James Madison Papers

To James Madison from William Riggin, 6 October 1802 (Abstract)

§ From William Riggin

6 October 1802, Trieste. Acknowledges JM’s letter of 18 Mar. [not found], enclosing his commission as U.S. consul at Trieste. “I accept with sentiments of real gratitude, this important trust.… I have exhibited my credentials to the Government of this place to be forwarded to the Court of Vienna and ratified accordingly. When I have notice of this being effected, I shall again do myself this Honor.”

RC (DNA: RG 59, CD, Trieste, vol. 1). 1 p. Cover marked “Reced & forwarded by your Hble Servts Jas. Mackenzie & A Glennie London 22 Janry 1803”; postmarked Philadelphia, 28 Feb. Docketed by Brent.

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    To James Madison from William Riggin, 6 October 1802 (Abstract)
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    Riggin, William
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    Madison, James
    Date
    6 October 1802

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    “To James Madison from William Riggin, 6 October 1802 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-03-02-0782. [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. 614.]

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