James Madison Papers

From James Madison to Albert Gallatin, 20 October 1804 (Abstract)

§ To Albert Gallatin

20 October 1804, Department of State. “I am of opinion that the balance found due to Dr. Edward Stevens, after deducting the sum allowed to reimburse his expenses for the relief of Seamen, may be paid out of the actual appropriations for foreign intercourse.”1

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

1. For the questions surrounding the payment of Edward Stevens’s claim, see Jefferson to JM, 13 Apr. 1804, and JM’s memorandum to Jefferson, 20 Apr. 1804, PJM-SS description begins Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series (7 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1986–). description ends , 7:39, 49 n. 1, 81–89, 90 n. 2.

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    From James Madison to Albert Gallatin, 20 October 1804 (Abstract)
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    Madison, James
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    Gallatin, Albert
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    20 October 1804

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    “From James Madison to Albert Gallatin, 20 October 1804 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-08-02-0195. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 8, 1 September 1804 – 31 January 1805 and supplement 1776 – 23 June 1804, ed. Mary A. Hackett, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Anne Mandeville Colony, Angela Kreider, Jeanne Kerr Cross, and Wendy Ellen Perry. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2007, p. 195.]

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