James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Dominick A. Hall, 29 September 1804 (Abstract)

§ From Dominick A. Hall

29 September 1804, Columbia. “Your letter informing me of my appointment of District Judge of the territory of Orleans1 & that a Commission for that purpose has been forwarded under cover to Governor Claiborne, did not reach me until yesterday. As no opportunity at this time offers from Charleston I have determined to proceed immediately by Nashville and the rivers to New Orleans.”2

RC (DNA: RG 59, Acceptances, 1789–1812). 1 p.; docketed by Wagner.

1. JM to Hall, 30 Aug. 1804, 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 , 7:657.

2. Hall arrived at New Orleans on 7 Dec. 1804 (Carter, Territorial Papers, Orleans, 9:348).

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    To James Madison from Dominick A. Hall, 29 September 1804 (Abstract)
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    Hall, Dominick A.
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    Madison, James
    Date
    29 September 1804

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    “To James Madison from Dominick A. Hall, 29 September 1804 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-08-02-0109. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 8, 1 September 1804 – 31 January 1805 and supplement 1776 – 23 June 1804, ed. Mary A. Hackett, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Anne Mandeville Colony, Angela Kreider, Jeanne Kerr Cross, and Wendy Ellen Perry. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2007, p. 102.]

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