To James Madison from Julienne Poivre Bureaux de Pusy, 16 May 1812 (Abstract)

§ From Julienne Poivre Bureaux de Pusy1

16 May 1812, Philadelphia. Encloses a letter of recommendation given to her by Lafayette. Hopes to be able to see JM in Washington and writes to request his goodwill and to tell him of her happiness in bringing her children to his country.

RC (InU). 1 p. In French. Enclosure not found.

1. Julienne Poivre Bureaux de Pusy, a stepdaughter of Pierre Samuel DuPont de Nemours, was the widow of the Napoleonic prefect and Lafayette’s former captain of engineers Jean-Xavier Bureaux de Pusy (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 , 2:266 and n. 2).

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Title: To James Madison from Julienne Poivre Bureaux de Pusy, 16 May 1812 (Abstract)
Author: Pusy, Julienne Poivre Bureaux de
Recipient: Madison, James
Date: 16 May 1812

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Cite as: “To James Madison from Julienne Poivre Bureaux de Pusy, 16 May 1812 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-04-02-0416. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 4, 5 November 1811–9 July 1812 and Supplement 5 March 1809 – 19 October 1811, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, Jewel L. Spangler, Ellen J. Barber, Martha J. King, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Susan Holbrook Perdue. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1999, p. 391.]