James Madison Papers

To James Madison from the Governor of Virginia, 9 January 1790

From the Governor of Virginia

Richmond January 9th. 1790.

Gentlemen,

In pursuance of the Directions of the General Assembly, I do myself the honour to transmit to you an Act—Concerning the erection of the district of Kentucky into an Independant State.1 I have the Honour &c.

Beverley Randolph.

FC (Executive Letter Book description begins Executive Letter Book, manuscript in Virginia State Library. description ends ). Addressed to the Virginia representatives and senators in Congress. In a clerk’s hand. Enclosure not found (see n. 1).

1. See Hening, Statutes description begins William Waller Hening, ed., The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia, from the First Session of the Legislature, in the Year 1619 (13 vols.; Richmond and Philadelphia, 1819–23). description ends , XIII, 17–21.

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    To James Madison from the Governor of Virginia, 9 January 1790
    Authors
    Governor of Virginia
    Randolph, Beverley
    Recipient
    Madison, James
    Date
    9 January 1790

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    “To James Madison from the Governor of Virginia, 9 January 1790,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-12-02-0310. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, vol. 12, 2 March 1789 – 20 January 1790 and supplement 24 October 1775 – 24 January 1789, ed. Charles F. Hobson and Robert A. Rutland. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1979, p. 469.]