1To James Madison from William H. Crawford, 3 March 1809 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
3 March 1809, Senate Chamber. Withdraws his earlier support for Obadiah Jones, who had sought a federal judgeship in the Mississippi Territory. The application on Jones’s behalf “was delayed from a sense of the indelicacy of making it before the Presidential votes had been counted, & the President-elect, announced to the nation.” Has heard JM is disposed to appoint Jones a judge in the...
2To James Madison from William H. Crawford, 1 March 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
1 March 1810, Senate Chamber. Obadiah Jones has authorized Crawford “to accept of the appointment in his name, if it should be made,” to the Mississippi territorial judgeship “& in his name to sign a resignation of his present appointment” of judge in the Illinois Territory. RC ( DNA : RG 59, LAR , 1809–17, filed under “Jones”). 1 p. Printed in Carter, Territorial Papers, Illinois , 16:81....
3To James Madison from William H. Crawford, 8 March 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
8 March 1810, Senate Chamber. Sends Obadiah Jones’s resignation as judge of the Illinois Territory and acceptance of appointment as judge of the Mississippi Territory. RC ( DNA : RG 59, LAR , 1809–17, filed under “Jones”). 1 p. Printed in Carter, Territorial Papers, Illinois , 16:82. Enclosure not found.