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To James Madison from Robert Wright, 9 February 1815

From Robert Wright

Washington Feby 9. 1815

Sir

On the appointment of the Honnble. Gabriel Duvall to be a Judge,1 I was honored by the Recommendation of the Republican Delegation of Maryland as his Successor, and being informed that Mr Bacon has resigned, I feel it due, to the deranged State of my Funds in the public Service to inform you that, the appointment to that office will be very acceptable, to Yr mo. Obt Servt2

Robert Wright

RC (DLC). Docketed by JM.

1. For Gabriel Duvall’s appointment to the Supreme Court and JM’s selection of Richard Rush to replace Duvall as comptroller of the Treasury, see PJM-PS, description begins Robert A. Rutland et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Presidential Series (8 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1984–). description ends 4:31 n. 1.

2. On 27 Feb. 1815 JM nominated Joseph Anderson to fill the vacancy created by comptroller Ezekiel Bacon’s resignation. The Senate approved the appointment the following day (Senate Exec. Proceedings, description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America (3 vols.; Washington, 1828). description ends 2:622, 625).

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    To James Madison from Robert Wright, 9 February 1815
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    9 February 1815

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    “To James Madison from Robert Wright, 9 February 1815,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-08-02-0502. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 8, July 1814–18 February 1815 and supplement December 1779–18 April 1814, ed. Angela Kreider, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Katherine E. Harbury. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2015, p. 567.]

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