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From James Madison to William Steward, 11 October 1798 (Abstract)

§ To William Steward1

11 October 1798. “Please to let the Bearer Mr. L. Whitten2 have a saddle for which I will pay you.”

RC (owned by Charles M. Storey, Boston, Mass., 1961). Written on a small slip of paper. Addressed to “Mr. Steward / Orange Ct. House.”

1. William Steward was an Orange County saddler (Vi: Francis Taylor Diary, 23 May 1797).

2. L. Whitten was a local carpenter whose skill in laying floors was employed at both Montpelier and Monticello (Jefferson to JM, 17 Nov. 1798, and JM to Jefferson, 11 Dec. 1798).

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    From James Madison to William Steward, 11 October 1798 (Abstract)
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    11 October 1798

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    “From James Madison to William Steward, 11 October 1798 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-17-02-0116. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, vol. 17, 31 March 1797–3 March 1801 and supplement 22 January 1778–9 August 1795, ed. David B. Mattern, J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne K. Cross, and Susan Holbrook Perdue. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1991, pp. 168–169.]