781To James Madison from Samuel Nutting, 6 October 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
6 October 1802, Portsmouth. “Enclosed you will receive my bill for publishing the Laws of the Union, in the Republican Ledger.” RC ( DNA : RG 59, ML ). 1 p. Enclosure not found. For Nutting, see Woodbury Langdon to JM, 6 Feb. 1802 ( PJM-SS Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series (3 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1986—). , 2:449 and n. 2
782To James Madison from William Riggin, 6 October 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
6 October 1802, Trieste. Acknowledges JM’s letter of 18 Mar. [not found], enclosing his commission as U.S. consul at Trieste. “I accept with sentiments of real gratitude, this important trust.… I have exhibited my credentials to the Government of this place to be forwarded to the Court of Vienna and ratified accordingly. When I have notice of this being effected, I shall again do myself this...