William C. C. Claiborne to James Madison, 3 December 1806 (Abstract)
From William C. C. Claiborne, 3 December 1806 (Abstract)
§ From William C. C. Claiborne. 3 December 1806, New Orleans. “To anable me to forward by express, to the department of State some public Dispatches, I have this day drawn upon you for five hundred Dollars, payable at 5 days sight to J. W. Gurley or order.”
RC, two copies (DNA: RG 59, TP, Orleans, vol. 8); letterbook copy (Ms-Ar: Claiborne Executive Journal, vol. 16). First RC 1 p. Second RC 1 p., marked “(Duplicate).” Both RCs in a clerk’s hand, signed by Claiborne, docketed by Wagner.