James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Francis Bailey, 23 October 1803 (Abstract)

§ From Francis Bailey1

23 October 1803. “The death of Col. Bauman of New-York2 has lef[t] the Post-Office without a Master. I know of no man in the United-States, who would fill that office, with more ability, or greater integrity, than Philip Freaneau.”

RC (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1801–9, filed under “Freneau”). 1 p.; docketed by Jefferson. Printed in Fred Lewis Pattee, ed., The Poems of Philip Freneau (3 vols.; Princeton, N.J., 1902), 1:lxxx.

1. Francis Bailey (ca. 1735–1815) was a Revolutionary War veteran and the editor of several newspapers, including the Philadelphia Freeman’s Journal. Bailey was also for a time official printer for Congress and the state of Pennsylvania.

2. Sebastian Bauman (1739–1803) was a German-born Revolutionary War veteran who served as New York City postmaster from 1789 until his death (Kline, Papers of Burr description begins Mary-Jo Kline, ed., Political Correspondence and Public Papers of Aaron Burr (2 vols.; Princeton, N.J., 1983). description ends , 1:458; Prince, Federalists and the Origins of the U.S. Civil Service, pp. 188–89).

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    To James Madison from Francis Bailey, 23 October 1803 (Abstract)
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    Bailey, Francis
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    Madison, James
    Date
    23 October 1803

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    “To James Madison from Francis Bailey, 23 October 1803 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-05-02-0574. [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. 570.]

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