James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Robert Patton, 17 March 1818

From Robert Patton

Fredbg. 17th. March 1818

Dear Sir

At a late Meeting of the President & directors of the Steam boat Company I discovered your Stock had never been delivered but was in possession of the Secretary who delivered it to me and I now Send it under Cover five Shares; five perCent was the dividend for the last Six Months up to 1st Jany last is at Your Credit on the books. I am with much respect. Your mo Ob St

Rob Patton1

RC and enclosure (DLC). Addressed to JM at Orange and marked “favoured by Mr R Madison.” Cover docketed by JM, “Steam boat shares.” The enclosure (1 p.) is a stock certificate, dated 10 Mar. 1815, for five shares of the Potomac Steam Boat Company worth $500 at purchase.

1. Robert Patton (d. 1828) was a Scottish-born Fredericksburg, Virginia, merchant (Fredericksburg Virginia Herald, 5 Nov. 1828; PJM description begins William T. Hutchinson et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison (1st ser., vols. 1–10, Chicago, 1962–77, vols. 11–17, Charlottesville, Va., 1977–91). description ends , 14:273 n. 3).

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    To James Madison from Robert Patton, 17 March 1818
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    Patton, Robert
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    Madison, James
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    17 March 1818

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    “To James Madison from Robert Patton, 17 March 1818,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/04-01-02-0219. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Retirement Series, vol. 1, 4 March 1817 – 31 January 1820, ed. David B. Mattern, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, and Anne Mandeville Colony. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2009, p. 238.]

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