To James Madison from Armistead T. Mason, 26 April 1816

From Armistead T. Mason

Washington 26 April 1816

Sir,

Col: Saml. Lane late of the United States Army having expressed a desire to be appointed the Commissioner to Superintend the Public Buildings under a late Law of Congress, I beg leave to testify to his Merit. I have long known Col: Lane & believe him to be a gentleman of strict integrity & honor. And should he succeed in his application for the office in question I have no doubt he will discharge the duties of it with fidelity & zeal. I am very respectfully your obt Servt.

Armistead T Mason 1

RC (DLC).

1. Armistead T. Mason of Virginia, the son of Stevens Thomson Mason, was serving for one year in the Senate to fill the term vacated by William Branch Giles (PJM-RS, description begins David B. Mattern et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Retirement Series (2 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 2009–). description ends 1:131).

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Title: To James Madison from Armistead T. Mason, 26 April 1816
Author: Mason, Armistead T.
Recipient: Madison, James
Date: 26 April 1816

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Cite as: “To James Madison from Armistead T. Mason, 26 April 1816,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-10-02-0425. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 10, 13 October 1815–30 April 1816, ed. Angela Kreider, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Katharine E. Harbury, and Anne Mandeville Colony. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, pp. 426–427.]

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