James Madison Papers

To James Madison from William Radford, 9 February 1802 (Abstract)

§ From William Radford1

9 February 1802, Richmond. Knowing that the office of Richmond postmaster is vacant and that General Guerrant has declined the appointment, asks JM to intercede on his behalf with the president for the position. Governor Monroe has promised to mention him to Jefferson, and John Harvie has written to Jefferson on his behalf. Asks JM to excuse the freedom he takes since “no intimacy exists between you, & myself.”

RC (DLC). 2 pp.

1. William Radford (d. 1803) was a Richmond merchant whose unsuccessful bid for the position of postmaster was also supported by George Wythe (Wythe to JM, n.d. [owned by Charles M. Storey, Boston, Mass., 1961]; Richmond Va. Gazette, and General Advertiser, 6 Apr. 1803).

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    To James Madison from William Radford, 9 February 1802 (Abstract)
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    Radford, William
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    Madison, James
    Date
    9 February 1802

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    “To James Madison from William Radford, 9 February 1802 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-02-02-0663. [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. 452.]