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From James Madison to the Senate, [4 April 1816]

To the Senate

[4 April 1816]

I withdraw the nominations of John Balkam, William Campbell and John Burley, as stated in my message of the 21st March: and I nominate the said John Balkam, of Massachusetts, to be principal assessor for the 1st. Collection district of the same state in the place of Shubael Downes resigned: The Said William Campbell of Virginia, to be principal assessor, for the 10th Collection district of the same state in the place of William I. Welken resigned: The said John Burley of Massachusetts to be principal assessor for the ninth Collection district of Massachusetts in the place of Edward Toppan.

I nominate, Martin Bickham, of New Jersey to be consul for the Isle of France in the place of William Buchanan deceased.

James Madison

RC (DNA: RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A1). In John Payne Todd’s hand, signed by JM. Undated; conjectural date assigned based on the published record in Senate Exec. Proceedings, description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America (3 vols.; Washington, 1828). description ends 3:41. The Senate approved the nomination of John Burley on 8 Apr. 1816 (ibid., 43), Martin Bickham on 16 Apr. 1816 (ibid., 44), John Balkam on 18 Apr. 1816 (ibid., 45), and William Campbell on 26 Apr. 1816 (ibid., 48).

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    From James Madison to the Senate, [4 April 1816]
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    “From James Madison to the Senate, [4 April 1816],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-10-02-0363. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 10, 13 October 1815–30 April 1816, ed. Angela Kreider, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Katharine E. Harbury, and Anne Mandeville Colony. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, p. 339.]

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