James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Abraham R. Ellery, 29 March 1802 (Abstract)

§ From Abraham R. Ellery

29 March 1802, New York. Solicits the consulship at Naples. Refers JM to Aaron Burr for a recommendation.

RC (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1801–9, filed under “Ellery”). 1 p. Ellery’s application was unsuccessful; he moved to Natchez, Mississippi Territory, in 1803 (Kline, Papers of Burr description begins Mary-Jo Kline, ed., Political Correspondence and Public Papers of Aaron Burr (2 vols.; Princeton, N.J., 1983). description ends , 2:824 n.).

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    To James Madison from Abraham R. Ellery, 29 March 1802 (Abstract)
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    Ellery, Abraham R.
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    Madison, James
    Date
    29 March 1802

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    “To James Madison from Abraham R. Ellery, 29 March 1802 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-03-02-0094. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 3, 1 March–6 October 1802, ed. David B. Mattern, J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, and Susan Holbrook Perdue. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1995, p. 84.]