James Madison Papers

From James Madison to John Geyer, 26 December 1802 (Abstract)

§ To John Geyer1

26 December 1802, Department of State, Washington. “Being authorised to cause the laws of the United States to be published in no more than three newspapers in one State, and having authorised their publication in a third paper in Pennsylvania, I am precluded from accepting the proposal for printing them contained in your letter of the 22d. of this month [not found].”

Letterbook copy (DNA: RG 59, DL, vol. 14). 1 p.

1. Geyer had taken over the Neue Philadelphische Correspondenz from his partner George Helmbold, Jr., sometime in 1802 (Brigham, History and Bibliography of American Newspapers, 2:926–27; PJM-SS description begins Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series (4 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1986—). description ends , 2:13, 14 n. 3, 425).

Index Entries

    You Are Looking At

    Source Project
    Madison Papers
    Title
    From James Madison to John Geyer, 26 December 1802 (Abstract)
    Author
    Madison, James
    Recipient
    Geyer, John
    Date
    26 December 1802

    Reference

    Cite as
    “From James Madison to John Geyer, 26 December 1802 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-04-02-0252. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 4, 8 October 1802 – 15 May 1803, ed. Mary A. Hackett, J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, Susan Holbrook Perdue, and Ellen J. Barber. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1998, pp. 224–225.]