James Madison Papers

To James Madison from William Hull, 12 August 1801 (Abstract)

§ From William Hull

12 August 1801, Newton, Massachusetts. Recommends Newton resident John Hall Rogers for consulship at Alicante based on his business experience and his lengthy residence there.

RC (CtY: Knollenberg Collection). 1 p.; docketed by Wagner as received 24 Aug. Hull, a Jeffersonian Republican, was justice of the peace in Newton from 1788 until 1805 and a member of the Massachusetts Senate from 1802 until 1805, when Jefferson nominated him to be territorial governor of Michigan (Michigan Historical Collections, 40 [1929]: 26, 28–29).

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    To James Madison from William Hull, 12 August 1801 (Abstract)
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    Hull, William
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    Madison, James
    Date
    12 August 1801

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    “To James Madison from William Hull, 12 August 1801 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-02-02-0050. [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. 37.]

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