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To James Madison from John Nicoll, 27 July 1802 (Abstract)

§ From John Nicoll

27 July 1802, New Haven. Has received JM’s letter of 6 July [not found] appointing him a commissioner of bankruptcy for the district of Connecticut. Declines the appointment; “I am so frequently absent from the State, that it will be out of my Power to pay the requisite Attention to the Duties of the Office.” Recommends John H. Lynde for the position.

RC (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1801–9, filed under “Nicol”). 1 p.; docketed by Brent as received 31 July.

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    To James Madison from John Nicoll, 27 July 1802 (Abstract)
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    Nicoll, John
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    Madison, James
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    27 July 1802

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    “To James Madison from John Nicoll, 27 July 1802 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-03-02-0535. [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. 433.]