James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Robert Purviance, 11 November 1805 (Abstract)

From Robert Purviance, 11 November 1805 (Abstract)

§ From Robert Purviance. 11 November 1805, Baltimore. “I have the honor to inclose you a Letter from Mr. Lee of Bordeaux, accompanied with Invoice and Bill of Loading, for Sundries for your Account by the Brig Lyon, which arrived this morning.1

“I have taken a Copy of the Invoice for my goverment in making the Entry & retained the Bill of Loading.

“You will please to give the necessary directions about the transportation of the goods to you.”

RC (DLC). 1 p.; in a clerk’s hand, signed by Purviance.

1. For the shipment, see William Lee to JM, 14 and 18 Sept. 1805.

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    To James Madison from Robert Purviance, 11 November 1805 (Abstract)
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    Purviance, Robert
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    Madison, James
    Date
    11 November 1805

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    “To James Madison from Robert Purviance, 11 November 1805 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-10-02-0505. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 10, 1 July 1805–31 December 1805, ed. Mary A. Hackett, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Katherine E. Harbury. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2014, p. 526.]

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