James Madison Papers
Documents filtered by: Author="Madison, James" AND Period="Jefferson Presidency"
sorted by: recipient
Permanent link for this document:
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-07-02-0100

From James Madison to William Barlow, 22 April 1804 (Abstract)

§ To William Barlow

22 April 1804, Department of State. “The claim for land, which you describe in your letter of the 2d. March [not found], appears to be barred both by the lapse of time and by the Sixty thousand acres allowed in the act of Congress of 13 May 1800,1 being exhausted by previous surveys.”

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

1. For “An Act to authorize the issuing certain Patents,” 13 May 1800, dealing with land patents in the Virginia military lands section of Ohio, see U.S. Statutes at Large description begins The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America … (17 vols.; Boston, 1848–73). description ends , 2:80.

Index Entries

    You Are Looking At

    Source Project
    Madison Papers
    Title
    From James Madison to William Barlow, 22 April 1804 (Abstract)
    Author
    Madison, James
    Recipient
    Barlow, William
    Date
    22 April 1804

    Reference

    Cite as
    “From James Madison to William Barlow, 22 April 1804 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-07-02-0100. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 7, 2 April–31 August 1804, ed. David B. Mattern, J. C. A. Stagg, Ellen J. Barber, Anne Mandeville Colony, Angela Kreider, and Jeanne Kerr Cross. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2005, p. 100.]