To James Madison from Robert Young and Christopher Neale, 5 February 1817

From Robert Young and Christopher Neale

Alexandria 5th. Feby: 1817

The undersigned, Justices of the Peace for the Town & County of Alexandria, beg leave to represent, that the death of William Newton and the removal of Col: John McKenney to the Western Country, has lessened the number of Magistrates for this Town, while the increased Population requires an augmentation thereof. They therefore beg leave respectfully, to offer for the consideration of the President the Appointment of Col: Adam Lynn and George A Thornton as Suitable Persons to fill the vacancy.1

Robert Young

Christ: Neale

RC (ViU: Madison Papers, Special Collections).

1. JM nominated Lynn and Thornton to the vacancies on 24 Feb. 1817, and the Senate confirmed them on 26 Feb. 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 , 3:79–80).

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Title: To James Madison from Robert Young and Christopher Neale, 5 February 1817
Authors: Young, Robert
Neale, Christopher
Recipient: Madison, James
Date: 5 February 1817

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Cite as: “To James Madison from Robert Young and Christopher Neale, 5 February 1817,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-11-02-0702. [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, p. 648.]