James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Meriwether Jones, ca. 20 March 1801

¶ From Meriwether Jones

Letter not found. Ca. 20 March 1801, Richmond. Mentioned in Jones to Levi Lincoln, 25 Mar. 1801 (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1801–9). Requests that contract for public printing be awarded to the Examiner. Explains why Mr. Davis should not continue to benefit from this emolument. Concludes that if JM thinks the change impolitic, Jones will be content.

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    To James Madison from Meriwether Jones, ca. 20 March 1801
    Author
    Jones, Meriwether
    Recipient
    Madison, James
    Date
    20 March 1801

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    “To James Madison from Meriwether Jones, ca. 20 March 1801,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-01-02-0046. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 1, 4 March–31 July 1801, ed. Robert J. Brugger, Robert A. Rutland, Robert Rhodes Crout, Jeanne K. Sisson, and Dru Dowdy. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1986, p. 33.]

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