From James Madison to Samuel Snow, 1 July 1806
To Samuel Snow
Department of State July 1. 1806.
Sir.
The President of the United States having judged it expedient to supersede your commission as Consul for Canton; by issuing another to Mr. Edward Carrington, it is proper that you should be apprized of it, that the change may have a just influence upon your concerns. I am &c.
James Madison
Letterbook copy (DNA: RG 59, DL, vol. 15); addressed to Snow at Providence, R.I.