To James Madison from James B. Church, 8 December 1815

From James B. Church

Cork 8 December 1815

Sir

By different Conveyances Some Time back, I had the Honour of addressing your Excellency, but, have not, up to the present Time been favoured with any Communication from you.1

By an opportunity of a vessel bound from this port to the U:S I now take the Liberty of requesting your Excellency’s Reference to the Letters I had the Honour of addressing to you, & hope speedily to be favoured with the wished for Reply from you. I renew the Assurance of my very high Respect, & remain your Excellency’s most obedt. & humb. Servant

James: B: Church

RC (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1809–17, filed under “Church”).

1. See Church to JM, 12 Oct. 1815, PJM-PS, description begins Robert A. Rutland et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Presidential Series (7 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1984–). description ends 9:677 and n.1.

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Title: To James Madison from James B. Church, 8 December 1815
Author: Church, James B.
Recipient: Madison, James
Date: 8 December 1815

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Cite as: “To James Madison from James B. Church, 8 December 1815,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-10-02-0067. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 10, 13 October 1815–30 April 1816, ed. Angela Kreider, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Katharine E. Harbury, and Anne Mandeville Colony. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, p. 78.]

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