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To James Madison from John Bass Dabney, 1 July 1806 (Abstract)

From John Bass Dabney, 1 July 1806 (Abstract)

§ From John Bass Dabney.1 1 July 1806, Boston. “I duly received the Commission You did me the Honor to transmit me, vesting me with the office of Consul, for the United States at the Azores, for which I beg you to receive my grateful acknowledgements.

“In your circular under date of 26th June,2 where there is a question Of Bonds to be given the U.States, mention is made of two Blanks, being enclosed, These have been omitted & I will thank you to send them to me as soon as convenient If deemed necessary.

“I contemplate embarking in about three weeks for Fayal to enter on the duties of my office, which I shall strive to execute, as well to the satisfaction of the merchants, as of the Goverment of the U.States.”

RC (DNA: RG 59, CD, Fayal, vol. 1). 1 p.; docketed by Wagner.

1. John Bass Dabney (d. 1826), a native of Boston, served as consul at Fayal in the Azores until his death from apoplexy. He was succeeded by his son Charles W. Dabney (PJM-PS description begins Robert A. Rutland et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Presidential Series (11 vols.; Charlottesville, Va., 1984–2020). description ends 3:150 n. 1; Boston Commercial Gazette, 26 Oct. and 20 Nov. 1826).

2. Dabney evidently referred to a postdated copy of JM’s 10 June 1801 Standing Instructions to American Consuls and Vice-Consuls, PJM-SS description begins Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series (12 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1986–). description ends 1:288–89.

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    To James Madison from John Bass Dabney, 1 July 1806 (Abstract)
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    “To James Madison from John Bass Dabney, 1 July 1806 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-12-02-0131. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 12, 1 June 1806–31 October 1806, ed. Angela Kreider, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Katherine E. Harbury. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2021, p. 79.]

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