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To James Madison from William Willis, 20 November 1804

From William Willis

New Bedford Novr the 20th 1804

Respected Sir,

I have duly Rec’d your letter of the 23d of October written by your direction by Mr Brent1 informing me that the Treasurer of the United States would remit me a draft on Boston for the Ballance due me of two hundred fourteen dollars & Eighty one cents. I have accordingly Received a draft for this amount from the Treasurer of the United States and return you my Very sincere thanks for the trouble you have taken in this business. I have the Honor to be Sir With Respectfull Esteem Your Hble Servt

WM Willis

N B My having been counterfeited and several stamps having been made by Sharpers to counterfeit my former Signature Willm Willis, I have adopted the above.

RC (DNA: RG 59, CD, Barcelona, vol. 1). Docketed by Wagner.

1. For Daniel Brent’s 23 Oct. letter to Willis, see Willis to Brent, 11 Oct. 1804.

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    To James Madison from William Willis, 20 November 1804
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    20 November 1804

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    “To James Madison from William Willis, 20 November 1804,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-08-02-0317. [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. 308.]

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