James Madison Papers

To James Madison from John Blake, 12 July 1802 (Abstract)

§ From John Blake

12 July 1802, Charleston. Acknowledges JM’s letter of 22 June [not found] enclosing a commission as commissioner of bankruptcy for the district of South Carolina, “which I am very sorry it is out of my power to accept.”

RC (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1801–9, filed under “Blake”). 1 p.; docketed by Jefferson. JM received another letter of this date from Simeon Theus of Charleston, also declining appointment as a commissioner of bankruptcy, “as my personal avocation employs so much of my time” (ibid.; 1 p.; docketed by Brent). Dominic A. Hall declined the appointment as well, in a letter written from Charleston on 15 July 1802 (ibid.; 1 p.; docketed by Brent).

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    To James Madison from John Blake, 12 July 1802 (Abstract)
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    Blake, John
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    Madison, James
    Date
    12 July 1802

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    “To James Madison from John Blake, 12 July 1802 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-03-02-0471. [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, pp. 392–393.]