James Madison Papers

From James Madison to Samuel Sterett, 23 July 1806 (Abstract)

To Samuel Sterett, 23 July 1806 (Abstract)

§ To Samuel Sterett. 23 July 1806, Department of State. “I have received your letter of the 21st. inst. There being no Agent of the United States at Halifax, it is not in my power to render Mr. Guestier any assistance towards the success of the claim he has to make in the case of the Ship Jennet.”1

Letterbook copy (DNA: RG 59, DL, vol. 15). 1 p.; addressed to Sterett at Baltimore.

1. In October 1806 the Jennet was still in Halifax awaiting trial (New York People’s Friend & Daily Advertiser, 24 Oct. 1806).

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    From James Madison to Samuel Sterett, 23 July 1806 (Abstract)
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    Madison, James
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    Sterett, Samuel
    Date
    23 July 1806

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    “From James Madison to Samuel Sterett, 23 July 1806 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-12-02-0227. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 12, 1 June 1806–31 October 1806, ed. Angela Kreider, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Katherine E. Harbury. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2021, p. 141.]

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