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From James Madison to John Beckley, 8 November 1804 (Abstract)

§ To John Beckley

8 November 1804, Department of State. “Mr. Madison presents his compliments to Mr. Beckley and informs him that the articles mentioned in the enclosed letter from Mr. Barnet1 are now at the Department of state, subject to Mr. B’s, disposal, pursuent to such powers as he may have or obtain in the char[a]cter of Librarian.”

Letterbook copy (DNA: RG 59, DL, vol. 14). 1 p.

1. Isaac Cox Barnet to JM, 1 Sept. 1804.

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    From James Madison to John Beckley, 8 November 1804 (Abstract)
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    8 November 1804

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    “From James Madison to John Beckley, 8 November 1804 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-08-02-0274. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 8, 1 September 1804 – 31 January 1805 and supplement 1776 – 23 June 1804, ed. Mary A. Hackett, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Anne Mandeville Colony, Angela Kreider, Jeanne Kerr Cross, and Wendy Ellen Perry. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2007, p. 266.]

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