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To James Madison from Peter Early, 1 May 1815 (Abstract)

From Peter Early, 1 May 1815 (Abstract)

§ From Peter Early. 1 May 1815, Milledgeville, Georgia. “It has been stated to me that Charles Harris Esquire late district attorney for Georgia, has resigned that appointment, and further that William Davis Esquire of Savannah intended to become an applicant for the office.

“I have a personal acquaintance with Mr. Davies, and feel much pleasure in assuring you that I consider him eminently qualified to discharge the duties of that trust.”

RC (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1809–17, filed under “Davis”). 1 p.; in a clerk’s hand, signed by Early. JM nominated Davies for the position on 8 Jan. 1816, and the Senate confirmed the appointment two days later (Senate Exec. Proceedings description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America (3 vols.; Washington, D.C., 1828). description ends , 3:19, 21).

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    “To James Madison from Peter Early, 1 May 1815 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-09-02-0240. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 9, 19 February 1815–12 October 1815, ed. Angela Kreider, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, and Anne Mandeville Colony. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2018, p. 228.]

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