1From James Madison to Divie Bethune, 4 April 1808 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Nourse having informed me that you propose to embark in the British Packet for England, and to proceed immediately from Falmouth to London, and wishing to avail myself of so respectable an opportunity, I take the liberty of committing to your special charge the Packets for the Minister of the United States in Great Britain herewith forwarded by Mail. I hope that you will not find the bulk...
2From James Madison to Divie Bethune, 20 October 1808 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Madison presents his compliments to Mr. Bethune, and in acknowledging the receipt of his letter of the 17th. instant, avails himself with much pleasure of the occasion, to thank Mr. Bethune for the care & attention he paid, as well to the dispatches which he brought from Mr. Pinkney, as to those he carried out for him. DNA : RG 59—DL—Domestic Letters.