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To James Madison from Edward Thornton, 4 February 1802 (Abstract)

§ From Edward Thornton

4 February 1802, Washington. Notifies JM that Thomas Barclay, British consul general for the eastern states, is returning to England on private business. Henry Barclay will perform the consular duties during his father’s absence. Asks JM to inform the president.

RC (DNA: RG 59, NFL, Great Britain, vol. 2). 1 p.

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    To James Madison from Edward Thornton, 4 February 1802 (Abstract)
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    Madison, James
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    4 February 1802

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    “To James Madison from Edward Thornton, 4 February 1802 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-02-02-0646. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 2, 1 August 1801 – 28 February 1802, ed. Mary A. Hackett, J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, and Susan Holbrook Perdue. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1993, p. 440.]

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