James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Benjamin R. Morgan, 29 July 1802 (Abstract)

§ From Benjamin R. Morgan

29 July 1802, Philadelphia. “Mr. William Dewees being desirous of obtaining the appointment of Commissioner of Bankruptcy in the place of Mr Van Cleve lately deceased has requested me to … sollicit on his behalf your friendly interference in obtaining the object of his wishes.” Dewees is a Philadelphia attorney whose family has “long been established here.”

RC (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1801–9, filed under “Dewees”). 2 pp.; docketed by Jefferson. JM also received a letter from John Dawson, 16 Aug. 1802 (ibid.; 1 p.), recommending Dewees for the position.

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    To James Madison from Benjamin R. Morgan, 29 July 1802 (Abstract)
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    Morgan, Benjamin R.
    Recipient
    Madison, James
    Date
    29 July 1802

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    “To James Madison from Benjamin R. Morgan, 29 July 1802 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-03-02-0548. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 3, 1 March–6 October 1802, ed. David B. Mattern, J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, and Susan Holbrook Perdue. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1995, p. 441.]