1To James Madison from John Baylor, 2 September 1815 (Madison Papers)
A poor boy by the name of Crowley was Convicted before the united States Court at its Sitting in Richmond in June last for a misdemeanor in a robery charged against him as committed upon the Publick mail. I had expected Mr. Hay to have caused his Case to have been carried up before you but Suppose from the weighty Calls in his various departments that it has escaped his recollection. This...