James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Thomas Doughty, 6 April 1802

From Thomas Doughty

Charleston So. Carolina April 6th. 1802

Sir,

As in the letter You did me the honor to address me last fall,1 You mentioned that You would, in conformity to my request, take the necessary Steps, to have the monies, received in Holland for the Wilmington Packett claim,2 drawn to this Country—

You will oblige me by informing me, if You have been enabled to do so, and if it has been effected, what amount in dollars, the same has render’d. I am Sir Very respectfully Your most obt.

Thos Doughty.

RC (DNA: RG 76, Netherlands, Misc. Claims, ca. 1793–1847). Docketed by Brent.

1. Letter not found. Doughty probably referred to Jacob Wagner’s letter to him, 22 Sept. 1801, mentioned in Doughty to JM, 5 Oct. 1801 (PJM-SS description begins Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series (3 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1986—). description ends , 2:161).

2. For Doughty’s claim to the Wilmington Packet, see his letter to JM, 11 Sept. 1801 (PJM-SS description begins Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series (3 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1986—). description ends , 2:103 and n. 1), and Hill, William Vans Murray, pp. 49–50 and n. 12.

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    To James Madison from Thomas Doughty, 6 April 1802
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    Doughty, Thomas
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    Madison, James
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    6 April 1802

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    “To James Madison from Thomas Doughty, 6 April 1802,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-03-02-0122. [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. 104.]

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