To James Madison from Robert Williams, 11 November 1811

From Robert Williams

Washington M T. Nor. 11th. 1811

Sir,

I took the liberty of addressing you, ⅌ last Mail, in the event of the death of Judge Matthews,1 which was at that time, reported here to be a fact, but which report I am happy to inform you has been Since Contradicted. I am with great & usual respect yrs

Robert Williams

RC (DLC). Docketed by JM.

1. Williams to JM, 2 Nov. 1811 (PJM-PS description begins Robert A. Rutland et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Presidential Series (4 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1984–). description ends , 3:539–40).

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Title: To James Madison from Robert Williams, 11 November 1811
Author: Williams, Robert
Recipient: Madison, James
Date: 11 November 1811

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Cite as: “To James Madison from Robert Williams, 11 November 1811,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-04-02-0010. [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. 11.]

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