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To James Madison from Elbridge Gerry, 5 February 1804

From Elbridge Gerry

Cambridge 5th Feby 1804

Dear Sir

[.…] Will you be so kind as to make it, & give me the information. With sentiments of the highest esteem & respect, I remain dear sir yours.…”1

FC (MHi: Elbridge Gerry Papers). 3 pp. The FC is a letterpress copy of the RC. The RC, with lower part of last page clipped, is printed in PJM-SS description begins Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series (7 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1986–). description ends , 6:433–35.

1. JM replied to Gerry’s inquiry on 17 Feb. 1804, acknowledging that the president had received’Gerry’s letter of 27 Oct. 1803, and enclosing the copies of Tallyrand’s correspondence (PJM-SS description begins Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series (7 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1986–). description ends , 6:489–91).

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    To James Madison from Elbridge Gerry, 5 February 1804
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    Madison, James
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    5 February 1804

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    “To James Madison from Elbridge Gerry, 5 February 1804,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-08-02-0641. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 8, 1 September 1804 – 31 January 1805 and supplement 1776 – 23 June 1804, ed. Mary A. Hackett, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Anne Mandeville Colony, Angela Kreider, Jeanne Kerr Cross, and Wendy Ellen Perry. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2007, p. 575.]

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