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From James Madison to David Humphreys, 28 June 1806

To David Humphreys

Department of State June 28. 1806.

Sir.

In answer to your letter of the 20th. inst. I have the honor to inform you, that the diamonds, which were the subjects of Mrs. Humphrey’s letter of the 20th. April last,1 were placed, several weeks ago, in the charge of Mr. Cathcart, who will arrive in Boston, about the time of your receiving this, and will deliver them to you with a letter. Mrs. H’s request was not received in time to admit of the diamonds being forwarded by one of the northern Members of Congress. I am &c.

James Madison.

Letterbook copy (DNA: RG 59, DL, vol. 15).

1. Ann Frances Humphreys and David Humphreys to JM, 26 Apr. 1806 (PJM-SS description begins Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series (12 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1986–). description ends 11:505).

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    From James Madison to David Humphreys, 28 June 1806
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    28 June 1806

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    “From James Madison to David Humphreys, 28 June 1806,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-12-02-0113. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 12, 1 June 1806–31 October 1806, ed. Angela Kreider, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Katherine E. Harbury. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2021, p. 71.]

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