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From James Madison to John Armstrong, 6 September 1804

¶ To John Armstrong

Letter not found. 6 September 1804, Department of State. Offered for sale by B. Altman & Co. (advertisement, Wall Street Journal, 15 July 1973), where it is represented as a one-page letter stating that U.S. claims regarding debts contracted by the French in Saint-Domingue have not been met nor has Livingston reported on the matter. JM asks to be informed about the probability and time of payment. Acknowledged by Armstrong on 12 Nov. 1804, where it is further described as enclosing a copy of JM to Robert R. Livingston, 27 Oct. 1803 (PJM-SS description begins Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series (7 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1986–). description ends , 5:579–80).

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    From James Madison to John Armstrong, 6 September 1804
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    Armstrong, John
    Date
    6 September 1804

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    “From James Madison to John Armstrong, 6 September 1804,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-08-02-0022. [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. 24.]

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