James Madison Papers

To James Madison from John Wayles Eppes, 15 December 1809 (Abstract)

§ From John Wayles Eppes

15 December 1809. Encloses a letter from James P. Preston of Virginia and recommends him for the position of Indian agent in the Louisiana Territory.

RC and enclosure (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1809–17, filed under “Preston”). RC 1 p. Enclosure is Preston to Eppes, 29 Nov. 1809 (2 pp.). St. George Tucker also wrote to JM on Preston’s behalf on 20 Dec. 1809 (ibid.).

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    To James Madison from John Wayles Eppes, 15 December 1809 (Abstract)
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    Eppes, John Wayles
    Recipient
    Madison, James
    Date
    15 December 1809

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    “To James Madison from John Wayles Eppes, 15 December 1809 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-02-02-0155. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 2, 1 October 1809–2 November 1810, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, and Susan Holbrook Perdue. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1992, p. 135.]

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