To James Madison from Theodore Gaillard, 16 June 1801 (Abstract)
§ From Theodore Gaillard
16 June 1801, Charleston. Acknowledges 2 June letter (not found) enclosing commission as chief judge of fifth U.S. circuit. Expresses gratitude for the president’s action but must decline the appointment, owing to “imperious Circumstances of a private Nature.”
RC (NN). 2 pp.