From James Madison to Charles Pinckney, 13 June 1802 (Abstract)

§ To Charles Pinckney

13 June 1802, Department of State, Washington. Introduces the bearer, William Cooke, who has a claim against Spain “which he is going to Madrid to prosecute—and it will of course be patronized and urged by you as far as may be proper.”

Letterbook copy (DNA: RG 59, IM, vol. 6). 1 p. This letter evidently was never delivered, for Cooke did not sail for Madrid until 1803 (see JM to Pinckney, 22 Dec. 1802 and 7 Apr. 1803 [ibid.]). For Cooke and his claim, see Cooke to JM, 27 Nov. 1801, and JM to Cooke, 3 Feb. 1802 (PJM-SS description begins Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series (3 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1986—). description ends , 2:277 and n. 1, 438).

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Title: From James Madison to Charles Pinckney, 13 June 1802 (Abstract)
Author: Madison, James
Recipient: Pinckney, Charles
Date: 13 June 1802

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Cite as: “From James Madison to Charles Pinckney, 13 June 1802 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-03-02-0365. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 3, 1 March–6 October 1802, ed. David B. Mattern, J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, and Susan Holbrook Perdue. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1995, p. 305.]

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