William C. C. Claiborne to James Madison, 2 August 1801 (Abstract)

§ From William C. C. Claiborne

2 August 1801, Nashville. Acknowledges receipt of JM’s letter of 10 July enclosing his commission as governor of Mississippi Territory.1 Requests JM to inform president that he accepts appointment. Expects to depart for Mississippi by late September or early October.

Letterbook copy (Ms-Ar: Claiborne Executive Journal). 2 pp. Printed in Rowland, Claiborne Letter Books description begins Dunbar Rowland, ed., Official Letter Books of W. C. C. Claiborne, 1801–1816 (6 vols.; Jackson, Miss., 1917). description ends , 1:6.

1. JM’s letter and enclosure are printed in Rowland, Claiborne Letter Books description begins Dunbar Rowland, ed., Official Letter Books of W. C. C. Claiborne, 1801–1816 (6 vols.; Jackson, Miss., 1917). description ends , 1:1–5. The appointment was announced in the National Intelligencer on 9 Sept. 1801.

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Title: William C. C. Claiborne to James Madison, 2 August 1801 (Abstract)
Author: Claiborne, William C. C.
Recipient: Madison, James
Date: 2 August 1801

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Cite as: “William C. C. Claiborne to James Madison, 2 August 1801 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-02-02-0004. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 2, 1 August 1801 – 28 February 1802, ed. Mary A. Hackett, J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, and Susan Holbrook Perdue. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1993, p. 6.]

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