To James Madison from Dodge & Oxnard, 5 July 1823
From Dodge & Oxnard
Marseilles 5 July 1823
Sir
We have the honor to transmit to you inclosed Invoice of the Cost & charges of Sundry articles which our Joshua Dodge has directed our procuring for you.1 You will observe they proceed ⅌ Brig Herschell Capt. Davis consigned to Mr. E. Copeland junr2 of Boston who will, on arrival, forward the Same to you. The amount we request you will remit to Said friend for our account. We trust the whole will reach you in good condition & will be approved of by you, as we have spared no pains in the Selection. We have the honor to be Sir Respectfully Yours
Dodge & Oxnard
We have not sent your Brandy in Bottles as it is prohibited in that way.
RC (DLC). Letter and invoice enclosed in Elisha Copeland Jr. to JM, 6 Sept. 1823.
1. See Thomas Jefferson to JM, 24 Mar. 1823, and nn.
2. Elisha Copeland Jr. (1793–1864) began his business career in the counting room of Boston merchant Peter P. F. Degrand. Copeland served as Degrand’s agent in Paris before setting up his own commercial establisment in Boston. He was city auditor from 1841 until his death (William B. Trask, “Necrology,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 22 [1868]: 206).