1To James Madison from Benjamin Contee, 25 June 1804 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
25 June 1804, Charles County, Maryland. “Be so good as to excuse my intrusion upon your time & attention so much engrossed by the duties of the high Office you fill—while for a moment I request your favorable reception of the application of Mr. Alexr. S. Smoot to engage your interests in his behalf to obtain a clerkship in some of the Bureaus of the Government. Certificates in his possession...
2To James Madison from Benjamin Contee, 31 October 1808 (Madison Papers)
The Revd. Dr. Contee wishing to dispel any sensations in the mind of Mr. Secretary Madison which may have been lodged there by a paragraph, which, he is told, appeared lately in one of the city papers, carrying in it expressions of much harshness, said to have been used by a venerable head of the P. E. church towards the honble. Mr. Madison: he acquaints Mr. Madison that these expressions are...
3To George Washington from Benjamin Contee, 9 June 1790 (Washington Papers)
Being informed you are about to fill up your nominations of Consuls for the United States, I beg leave to mention Alexander Contee; who has requested my application in his behalf, for the consulship at the port of London. Delicacy forbids my saying much of a Brother, and might restrain me likewise from doing him Justice; But I persuade myself that if your appointment for the above po⟨r⟩t is...
4To George Washington from Benjamin Contee, 3 March 1791 (Washington Papers)
Major Benjamin Brookes has ⟨bound⟩ me to make application in his behalf for an Appointment under the “Act” for repealing the duties “on spiritieous liquors, & laying others in their stead &c.” commonly called the Excise Law. This Gent. resides in upper Marlbro’ in Prince Georges County, Mary land, I believe he has merited well of his country heretofore, & I doubt not but that he will be...