James Madison Papers

Alfred Moore to James Madison, 26 January 1804 (Abstract)

§ From Alfred Moore1

26 January 1804, Wilmington. “The ill State of my health makes it improper that I should continue to hold the office of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

“Be pleased to make known my resignation to his Excellency the President.”

RC (DNA: RG 59, LRD). 1 p.

1. North Carolina Federalist and Revolutionary War veteran Alfred Moore (1755–1810) was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1799.

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    Alfred Moore to James Madison, 26 January 1804 (Abstract)
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    Moore, Alfred
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    Madison, James
    Date
    26 January 1804

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    “Alfred Moore to James Madison, 26 January 1804 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-06-02-0359. [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, p. 392.]