To Thomas Jefferson from John Hollins, 10 December 1804
From John Hollins
Baltimore 10th. Decr 1804
Sir
I have the honor to inform you that the Reverend Mr Glendy intends to visit Washington in a few days, & will hold himself in readiness to perform Divine service on Sunday next the 16th. Inst., he will no doubt take the first opportunity of seeing you after he arrives in Washington
It woud give me great pleasure to accompany him, & wh. I will do, if Mr Bowdoin passes thro’ Baltimore in a few days, shd. he be expected with you soon, it will be very pleasing to me, if you will take the trouble to cause me to be informed.—
Very respectfully I am yr. obdt
Jno. Hollins
RC (MHi); at foot of text: “Thos Jefferson Esqr President U.S”; endorsed by TJ as received 11 Dec. and so recorded in SJL.
Mr Glendy: Presbyterian clergyman John Glendy (Vol. 36:26).
cause me to be informed: Hollins, who had a claim against the Spanish government, sent a similar request to Madison on 27 Nov. In that letter, he explained that he was anxious for an associate to accompany James Bowdoin to Spain, and added that Madison would “know the cause of my anxiety on this occasion.” Hollins believed that the Spanish owed him in excess of $200,000 for property seized at Havana (, Sec. of State Ser., 8:334; Vol. 38:631-2).