John Adams 1797-1801

John Adams

March 4, 1797 to March 4, 1801

Year	Date	Document Title
1797	March 4, 1797	Adams’ Inaugural Address
	March 25, 1797	Adams’ Proclamation for a Special Session of Congress
	May 16, 1797	Adams’ Message to Congress about the XYZ Affair
	June 14, 1797	Law Preventing Citizens from Privateering
	1797	Bayard v. Singleton
	July 6, 1797	Law Allowing Mileage to Congress
	August 1797	Treaty with the Kingdom of Tunis
	November 22, 1797	Adams’ First Annual Message to Congress
1798	January 23, 1798	Law Describing Mode of Taking Evidence in Contested Elections
	January 29, 1798	Articles of Impeachment of Senator William Blount
	February 27, 1798	Law Appropriating Money for Treaties with Indians
	March 23, 1798	Adams’ Proclamation Appointing Day of Public Humiliation
	April 7, 1798	Law Establishing Mississippi Territory
	April 7, 1798	Law for Relief of Refugees from Canada
	April 30, 1798	Law Establishing the Navy Department
	May 4, 1798	Law Enabling President to Procure Arms
	May 4, 1798	Law Authorizing Purchase of Gallies
	June 13, 1798	Law Suspending Commerce with France
	June 18, 1798	Law for Naturalization (1798)
	June 25, 1798	Law Concerning Aliens
	July 6, 1798	Law Respecting Alien Enemies
	July 7, 1798	Law Declaring French Treaties Invalid
	July 9, 1798	Law Evaluating Lands and Enumerating Slaves
	July 11, 1798	Law Establishing Marine Corps.
	July 14, 1798	Law Adding to Punishments of Certain Crimes
	July 14, 1798	Law Taxing U.S. Directly
	August 8, 1798	Calder v. Bull
	October 2, 1798	Cherokee’s Articles of a Treaty
	December 8, 1798	Adams’ Second Annual Message to Congress
	December 24, 1798	Virginia Resolution
1799	February, 1799	Rhode Island and Providence Plantations’ Message to Virginia
	February 18, 1799	Adams’ Message to Congress (Third Try at Peace with France)
	March 2, 1799	Law Regulating the Medical Establishment
	March 2, 1799	Law Establishing the U.S. Post-Office
	March 2, 1799	Law Providing Security of Bail
	June 15, 1799	New Hampshire’s Resolutions on the Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions
	December 3, 1799	Kentucky Resolution of 1799
	December 3, 1799	Adams’ Third Annual Message to Congress
	December 19, 1799	Adams’ Letter to Congress announcing the Death of George Washington
	December 23, 1799	Resolutions & Adams’ Letter about Death of George Washington
	December 24, 1799	McPherson’s Message of the Death of Washington
	December 29, 1799	Resolution Commemorating George Washington
1800	January 2, 1800	Law Granting Franking Privileges to William Henry Harrison
	January 6, 1800	Resolution Celebrating Washington’s Birthday
	January 8, 1800	Adams’ Transmittal of Letter from Martha Washington
	February 28, 1800	Law Ceding Western Reserve of Connecticut to United States.
	March 3, 1800	Law Defining Salvage Rights
	April 3, 1800	Law Granting Franking to Martha Washington
	April 4, 1800	Law Defining Bankruptcy Rights
	April 24, 1800	Law to Make Accommodations for the Government in Washington
	May 7, 1800	Law Establishing Indiana Territory
	May 7, 1800	Law Enabling the President to Borrow Money for Public Service
	May 10, 1800	Law Amending the Act Intituled “An Act to Prohibit the Carrying on the Slave Trade from the United States to any Foreign Place or Country.”
	May 10, 1800	Land Act of 1800
	September 30, 1800	Convention with France
	October 1, 1800	Treaty of Ildefonso. (Spain & France)
	November 22, 1800	Adams’ Fourth Annual Message to Congress
1801	January 30, 1801	Adams’ Proclamation for a Special Session of the Senate
	February 11-17, 1801	Joint Session of Congress to Count the Votes of the 1800 Election
	February 25, 1801	Law Granting Franking to John Adams

Last updated June 29, 2008