To James Madison from James Monroe, 19 September 1816
From James Monroe
Albemarle Sepr 19. 1816
Dear Sir
I send many letters recd. by this mail in favor of Mr Beaseley, which I have not had time to peruse.1 On the subject of the marshall to be appointed at New York, I shall direct, by next mail, a blank comn. to be forwarded to you, and it is probable I may be with you, by the time it arrives, as I shall leave this, according to present prospects, then, for your house on my way to Washington, to meet my family.
I send several other papers, and avail myself of this opportunity,2 presuming it had before escaped me, to mention the claim of Mr Sharp’s brother to the office of Secry. in one of the territories.
Anxious to adjust my private affairs here, I have suffer’d some of a public nature to accumulate on me But I will run thro’ all the papers I have here to morrow, to take the necessary measures in regard to any that have been neglected. With affectionate resp⟨ect,⟩
Jas Monro⟨e⟩
RC (DLC: Rives Collection, Madison Papers).
1. Monroe presumably forwarded letters he had received in support of Reuben G. Beasley’s candidacy for the consulate at Bordeaux from William Paulding Jr., dated 9 July 1816, from William Irving, dated 9 July 1816, from Alexander J. Dallas, dated 10 July 1816, from Francis Brooke, dated 5 Aug. 1816, from Samuel Smith, dated 3 Sept. 1816, from Robert Patten, dated 16 Sept. 1816 (two letters), and from John Taliaferro, dated 25 Aug. 1816 (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1809–17, filed under “Beasley”). Beasley also wrote three letters on his own behalf during this period (ibid.).
2. Enclosures not identified.