1To James Madison from Arunah Metcalf, 13 May 1812 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
13 May 1812, Washington. Recommends Nathan Williams of Utica for the additional district judgeship in New York. Williams’s private character and his reputation for “political integrity & legal information” are “too generally known; to gain by any Communication of mine.” Has heard that the duties of the office will require the new judge to spend “a principal part of his time” in New York City...