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To James Madison from Eléonor-François-Elie, Marquis de Moustier, 2 August 1810 (Abstract)

§ From Eléonor-François-Elie, Marquis de Moustier

2 August 1810, Well Walk, Hampstead, Middlesex County. Recommends P. F. Fauche1 for post of U.S. consul in Gothenburg.

RC (DLC). 2 pp. In French. Marked by Moustier as duplicate of his letter of 5 Mar. Docketed by JM.

1. Peter Francis Fauche, a Swiss merchant residing in Gothenburg, Sweden, had written to JM as early as 29 Jan. 1809 for a consular appointment (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1809–17).

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    To James Madison from Eléonor-François-Elie, Marquis de Moustier, 2 August 1810 (Abstract)
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    Moustier, Elénore François Elie, Comte de
    Recipient
    Madison, James
    Date
    2 August 1810

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    “To James Madison from Eléonor-François-Elie, Marquis de Moustier, 2 August 1810 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-02-02-0568. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 2, 1 October 1809–2 November 1810, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, and Susan Holbrook Perdue. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1992, p. 457.]