1To James Madison from Gabriel Duvall, 23 January 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
23 January 1805, Treasury Department, Comptroller’s Office. “By the 4th section of the Act of the 28th February 1803, it is the duty of the Consuls, vice-consuls &c. of the U. S. from time to time to provide for the Mariners & seamen of the U. S. who may be found destitute within their districts respectively, sufficient subsistence & passages to some port in the U. S. subject to such...