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To James Madison from Thomas Tudor Tucker, 29 February 1812

From Thomas Tudor Tucker

Washington Febry 29th. 1812.

Sir

I take the liberty of sending you herewith, a letter this day received from Thomas Bee Esqr. of Charleston S. C.1 Having had no opportunity of being much acquainted with him, I can add nothing to what is already known to you. With great respect I am Sir Your most obedt. Servt.

Th. T. Tucker

RC (DNA: RG 59, ML). For enclosure, see n. 1.

1. Tucker enclosed a one-page letter he had received from Thomas Bee, Jr., seeking the appointment to the district judgeship that had been occupied by his recently deceased father (see Charles Pinckney to JM, 18 Feb. 1812). Bee admitted that his prospects for the position were not good, in part because he suspected JM would select a candidate “whose political sentiments may be more agreeable … than mine” (Bee to [Tucker], 22 Feb. 1812 [DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1809–17, filed under “Bee”]).

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    To James Madison from Thomas Tudor Tucker, 29 February 1812
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    “To James Madison from Thomas Tudor Tucker, 29 February 1812,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-04-02-0222. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 4, 5 November 1811–9 July 1812 and Supplement 5 March 1809 – 19 October 1811, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, Jewel L. Spangler, Ellen J. Barber, Martha J. King, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Susan Holbrook Perdue. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1999, p. 216.]

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