From James Madison to Henry Dearborn, 11 December 1804

To Henry Dearborn

Dept. of State 11 Decr. 1804

The Secretary of State presents his respects to the Secretary of War, and has the honor to inform him, that it has been determined that the brass cannon for the Dey of Algiers may be cast according to the dimensions originally intimated, and according to which Mr. Foxall has prepared the apparatus.1

James Madison.

Letterbook copy (DNA: RG 59, DL, vol. 14).

1. For the brass cannon for Mustafa Dey, see JM to Robert Smith, 9 June 1804, PJM-SS description begins Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series (7 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1986–). description ends , 7:300 and n. 2.

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Title: From James Madison to Henry Dearborn, 11 December 1804
Author: Madison, James
Recipient: Dearborn, Henry
Date: 11 December 1804

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Cite as: “From James Madison to Henry Dearborn, 11 December 1804,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-08-02-0389. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 8, 1 September 1804 – 31 January 1805 and supplement 1776 – 23 June 1804, ed. Mary A. Hackett, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Anne Mandeville Colony, Angela Kreider, Jeanne Kerr Cross, and Wendy Ellen Perry. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2007, p. 369.]

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