To James Madison from John Hall Rogers, 10 July 1802 (Abstract)

§ From John Hall Rogers

10 July 1802, Alicante. Mentions that he wrote to JM on 18 Aug. 1801 from Boston, enclosing a letter from William Hull of Newton “on the subject of the Consulate of Alicante and its vicinity; which in case of vacancy or removal [I] take leave to offer myself as a candidate.”1 Intends to reside at Alicante and offers to send “any wines, trees, fruits or seeds peculiar to this province or Spain in general that would be acceptable” to JM or the president.

RC (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1801–9, filed under “Rogers”). 1 p. Docketed by Jefferson.

1. Rogers’s letter has not been found, but see Hull to JM, 12 Aug. 1801, recommending Rogers for the post at Alicante (PJM-SS description begins Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series (3 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1986—). description ends , 2:37).

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Title: To James Madison from John Hall Rogers, 10 July 1802 (Abstract)
Author: Rogers, John Hall
Recipient: Madison, James
Date: 10 July 1802

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Cite as: “To James Madison from John Hall Rogers, 10 July 1802 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-03-02-0469. [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. 392.]