From James Madison to William Lyman, 14 January 1805 (Abstract)

§ To William Lyman

14 January 1805, Department of State. “I have the honor to enclose your commission as Consul for London [not found] with the standing instructions.1 In the course of a few days I shall forward the instructions under which you are to exicute the agency for claims and seamen.”

Letterbook copy (DNA: RG 59, DL, vol. 14). 1 p.; addressed to Lyman at New York.

1. For JM’s Standing Instructions to American Consuls and Vice-Consuls, see 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 , 1:288–89.

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Title: From James Madison to William Lyman, 14 January 1805 (Abstract)
Author: Madison, James
Recipient: Lyman, William
Date: 14 January 1805

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Cite as: “From James Madison to William Lyman, 14 January 1805 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-08-02-0501. [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. 475–476.]

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