Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

1 BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and House of Representa-

2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 THATthe sum of twenty-five thousand dollars be, and the

4 same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the

5 treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to purchase of Mrs. D.

6 P. Madison, widow of the late James Madison, formerly Presi=

7 dent of the United States, all the unpublished manuscript papers

8 of the said James Madison no belonging to and in her pos=

9 session, and upon delivery thereof to the Secretary of State, with

10 a proper conveyance of title to the United States, the said

11 sum of money, upon the certificate of the Secretary of State of

12 the delivery and conveyance of said papers, shall be paid at the

13 treasury, agreeably to the wishes of the said Mrs. Madison, and

14 in the manner following, namely, five thousand dollars of said

15 sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, to be paid to her, and the

16 residue of twenty thousand to James Buchanan, now Secretary

17 of State, John Y. Mason, Secretary of the Navy, and Richard

18 Smith, Esq. of Washington City, to be held, put out to interest,

19 vested in stocks, or otherwise managed and disposed of by

20 them or the survivor or survivors of them, as trustees for the

21 said Mrs. Madison according to their best discretion and her

22 best advantage _ the interest or profit arising from the said

23 principal sum to be paid over to her as the same accrues _ the

24 said principal sum to be and remain inalienable during her

25 life time, as permanent fund for her maintenance, but sub=

26 ject to be disposed of as she may please by her last will and

27 testament.—

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12/30/1847
Passed the Senate, December 30^th 1847
Attest
Asbury Dickins
Secretary.

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An Act to provide for the purchase of the manuscript papers of the late James Madison former President of the United States.

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05/20/1848
In the House of Representatives U. S.
May 20 1848
Resolved That this bill do pass
Attest
Tho. J Campbell
Clerk.

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Comp^d by M^rUpham S.
Peck H. R

1	BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and House of Representa-
2	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3	THATthe sum of twenty-five thousand dollars be, and the
4	same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the
5	treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to purchase of Mrs. D.
6	P. Madison, widow of the late James Madison, formerly Presi=
7	dent of the United States, all the unpublished manuscript papers
8	of the said James Madison no belonging to and in her pos=
9	session, and upon delivery thereof to the Secretary of State, with
10	a proper conveyance of title to the United States, the said
11	sum of money, upon the certificate of the Secretary of State of
12	the delivery and conveyance of said papers, shall be paid at the
13	treasury, agreeably to the wishes of the said Mrs. Madison, and
14	in the manner following, namely, five thousand dollars of said
15	sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, to be paid to her, and the
16	residue of twenty thousand to James Buchanan, now Secretary
17	of State, John Y. Mason, Secretary of the Navy, and Richard
18	Smith, Esq. of Washington City, to be held, put out to interest,
19	vested in stocks, or otherwise managed and disposed of by
20	them or the survivor or survivors of them, as trustees for the
21	said Mrs. Madison according to their best discretion and her
22	best advantage _ the interest or profit arising from the said
23	principal sum to be paid over to her as the same accrues _ the
24	said principal sum to be and remain inalienable during her
25	life time, as permanent fund for her maintenance, but sub=
26	ject to be disposed of as she may please by her last will and
27	testament.—