James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Tobias Lear, 15 September 1801 (Abstract)

§ From Tobias Lear

15 September 1801, Cap Français. No. 11. Has nothing further to report since his last letter. Dandridge has arrived from Aux Cayes with news that all is tranquil there and a good harvest is expected. Recommends Dandridge to succeed Ritchie at Port Républicain or to succeed Lear at the cape if government moves to Port Républicain.

RC, FC (DNA: RG 59, CD, Cap Haitien, vol. 3). RC 1 p. Duplicate copy (ibid.) docketed by Wagner as received 24 Oct.

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    To James Madison from Tobias Lear, 15 September 1801 (Abstract)
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    Lear, Tobias
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    Madison, James
    Date
    15 September 1801

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    “To James Madison from Tobias Lear, 15 September 1801 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-02-02-0172. [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. 115.]

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