From James Madison to Matthew L. Davis, 26 November 1803 (Abstract)

§ To Matthew L. Davis

26 November 1803, Washington. “I have recd your letter of the 21st. [not found] making certain enquiries relative to your brother George Davis. The last letter from him to the Dept. of State was dated July 3d. last.1 From the communications of Mr. Cathcart it appears that he left your brother at Tunis early in September.2 Mr. Cathcart was appointed Successor to Mr. Eaton, but was not recd. by the Bey. No successor to Mr. Cathcart has been named by the President.”

RC (MWA: Aaron Burr Correspondence). 1 p. Printed in Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, n.s., 29 (1919): 119–20.

1. PJM-SS description begins Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series (6 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1986–). description ends , 5:142–43.

2. See Cathcart to JM, 9 Sept. 1803 (ibid., 5:391–98).

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Title: From James Madison to Matthew L. Davis, 26 November 1803 (Abstract)
Author: Madison, James
Recipient: Davis, Matthew L.
Date: 26 November 1803

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Cite as: “From James Madison to Matthew L. Davis, 26 November 1803 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-06-02-0104. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 6, 1 November 1803 – 31 March 1804, ed. Mary A. Hackett, J. C. A. Stagg, Ellen J. Barber, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Angela Kreider. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2002, p. 102.]