James Madison Papers

From James Madison to Albert Gallatin, 28 May 1803 (Abstract)

§ To Albert Gallatin

28 May 1803, Department of State. Requests that a warrant for $600 be issued “on the appropriation for the contingent expences of the Department of State … in favor of Christopher S. Thom he to be charged and held accountable for the same.”

Letterbook copy (DNA: RG 59, DL, vol. 14). 1 p. JM requested that Gallatin issue additional warrants, in amounts ranging from $190 to $43,000, for expenses incurred for Barbary affairs and State Department contingencies. The requests omitted from this volume—available on National Archives microfilm M40—are dated 22 and 24 June, 11, 15, 19, and 22 July, 1 Aug., 27 Sept., and 24 Oct. 1803.

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    From James Madison to Albert Gallatin, 28 May 1803 (Abstract)
    Author
    Madison, James
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    Gallatin, Albert
    Date
    28 May 1803

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    “From James Madison to Albert Gallatin, 28 May 1803 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-05-02-0050. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 5, 16 May–31 October 1803, ed. David B. Mattern, J. C. A. Stagg, Ellen J. Barber, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Bradley J. Daigle. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 2000, p. 41.]

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