James Madison Papers

From James Madison to Richard Stanford, 13 February 1806 (Abstract)

To Richard Stanford, 13 February 1806 (Abstract)

§ To Richard Stanford. 13 February 1806, Department of State. “Several letters have been written to Paris, respecting Mr. Lewis’ claim,1 but we have not heard of any success having yet attended it. In the mean time it will doubtless receive from the public Agents of the United States, at that place, a due share of attention in bringing it to a close.”

RC (DNA: RG 59, DL, vol. 15). 1 p.

1. For previous correspondence on William Lewis’s claim, see PJM-SS description begins Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series (11 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1986–). description ends 5:580, 8:176–77, 9:178, 10:10 n. 3, 195, 382.

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    From James Madison to Richard Stanford, 13 February 1806 (Abstract)
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    Madison, James
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    Stanford, Richard
    Date
    13 February 1806

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    “From James Madison to Richard Stanford, 13 February 1806 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-11-02-0193. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 11, 1 January 1806–31 May 1806, ed. Mary A. Hackett, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Katherine E. Harbury. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2017, p. 299.]