From James Madison to Benjamin Fry, 20 April 1802 (Abstract)
§ To Benjamin Fry
20 April 1802, Department of State. “Agreeably to your letter of the 10th Inst, I have written the enclosed letter to Mr Livingston [not found], who is charged with the patronage of such claims as yours upon the French Government, and your papers are herewith returned to you.”
RC (DLC: Causten-Pickett Papers, box 47). In a clerk’s hand, signed by JM.