James Madison Papers

To James Madison from the Purveyor’s Office, 21 May 1801

From the Purveyor’s Office

Purveyor’s Office Philada. May 21st. 1801.

Sir

This morning previously to the receipt of your letter of 18th. Inst. the Purveyor had gone to Jersey to procure Timber for Algiers, he will return the day after tomorrow, when I conclude he will report to you the information you require. I am Sir very respec[t]fully Your obdt. Servt.

B. M.1

Letterbook copy (DNA: RG 45, Purveyor’s Office, Philadelphia).

1. Whelen’s clerk has not been identified.

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    To James Madison from the Purveyor’s Office, 21 May 1801
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    Purveyor’s Office
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    Madison, James
    Date
    21 May 1801

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    “To James Madison from the Purveyor’s Office, 21 May 1801,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-01-02-0279. [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. 220.]