To James Madison from Thomas Aborn, 18 August 1801
From Thomas Aborn, 18 August 1801
Warwick, (RI) August 18th. 18⟨01⟩
Sir.
I have the honor of acknowledging the receipt of your letter enclosing my Commission as vice Commercial Agent for the Port of Cayenne, and agreeable to your directions I herewith transmit the Bond required by Law previous to entering on the execution of the trusts of said office, the duties of which I shall endeavor to execute to the best of my abilities. I have the honor to be very respectfully, Sir, Your most Obdt. Servant
Thomas Aborn
The preceding is the full transcription of a document that was previously abstracted in The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State series. The original abstract contains additional annotation and source information.