James Madison to John M. D. Laurance, 25 May 1805 (Abstract)
§ To John M. D. Laurance
25 May 1805, Department of State. “I have recd: your letter of the 15th. and as an answer to it enclose a copy of my letter to Wm. Neilson Esqr: upon the same subject.”1
Letterbook copy (DNA: RG 59, DL, vol. 14). 1 p. Addressed to “John M. D. Lawrence.”

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