James Madison Papers

John Christian Senf to James Madison, 24 January 1804 (Abstract)

§ From John Christian Senf1

24 January 1804, “Rocky Mount So. C. 35 Miles North of Camden.” Asks JM to forward a “little packet of Letters” to his wife’s family, as she has encountered difficulties in corresponding with them.

“The new Establishment for the Armory, etc. under my Superintendance, makes progress as much as the present Season and Circumstances will permit. And if the local Situation is with Judgment improved, it will certainly be One of the best Establishments of this Kind as can be made in every Respect. The mild and healthy Climate; all Materials for the Buildings on the spot, which cost only manual Labour, except Lime, and that I recieve at 54 Cents per Bushel delivred at the Establishment from Kings Mountain. I have no Doubt in a few Years it will become of Consequence to the Government.

“Mrs. Senf joins with me in Respectfull Compliments to you, your Lady and Miss Payne.”

RC (DLC). 2 pp.

1. John Christian Senf (ca. 1754–1806) had served as an army engineer during the Revolution. After the war he established himself in South Carolina, where he was active in canal building (PJM description begins William T. Hutchinson et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison (1st ser.; vols. 1–10, Chicago, 1962–77; vols. 11–17, Charlottesville, Va., 1977–91). description ends , 2:68 n. 1).

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    John Christian Senf to James Madison, 24 January 1804 (Abstract)
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    Senf, John Christian
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    Madison, James
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    24 January 1804

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    “John Christian Senf to James Madison, 24 January 1804 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-06-02-0348. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 6, 1 November 1803 – 31 March 1804, ed. Mary A. Hackett, J. C. A. Stagg, Ellen J. Barber, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Angela Kreider. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2002, pp. 387–388.]