James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Moses Myers, 26 July 1802 (Abstract)

§ From Moses Myers

26 July 1802, Norfolk. Acknowledges JM’s letter of 12 July [not found] appointing him a commissioner of bankruptcy. Declines the post because he is “not well calculated to fulfill the duties.”

RC (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1801–9, filed under “Myers”). 1 p.; docketed by Brent and Jefferson.

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    To James Madison from Moses Myers, 26 July 1802 (Abstract)
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    Myers, Moses
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    Madison, James
    Date
    26 July 1802

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    “To James Madison from Moses Myers, 26 July 1802 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-03-02-0531. [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. 430.]