Theodore Peters to James Madison, 9 December 1802 (Abstract)
§ From Theodore Peters
9 December 1802, Bordeaux. Transmits letters from Pinckney which he has been unable to send earlier “for want of a good and safe opportunity.” Has learned from friends in Europe and from American newspapers that the president has appointed him vice-agent for Bordeaux. Having received no official notice, doubts the authenticity of the reports. “A line from You upon This Subject will Infinitely Oblige Me.”
RC (DNA: RG 59, CD, Bordeaux, vol. 1). 1 p. Docketed by Wagner. For Peters’s appointment, see Pierce Butler to JM, 3 June 1801 (, 1:258, 259 n. 3).
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