James Madison Papers

James Madison to William Loughton Smith, 1 June 1801 (Abstract)

§ To William Loughton Smith

1 June 1801, Department of State. Recalls Smith for reasons of economy; requests him to assure Portuguese government of American friendly sentiments.

Letterbook copy (DNA: RG 59, IC, vol. 1). 2 pp. Virtually a copy of JM’s letter of the same day to William Vans Murray.

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    James Madison to William Loughton Smith, 1 June 1801 (Abstract)
    Author
    Madison, James
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    Smith, William Loughton
    Date
    1 June 1801

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    “James Madison to William Loughton Smith, 1 June 1801 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-01-02-0329. [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. 255.]

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