James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Peter Crary and Others, 4 January 1810 (Abstract)

§ From Peter Crary and Others

4 January 1810, New York. Urges JM to appoint Elijah Palmer to be surveyor at the port of Stonington, Connecticut, in the event of the resignation of the incumbent, Jonathan Palmer. Recommends Elijah Palmer for his attachment to the “principles of ’76” and as one who has been persecuted for his political beliefs.

RC (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1809–17, filed under “Palmer”). 3 pp. Signed by Crary and four others. After the death of Jonathan Palmer, JM nominated Elijah Palmer to be surveyor and inspector of the revenue at Stonington on 17 Apr. 1810 (Senate Exec. Proceedings description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America (3 vols.; Washington, 1828). description ends , 2:145, 147).

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    To James Madison from Peter Crary and Others, 4 January 1810 (Abstract)
    Author
    Crary, Peter
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    Madison, James
    Date
    4 January 1810

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    “To James Madison from Peter Crary and Others, 4 January 1810 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-02-02-0191. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 2, 1 October 1809–2 November 1810, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, and Susan Holbrook Perdue. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1992, p. 159.]