To James Madison from Gabriel Christie, 5 January 1802 (Abstract)

§ From Gabriel Christie

5 January 1802, Annapolis. Requests postponement of his son’s appointment as consul for Madeira until after the son’s anticipated return from London in March. Wishes to withdraw application if an appointment is required before then.1

RC (DLC). 1 p.

1. Christie had also asked JM to appoint his son Charles consul for Canton, but after hearing that John Marsden Pintard intended to resign as consul at Madeira, he renewed his recommendation of Charles for that post (Christie to JM, 20 Mar. 1802 [DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1801–9]).

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Title: To James Madison from Gabriel Christie, 5 January 1802 (Abstract)
Author: Christie, Gabriel
Recipient: Madison, James
Date: 5 January 1802

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Cite as: “To James Madison from Gabriel Christie, 5 January 1802 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-02-02-0540. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 2, 1 August 1801 – 28 February 1802, ed. Mary A. Hackett, J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, and Susan Holbrook Perdue. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1993, p. 369.]

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