To James Madison from Josiah Meigs, 3 October 1815

From Josiah Meigs

3d October 1815

Sir,

I have the honor to transmit, herewith, for your approbation, a lease of a Salt Spring upon section 34 of township 11 in range 3, of the district of Steubenville:1 This lease was made by the Register of that district in August 1814 under directions from this office, but he omitted to send the lease till now. I have &C

Letterbook copy (DNA: RG 49, Division C, Misc. Letters Sent). Enclosure not found.

1. On 9 Oct. 1815 Meigs informed David Hoge, land office register at Steubenville, Ohio, that JM had approved the lease two days earlier (DNA: RG 49, Division C, Misc. Letters Sent).

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Title: To James Madison from Josiah Meigs, 3 October 1815
Author: Meigs, Josiah
Recipient: Madison, James
Date: 3 October 1815

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Cite as: “To James Madison from Josiah Meigs, 3 October 1815,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-09-02-0664. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 9, 19 February 1815–12 October 1815, ed. Angela Kreider, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, and Anne Mandeville Colony. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2018, p. 669.]

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