James Madison Papers

James Madison to William C. C. Claiborne, 9 April 1802 (Abstract)

§ To William C. C. Claiborne

9 April 1802, Department of State. Encloses Claiborne’s commission as governor of the Mississippi Territory.1

Tr and Tr of enclosure (Ms-Ar: Claiborne Executive Journal). 2 pp. Printed in Rowland, Claiborne Letter Books description begins Dunbar Rowland, ed., Official Letter Books of W. C. C. Claiborne, 1801–1816 (6 vols.; Jackson, Miss., 1917). description ends , 1:115–16. Enclosure is a copy of a 26 Jan. 1802 commission by Jefferson appointing Claiborne to a three-year term.

1. Claiborne’s earlier commission was an interim appointment, authorizing him to hold office until the end of the next Senate session (PJM-SS description begins Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series (Charlottesville, Va., 1986–). description ends , 1:321 n. 1). Claiborne’s nomination was confirmed by the Senate on 26 Jan. 1802 (Senate Exec. Proceedings description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America (3 vols.; Washington, D.C., 1828). description ends , 1:401, 405).

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    James Madison to William C. C. Claiborne, 9 April 1802 (Abstract)
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    Madison, James
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    Claiborne, William C. C.
    Date
    9 April 1802

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    “James Madison to William C. C. Claiborne, 9 April 1802 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-03-02-0140. [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. 117.]

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