Promissory Note to Chester Bailey, 20 December 1826

Promissory Note to Chester Bailey

$600

Montpellier December 20. 1826

I promise to pay to Chester Bailey or order, on or before the first day of July one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight, six hundred dollars with interest thereon from October 23. 1826. in discharge of a note of that date and for that amount, from J. Payne Todd to the said C. Bailey, and by his endorsement, assigned to me.

James Madison

RC (owned by Mr. and Mrs. Philip D. Sang, Chicago, Ill., 1958). Verso docketed: “James Maddison / $600. / Interest 61.10 / $661.10 / July 1/4 1828,” and in another hand, “Rec’d payt. in a Dft on Bernard Peyton for Six hundred & Sixty on⟨e⟩ 10/100 Dollars—W. A. Bradley Pr[…].”

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Source Project: Madison Papers
Title: Promissory Note to Chester Bailey, 20 December 1826
Author: Madison, James
Recipient: Bailey, Chester
Date: 20 December 1826

Reference

Cite as: “Promissory Note to Chester Bailey, 20 December 1826,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/04-04-02-0212. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Retirement Series, vol. 4, 3 March 1826–29 February 1828, ed. Armin Mattes, David B. Mattern, J. C. A. Stagg, Anne Mandeville Colony, Ellen D. Goldlust, Mary Parke Johnson, Katherine E. Harbury, and Mary K. Wigge. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2023, pp. 251–252.]

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