James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Fontaine Maury, 6 November 1804 (Abstract)

§ From Fontaine Maury

6 November 1804, New York. “I beg you to excuse the Liberty I take in introducing to your notice Mr Destrihan, who comes strongly mentioned by my Friends at New Orleans, and I shall feel much obliged at any civilities offered him.”1

RC (DLC). 1 p.

1. On the same date, Maury wrote JM a similar letter introducing Pierre Sauvé (DLC; 1 p.; in a clerk’s hand, except for Sauvé’s name, complimentary close, and signature, which are in Maury’s hand).

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    To James Madison from Fontaine Maury, 6 November 1804 (Abstract)
    Author
    Maury, Fontaine
    Recipient
    Madison, James
    Date
    6 November 1804

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    “To James Madison from Fontaine Maury, 6 November 1804 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-08-02-0269. [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, pp. 263–264.]

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