James Madison Papers

From James Madison to William Willis, 13 June 1804 (Abstract)

§ To William Willis

13 June 1804, Department of State. “The answer I have forwarded to your letter intimating that you intended to draw upon me for the balance of your account, will explain the reason why the Bill enclosed in your letter of the 5th. inst. cannot be accepted and is herewith returned.1 I have sent your account to the Treasury for settlement, which will be entered upon, as soon as you furnish the necessary vouchers.”

Letterbook copy (DNA: RG 59, DL, vol. 14). 1 p.; addressed to Willis at Boston.

1. For Willis’s draft on JM, see his letters to JM, 4 and 5 June 1804, and JM to Willis, 9 June 1804.

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    From James Madison to William Willis, 13 June 1804 (Abstract)
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    Madison, James
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    Willis, William
    Date
    13 June 1804

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    “From James Madison to William Willis, 13 June 1804 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-07-02-0332. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 7, 2 April–31 August 1804, ed. David B. Mattern, J. C. A. Stagg, Ellen J. Barber, Anne Mandeville Colony, Angela Kreider, and Jeanne Kerr Cross. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2005, p. 316.]

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