James Madison Papers

To James Madison from James Monroe, [ca. 15 April 1816]

From James Monroe

[ca. 15 April 1816]

Major Thompson belongd to a Pena. brigade in the revolutionary war, when I knew him. He was I think a subaltern. I have seen him often, since I came here, & apparently in indigent circumstances. I have always thought well of him, without any minute knowledge of him.

J.M.

RC and enclosure (DNA: RG 59, ML). Enclosure is John Thompson to Monroe, 15 Apr. 1816 (1 p.), seeking any appointment that might be made “on the west side of the Alegania.” RC addressed “The President” and undated; conjectural date assigned based on the date of the enclosure.

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    To James Madison from James Monroe, [ca. 15 April 1816]
    Author
    Monroe, James
    Recipient
    Madison, James
    Date
    15 April 1816

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    “To James Madison from James Monroe, [ca. 15 April 1816],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-10-02-0390. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 10, 13 October 1815–30 April 1816, ed. Angela Kreider, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Katharine E. Harbury, and Anne Mandeville Colony. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, pp. 377–378.]

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