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To James Madison from John Dawson, 2 May 1804

From John Dawson

New York. May 2d. 1804.

Dear Sir,

The inclosd1 was handed to me on yesterday with a request that I woud forward it to you.

The election of Governor has been contested in this state with uncommon warmth & exertions. The result will be highly flattering to Mr. Lewis.2 Yrs, with much esteem

J Dawson

RC (DLC).

1. The enclosure has not been identified.

2. For Morgan Lewis’s defeat of Aaron Burr in the New York gubernatorial contest of 1804, see Kline, Papers of Burr description begins Mary-Jo Kline, ed., Political Correspondence and Public Papers of Aaron Burr (2 vols.; Princeton, N.J., 1983). description ends , 2:827–42.

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    To James Madison from John Dawson, 2 May 1804
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    Madison, James
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    2 May 1804

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    “To James Madison from John Dawson, 2 May 1804,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-07-02-0143. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 7, 2 April–31 August 1804, ed. David B. Mattern, J. C. A. Stagg, Ellen J. Barber, Anne Mandeville Colony, Angela Kreider, and Jeanne Kerr Cross. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2005, p. 129.]

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