1To James Madison from Richard E. Lee, 28 October 1803 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
28 October 1803, Norfolk . Finds it “inconvenient to exercise longer the office of General Commissioner of Bankruptcy for this District” and so returns his commission. “Several considerations have prompted me to this measure, first the extensive latitude for fraud, which the Bankrupt Law affords, Secondly the obstacles & impediments which are constantly thrown in the way of a complete...