From James Madison to James Hillhouse, 24 March 1806 (Abstract)
To James Hillhouse, 24 March 1806 (Abstract)
§ To James Hillhouse.1 24 March, Monday. “Mr. Madison requests the pleasure of Mr. Hillhouse’s company to Dinner on Saturday next at ½ past 3. oClock.”
RC (CtY). 1 p.; in an unidentified hand. Year not indicated; conjectural year of 1806 assigned based on the fact that 24 Mar. fell on a Monday in 1806, and James Hillhouse departed the Senate in 1810.
1. Connecticut lawyer James Hillhouse (1754–1832) was a graduate of Yale College, and a Revolutionary War veteran. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1790 to 1796, and in the Senate from 1796 to 1810. In 1814 he was a member of the Hartford Convention.