To James Madison from Fontaine Maury, 1 June 1802
From Fontaine Maury
New york June 1. 1802
Dear Sir
Having a private Conveyance I take the Liberty to inclose you a Pamphlet just Published.1
If I can on any occassion Render my services acceptable to you at this place, where I have made an establishment in the Commission business, I shall have particular2 therein, being with real esteem Dear Sir Your mo He
Fontaine Maury
RC (DLC). Docketed by JM.
1. The pamphlet was probably [James Cheetham], A Narrative of the Suppression by Col. Burr, of the History of the Administration of John Adams (New York, 1802; 2021), publication of which on 29 May 1802 ignited a pamphlet war between followers of Aaron Burr and those of George and DeWitt Clinton that lasted well into 1803 (“The Pamphlet War,” 15 July 1802, , 2:724–28). JM’s copy is in the Madison Collection, Rare Book Department, University of Virginia Library.
2. Maury omitted a word here.