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To James Madison from Zachariah Burnley, ca. August 1789

¶ From Zachariah Burnley

Letter not found. Ca. August 1789. Mentioned in JM to Hamilton, ca. 5 Oct. 1789. Requests JM’s aid in obtaining a clerkship for his son, Reuben.

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    To James Madison from Zachariah Burnley, ca. August 1789
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    Burnley, Zachariah
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    Madison, James
    Date
    August 1789

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    “To James Madison from Zachariah Burnley, ca. August 1789,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-12-02-0207. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, vol. 12, 2 March 1789 – 20 January 1790 and supplement 24 October 1775 – 24 January 1789, ed. Charles F. Hobson and Robert A. Rutland. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1979, p. 320.]