James Madison Papers

From James Madison to James Monroe, 9 December 1795

To James Monroe

Philada. Decr. 9th. 1795.

Dear Sir

At the request of Mr. R. Harrison, who is well acquainted with the Bearer Mr. James H. Hooe,1 I introduce this Gentleman to your civilities. He is charged with some business interesting to a friend of Mr. Harrison, which it is supposed may be aided by your advice, and perhaps claim your official attention. These considerations will more than apologize for the liberty I have taken, and will ensure Mr. Hooe, the reception that may be due to him. With the highest respect esteem & regard, I am Dear Sir, Your Mo: Obedt. hble servt.

James Madison Jr

RC (DLC). Addressed by JM to Monroe at Paris and marked “Mr. Hooe.”

1. James Hewitt Hooe was an Alexandria merchant, as was his kinsman Robert Townsend Hooe (cousin and business partner of Treasury Department auditor Richard Harrison). A Madison-Clinton elector in 1808, James Hewitt Hooe represented Fairfax County in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1809–10. He received consignments of merino sheep from Portugal for JM and Jefferson (WMQ description begins William and Mary Quarterly. description ends , 2d ser., 3 [1923]: 208; Hayden, Virginia Genealogies, pp. 717, 718; Rutland, Papers of George Mason, 1:lxi–lxii; Thomas Pleasants, Jr., to JM, 4 Mar. 1791, PJM description begins Robert A. Rutland et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Presidential Series (1 vol. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1984—). description ends , 13:403; CVSP description begins William P. Palmer et al., eds., Calendar of Virginia State Papers and Other Manuscripts (11 vols.; Richmond, 1875–93). description ends , 9:616; Swem and Williams, Register description begins Earl G. Swem and John W. Williams, eds., A Register of the General Assembly of Virginia, 1776–1918, and of the Constitutional Conventions (Richmond, 1918). description ends , p. 388; Hooe to JM, 4 May and 13 Oct. 1810 [DLC]).

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    From James Madison to James Monroe, 9 December 1795
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    Madison, James
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    Monroe, James
    Date
    9 December 1795

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    “From James Madison to James Monroe, 9 December 1795,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-16-02-0080. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, vol. 16, 27 April 1795 – 27 March 1797, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Thomas A. Mason, and Jeanne K. Sisson. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1989, p. 162.]

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