James Madison Papers

From James Madison to Noah Webster, 20 August 1801

¶ To Noah Webster

Letter not found. 20 August 1801. Acknowledged in Webster to JM, 30 Nov. 1801. Discusses administration policy for appointments and removals in government in response to Webster’s letter of 18 July 1801 (PJM-SS description begins Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series (2 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1986—). description ends , 1:436–41). For Jefferson’s suggestions on its contents, see Jefferson to JM, 13 Aug. 1801.

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    From James Madison to Noah Webster, 20 August 1801
    Author
    Madison, James
    Recipient
    Webster, Noah
    Date
    20 August 1801

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    “From James Madison to Noah Webster, 20 August 1801,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-02-02-0082. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 2, 1 August 1801 – 28 February 1802, ed. Mary A. Hackett, J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, and Susan Holbrook Perdue. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1993, p. 58.]

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