James Madison Papers

From James Madison to Dominick A. Hall, 30 August 1804 (Abstract)

§ To Dominick A. Hall1

30 August 1804, Virginia. “The President having thought proper to avail the U. States of your services as Judge of the District Court for the Orleans District I have the pleasure of informing you that a Commission for that purpose has been forwarded to N. Orleans under cover to Governour Claiborne.”2

Draft (NhHi: Hubbard Manuscripts). 1 p. At the foot of the page, JM wrote: “D. A. Hall. ☞ also letter to J. P. [sic] Prevost Judge of Supr. Ct. for terry. of Orleans.” Docketed by JM: “J. M. to Dom: A. Hall & the other Judges appd. for Orleans District.”

1. Hall was chief judge of the fifth U.S. circuit (PJM-SS description begins Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series (7 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1986–). description ends , 1:322, 323 n. 2).

2. For the letter transmitting the commissions of Hall and others to Claiborne, see JM to Claiborne, 30 Aug. 1804.

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    From James Madison to Dominick A. Hall, 30 August 1804 (Abstract)
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    Madison, James
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    Hall, Dominick A.
    Date
    30 August 1804

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    “From James Madison to Dominick A. Hall, 30 August 1804 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-07-02-0636. [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. 657.]

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