Richard Cooper to James Madison, 30 November 1801 (Abstract)

§ From Richard Cooper

30 November 1801, Cooperstown. Acknowledges JM’s letter of 6 Nov. and promises to comply with his directions. Regrets that sale of boat and stores could not have been done when the expedition was canceled. The delay will result in considerable loss to the government.

Tr (DNA: RG 233, President’s Messages, 7A-D1). 1 p. Marked “Copy.” Enclosed in JM to Jefferson, 29 Mar. 1802, and transmitted to Congress, 31 Mar. 1802 (Annals of Congress description begins Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States … (42 vols.; Washington, D.C., 1834–56). description ends , 7th Cong., 1st sess., 1119).

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Title: Richard Cooper to James Madison, 30 November 1801 (Abstract)
Author: Cooper, Richard
Recipient: Madison, James
Date: 30 November 1801

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Cite as: “Richard Cooper to James Madison, 30 November 1801 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-02-02-0424. [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. 288.]

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