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To James Madison from John Dawson, 29 October 1803 (Abstract)

§ From John Dawson

29 October 1803, Washington. “Some time ago I intimated to you my willingness to go to New Orleans, and reflection has not chang’d that disposition, provided I can be plac’d in a situation not subordinate.… The length of time I have been in public life, the situations I have been placd in, and the conduct and principles I have supported are well known to you and to Mr. Jefferson.”

RC (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1801–9, filed under “Dawson”). 1 p.

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    To James Madison from John Dawson, 29 October 1803 (Abstract)
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    Dawson, John
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    Madison, James
    Date
    29 October 1803

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    “To James Madison from John Dawson, 29 October 1803 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-05-02-0598. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 5, 16 May–31 October 1803, ed. David B. Mattern, J. C. A. Stagg, Ellen J. Barber, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Bradley J. Daigle. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 2000, p. 588.]

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