James Madison Papers

To James Madison from William W. Hening, 5 February 1803 (Abstract)

§ From William W. Hening

5 February 1803, Charlottesville. Returns his commission of bankruptcy. Has been consulted as a lawyer in every bankruptcy case occurring in “this part of the state” and believes it incompatible with the functions of a bankruptcy commissioner to exercise the duties of a lawyer in the same case.

RC (DNA: RG 59, LRD). 1 p. Docketed by Jefferson. The enclosure is Hening’s 17 June 1802 commission (DNA: RG 59, ML).

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    To James Madison from William W. Hening, 5 February 1803 (Abstract)
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    Hening, William W.
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    Madison, James
    Date
    5 February 1803

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    “To James Madison from William W. Hening, 5 February 1803 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-04-02-0361. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 4, 8 October 1802 – 15 May 1803, ed. Mary A. Hackett, J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, Susan Holbrook Perdue, and Ellen J. Barber. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1998, p. 302.]

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