To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 1 January 1805
From James Madison
RC (DLC: TJ Papers, 146:25410); undated, in Madison’s hand; endorsed by TJ as received from the State Department on 1 Jan. 1805 and “Atty Genl.”
For earlier consideration of Samson Levy, Brockholst Livingston, and John Thomson Mason as Levi Lincoln’s successor as U.S. attorney general, see TJ to Gallatin, 3 Aug., TJ to Madison, 3 Aug., Madison to TJ, 13 Aug., TJ to Gallatin, 1 Sep., and Gallatin to TJ, 18 Sep. 1804. TJ had considered William Pinkney for a judicial appointment in Orleans Territory the previous summer (TJ to Robert Smith, 3 Aug.).