To James Madison from Richard M. Johnson, 16 January 1817

From Richard M. Johnson

House of Rep: 16t. Jan 1817

Sir,

I have this day rcd a letter from Majr Joseph Hawkins requesting to have his name withdrawn from the Senate for the office of surveyor on acct of the objections which he understood Some of the members from the State of Louisiana had urged against him for want of residence. Having learned that this objection is likely to operate against Mr Hawkins, I have thought it my duty to inform you of this fact.1 Mr Hawkins will be a resident at N. Orleans in Feb. With Sentiments of great respect your Ob Sert

Rh: M: Johnson

RC (DLC).

1. For JM’s nomination of Joseph H. Hawkins to be surveyor and inspector of the revenue at New Orleans, see JM to the Senate, 20 Dec. 1816. He withdrew the nomination on 21 Jan. 1817 (Senate Exec. Proceedings description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America (3 vols.; Washington, D.C., 1828). description ends , 3:62, 72).

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Title: To James Madison from Richard M. Johnson, 16 January 1817
Author: Johnson, Richard M.
Recipient: Madison, James
Date: 16 January 1817

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Cite as: “To James Madison from Richard M. Johnson, 16 January 1817,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-11-02-0658. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 11, 1 May 1816–3 March 1817, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Katharine E. Harbury, and Anne Mandeville Colony. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2020, pp. 614–615.]

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