To James Madison from Joseph Bryan, 3 February 1806 (Abstract)

From Joseph Bryan, 3 February 1806 (Abstract)

§ From Joseph Bryan. 3 February 1806. “I am sorry to trouble you on a trifling occasion. I applied to the president for permission to put a couple of mares to the Barbary horse sent over by the Bey of Tunis.1 On Saturday he told me I might send the mares whenever I pleased provided I would agree to be answerable to the government for the payment of the price he should cover at the ensuing Season. I sent the mares this morning—but the groom refused to put the horse to them without an order—that order I presume must come from you.”

RC (DLC). 1 p.

1. For the horses brought from Tunis by Soliman Melimeni, see PJM-SS description begins Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series (11 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1986–). description ends 10:658.

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Title: To James Madison from Joseph Bryan, 3 February 1806 (Abstract)
Author: Bryan, Joseph
Recipient: Madison, James
Date: 3 February 1806

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Cite as: “To James Madison from Joseph Bryan, 3 February 1806 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-11-02-0150. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 11, 1 January 1806–31 May 1806, ed. Mary A. Hackett, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Katherine E. Harbury. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2017, p. 268.]