James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Francis L. Taney, 4 December 1801 (Abstract)

§ From Francis L. Taney

4 December 1801, Baltimore. States that his affairs in America will delay for some time his departure for Ostend. Recommends his friend and partner Joseph Simond of South Carolina to serve as vice commercial agent for Ostend until he can arrive. Asks JM to send him Simond’s commission if the president agrees to grant it.

RC (DNA: RG 59, ML). 2 pp.

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    To James Madison from Francis L. Taney, 4 December 1801 (Abstract)
    Author
    Taney, Francis L.
    Recipient
    Madison, James
    Date
    4 December 1801

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    “To James Madison from Francis L. Taney, 4 December 1801 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-02-02-0438. [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. 295.]

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