James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Edward Lloyd, 15 November 1810 (Abstract)

§ From Edward Lloyd1

15 November 1810, Annapolis. “At the request of the Republican members of the House of Delegates of this State, I have taken the liberty of enclosing to you the within Recommendation.”

RC and enclosure (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1809–17, filed under “Bland”). RC 1 p. Enclosure (2 pp.) is a 13 Nov. 1810 letter signed by thirty-nine General Assembly delegates recommending Theodorick Bland for U.S. attorney in the event of the resignation of the incumbent, John Stephen.

1. Edward Lloyd (1779–1834) had served as a Republican representative in the Ninth and Tenth Congresses (1806–9). From 1809 to 1811 he was governor of Maryland.

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    To James Madison from Edward Lloyd, 15 November 1810 (Abstract)
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    Lloyd, Edward
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    Madison, James
    Date
    15 November 1810

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    “To James Madison from Edward Lloyd, 15 November 1810 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-03-02-0020. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 3, 3 November 1810–4 November 1811, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, and Susan Holbrook Perdue. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1996, p. 18.]

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