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To James Madison from Samuel Carswell, 13 May 1816

From Samuel Carswell

Philadelphia 13th. May 1816

Sir

Mr. Joseph Ray a Citizen of this City is desirous of obtaining the appointment of Consul at Pernambuco.1 I have on enquiry found him a Man of good character & I trust will discharge that duty with honor & integrity to the United States, should you think proper to give him the preference. With sentiments of high esteem I am Your obt. Hble Servt.

Saml Carswell

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

1. JM nominated Ray to the position on 16 Dec. 1816, and the Senate approved it on 2 Jan. 1817 (Senate Exec. Proceedings description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America (3 vols.; Washington, D.C., 1828). description ends , 3:61).

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    To James Madison from Samuel Carswell, 13 May 1816
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    “To James Madison from Samuel Carswell, 13 May 1816,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-11-02-0035. [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. 32.]

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