11To Thomas Jefferson from Arthur Fenner, 12 May 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
Permit me to introduce to you Coll Henry Smith the bearer of this Letter. He is a Gentleman of Respectable Character in this State, much esteemed by the Citizens of the Town of Providence in which he was Born and now resides He has expressed a wish of being made known to your Excellency. Coll Smith can inform you of the result of our late Election — I pray you to accept assurances of my high...
12To Thomas Jefferson from Arthur Fenner and Theodore Foster, 15 June 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
The Fourteenth Section of the Act of Congress of April 29th. 1802 entituled “ an Act to amend the Judiciary System of the United States ,” devolves upon the President, the Appointment of “Commissioners of Bankruptcy”; and supposing that no Appointment has since been made, in this Town, We take the Liberty to recommend the following as suitable Characters , for discharging the Duties of Such an...
13To Thomas Jefferson from Arthur Fenner, 24 December 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
The bearer of this Mr Robert Sterry a Native of Providence decended from two respectable Families in this State He has received a Clasical Education and been regularly trained to the Bar—Literature has ever been his Amusement and the Days of his Youth in its pursuits among Books History has been his favorit studies—He is twenty one Years of Age has tallents and Perseverance and I think will...
14To James Madison from Arthur Fenner, 14 March 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
14 March 1804, Providence. Encloses a copy of the act of the Rhode Island General Assembly ratifying the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution. FC ( R-Ar ). 1 p. A copy of the act is filed in the general records of the U.S. government at the National Archives ( DNA : RG 11, U.S. Documents Having Legal Effect, Ratified Amendments).
15To Thomas Jefferson from Arthur Fenner, 28 May 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Hearing that a Minister has been recently appointed to the Court of Spain , if you still hold the appointment of Secretary to the Mission, I take the liberty to recommend Col. Thos. Lloyd Halsey of this town, as a candidate for that office—This young Gentleman I have known from his earliest years, his father has bestowed on him the best education this Country & Europe could afford; he has...