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To James Madison from John Hawker, 8 October 1811 (Abstract)

§ From John Hawker

8 October 1811, Plymouth. Encloses a memorial for JM’s consideration. Mentions that the orders in council are still in force and that “Vessels and Goods belonging to Citizens of the United States; comeing from or bound to France are often sent in here & are Condemned.”

RC and enclosure, two copies (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1809–17, filed under “Hawker”). RC 1 p. Enclosure (6 pp.) is a memorial by Hawker describing his service in various vice-consular positions in England since 1791 and requesting that he be appointed consul at Plymouth.

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    To James Madison from John Hawker, 8 October 1811 (Abstract)
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    Hawker, John
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    Madison, James
    Date
    8 October 1811

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    “To James Madison from John Hawker, 8 October 1811 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-03-02-0570. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 3, 3 November 1810–4 November 1811, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, and Susan Holbrook Perdue. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1996, p. 481.]