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To James Madison from Henry Rutgers, 14 January 1817

From Henry Rutgers

New York 14th January 1817.

Dear Sir

Permit me to introduce to your acquaintance the Bearer hereof Mr Robert White an intimate friend of mine, & one of the Directors of the Manhattan Co: who is going to Washington on special business.1

Your accustomary attention, shewn to him I shall ever consider as given to myself, and on all occasions shall be happy to acknowledge it. I remain Dear Sir with unfeigned [e]steem Your most Obedient humble Servt

Henry Rutgers

RC (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1809–17, filed under “White”).

1. Robert White was cashier of the Bank of the Manhattan Company between 1819 and 1842 (J. S. McMaster, McMaster’s Commercial Decisions Affecting the Banker and Merchant. From the Reports of the Highest Courts of the Several States [29 vols.; New York, 1898–1926], 19:238).

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    To James Madison from Henry Rutgers, 14 January 1817
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    Rutgers, Henry
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    Madison, James
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    14 January 1817

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    “To James Madison from Henry Rutgers, 14 January 1817,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-11-02-0652. [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. 610–611.]