From James Madison to the Senate, 17 January 1816

To the Senate

January 17th. 1816

I nominate, John M. Forbes of Newyork, to be Consul General for Denmark, his consulate to embrace also Meacklenburg and Schwerin, and the Prussian Ports of Stettin and Stralsund.

James Madison

RC (DNA: RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A1). In John Payne Todd’s hand, signed by JM. The Senate approved the nomination on 22 Jan. 1816 (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 3:24–25).

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Title: From James Madison to the Senate, 17 January 1816
Author: Madison, James
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Date: 17 January 1816

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Cite as: “From James Madison to the Senate, 17 January 1816,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-10-02-0166. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 10, 13 October 1815–30 April 1816, ed. Angela Kreider, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Katharine E. Harbury, and Anne Mandeville Colony. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, p. 167.]

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