James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Charles Peale Polk, 10 November 1801 (Abstract)

§ From Charles Peale Polk

10 November 1801, Frederick Town. Reluctantly repeats request that JM intervene on his behalf for a federal job as his family is in “extreme distress.” If changes are to be made under the new postmaster general, he wishes to be considered. Is moving to Georgetown within the month as he has no prospects at his present location.

RC (DLC). 2 pp. On Polk’s earlier efforts to secure a federal appointment, see PJM-SS description begins Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series (2 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1986—). description ends , 1:65–66 and nn. 1, 3.

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    To James Madison from Charles Peale Polk, 10 November 1801 (Abstract)
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    Polk, Charles Peale
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    Madison, James
    Date
    10 November 1801

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    “To James Madison from Charles Peale Polk, 10 November 1801 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-02-02-0356. [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. 234.]

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