celerity on his side, and the want of precaution on ours. He may be bound also to do something, & therefore to risk everything. We know little of what is passing in the Potowmac. A company of regular recruits from V^a arrived here last evening. Nothing new from the North or from abroad.

Y^rs

[1 ]Monroe went on a reconnoissance August 20, but August 21 reported that he had been unable to discover anything of consequence.—Writings of Monroe v., 290.