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From James Madison to Edward Thornton, 8 July 1803 (Abstract)

§ To Edward Thornton

8 July 1803, Department of State. “A third vessel being found requisite to complete the conveyance of the stores due to Algiers, I am under the necessity of requesting from you another blank passport of a tenor similar to those lately issued.”

Letterbook copy (DNA: RG 59, DL, vol. 14). 1 p. Identical letters were sent to Louis-André Pichon and Carlos Martínez de Yrujo on this date. Yrujo replied on 20 July 1803 (DNA: RG 59, NFL, Spain, vol. 2; 1 p.; in Spanish; docketed by Wagner as received 27 July), enclosing the requested passport.

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    From James Madison to Edward Thornton, 8 July 1803 (Abstract)
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    Madison, James
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    Thornton, Edward
    Date
    8 July 1803

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    “From James Madison to Edward Thornton, 8 July 1803 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-05-02-0192. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 5, 16 May–31 October 1803, ed. David B. Mattern, J. C. A. Stagg, Ellen J. Barber, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Bradley J. Daigle. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 2000, p. 152.]

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