1From James Madison to George Deneale, 1 May 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
1 May 1802, Department of State, Washington. “I send herewith a Commission of the Peace for the County of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, to be deposited, and to remain in your office.” Letterbook copy ( DNA : RG 59, DL , vol. 14). 1 p. George Deneale (1766–1818) was a colonel of militia and clerk of the U.S. Circuit Court in Alexandria County (Franklin L. Brockett, The Lodge of...