1From James Madison to Thomas Tudor Tucker, 6 January 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
6 January 1804, Department of State. “I have received your letter of the 4th. enclosing the papers of John Hollank [Holland] of Charleston. It appears that they were lying in the post office here at a time within the period assigned for their being recorded, but not having been taken up, they could not be seasonably presented for that purpose. The law limiting the day before which the record...