James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Alexander Martin, 27 January 1802

From Alexander Martin

Office of the ⟨“⟩American,” Baltimore,
Jany. 27. 1802.

Sir,

I rec’d your’s of the 19th proferring to my Gazette the publication of the Laws of the U. States, on the terms specified. I assure you, Sir, I feel highly grateful for the compliment and readily accept the terms. I am Sir, very respectfully Your Most Obt Sert

Alexr Martin

RC (DNA: RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters Received Regarding Publishers of the Laws). This is the first reply of record to JM’s circular letter to newspaper publishers, 19 Jan. 1802. In most cases, subsequent replies (ibid.) will not be printed.

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    To James Madison from Alexander Martin, 27 January 1802
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    Martin, Alexander
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    Madison, James
    Date
    27 January 1802

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    “To James Madison from Alexander Martin, 27 January 1802,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-02-02-0616. [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. 426.]