To James Madison from John Atkinson, 27 March 1806 (Abstract)
From John Atkinson, 27 March 1806 (Abstract)
§ From John Atkinson. 27 March, New York. “My Friend Mr: George Joy ⟨re⟩quests me to procure for him here […] Signatures as a recommendation for the Consulship of Rotterdam and forward th⟨em⟩ to you. ’Tis so long since he left this City that few Merchants who are acquainted with him are to be found, of course I find difficulty in getting Signatures, but were his Merits known I am satisfied they would have been Numerous.”
RC (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1801–9, filed under “Joy”). 1 p.; docketed by Jefferson. Extensively damaged at upper right side with year missing. Conjectural year of 1806 assigned based on the assumption that the letter was written the same year as Thomas Handasyd Perkins and twenty-eight others to JM, 26 Apr. 1806; and John and Benjamin Joy to JM, 26 Apr. 1806, both recommending George Joy as consul at Rotterdam (ibid.).