James Madison Papers

To James Madison from William Lee, 22 April 1804 (Abstract)

§ From William Lee

22 April 1804, Bordeaux. “My last official respects were under date of the 11 inst.1and the day before yesterday I had the honor to address you a private letter in answer to yours by Lieutenant Leonard. The present is merely to enclose the copy of a letter I have this day recd. from our Consul at Marseilles.”2

RC and enclosure (DNA: RG 59, CD, Bordeaux, vol. 2). RC 1 p.; docketed by Wagner as received 30 June. For enclosure, see n. 2.

1. Lee to JM, 10 Apr. 1804.

2. The enclosure is a copy of Stephen Cathalan Jr. to Lee, 17 Apr. 1804 (1 p.; docketed by Wagner), reporting rumors that Tunis had declared war on the U.S.

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    To James Madison from William Lee, 22 April 1804 (Abstract)
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    Lee, William
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    Madison, James
    Date
    22 April 1804

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    “To James Madison from William Lee, 22 April 1804 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-07-02-0104. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 7, 2 April–31 August 1804, ed. David B. Mattern, J. C. A. Stagg, Ellen J. Barber, Anne Mandeville Colony, Angela Kreider, and Jeanne Kerr Cross. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2005, p. 101.]

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