From James Madison to John Francis Mercer, 19 May 1803

To John Francis Mercer

Department of State Washington
19 May 1803.

Sir

Agreeably to your request I have the honor to enclose two documents, which contain a power and instructions to Mr. Pinkney to negotiate a transfer to the State of Maryland of the Stock,1 which they held in the Bank of England. Of these documents, the nature of the one marked B. requires it to be considered as confidentially communicated.

The originals will be forwarded to London as soon as you shall be pleased to transmit to me the communications you may think necessary to add to Mr. Pinkney. With great respect, I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obed. servt.

James Madison

RC (MdAA: Blue Book 2); letterbook copy (DNA: RG 59, DL, vol. 14). RC in a clerk’s hand, signed by JM.

1. For JM’s two letters to William Pinkney, 3 May 1803, see PJM-SS description begins Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series (5 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1986–). description ends , 4:568, 569.

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Title: From James Madison to John Francis Mercer, 19 May 1803
Author: Madison, James
Recipient: Mercer, John Francis
Date: 19 May 1803

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Cite as: “From James Madison to John Francis Mercer, 19 May 1803,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-05-02-0015. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 5, 16 May–31 October 1803, ed. David B. Mattern, J. C. A. Stagg, Ellen J. Barber, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Bradley J. Daigle. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 2000, p. 15.]

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