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To James Madison from John Jacob Astor, 3 November 1816

From John Jacob Astor

Philadelphia Novr 3. 1816

Sir

I had the Honnor to Rive your letter of the 29 ulto1 in which you are pleased To express a wish that I would Remit to Mr. Gallatin on your account A Bill on Paris for 338 Francs—which I will Do on my Return to new york and of which I will have the pleasure to Transmit to you an account. I have the Honnor to be Most Respectfully Sir your obtd Humbl Servt

John Jacob Astor

PS. Would you have the goodness to present My best Respcts To Mrs. Madison.

RC (TxU-Hu).

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    To James Madison from John Jacob Astor, 3 November 1816
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    Astor, John Jacob
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    Madison, James
    Date
    3 November 1816

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    “To James Madison from John Jacob Astor, 3 November 1816,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-11-02-0502. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 11, 1 May 1816–3 March 1817, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Katharine E. Harbury, and Anne Mandeville Colony. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2020, p. 486.]

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