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To James Madison from Thomas Leiper and Liberty Browne, 29 August 1814

From Thomas Leiper and Liberty Browne

Philadelphia August 29th. 1814

Sir

We have the honour to enclose a Copy of a resolution of the Select & Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia offering (in the present unfortunate situation of the City of Washington) accomodations for the President Congress & the Departments provided they should think it proper to accept of the same.1 We have the Honor to be with Great respect Your most obedt Servants

Thomas Leiper
Liberty Browne
Presidents of Councils

RC and enclosure (DLC). Cover docketed by JM. For enclosure, see n. 1.

1. The enclosed copy (1 p.), dated 27 Aug. 1814 and certified by Select Council clerk Thomas Bradford Jr. as an “Extract from the Minutes,” specified “that the necessary buildings will be provided by councils” for the use of the executive, Congress, and “the public offices attached to the different departments.”

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    To James Madison from Thomas Leiper and Liberty Browne, 29 August 1814
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    Leiper, Thomas
    Browne, Liberty
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    Madison, James
    Date
    29 August 1814

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    “To James Madison from Thomas Leiper and Liberty Browne, 29 August 1814,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-08-02-0149. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 8, July 1814–18 February 1815 and supplement December 1779–18 April 1814, ed. Angela Kreider, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Katherine E. Harbury. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2015, pp. 152–153.]