James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Marmaduke Williams, 5 January 1807

From Marmaduke Williams

Washington City 5 Jany 1807.

Sir,

I last evening reced. a letter from Mr. Lockhart informing me, that he will not accept of his appointment as Marshal for North Carolina—this circumstance has been made known to the President by a letter to Mr Alston1—but I have thought proper to enclose to you Mr Lockharts letter agreeable to his request—so that some other person m[a]y be appointed to fill that office. I am Sir with due respect yours

MDuke Williams

RC (DLC). Enclosure not found.

1. Letter not found. For Willis Alston’s recommendation of John Lockhart for the position, see Alston to Thomas Jefferson, 13 Dec. 1806 (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1801–9, filed under “Lockhart”).

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    To James Madison from Marmaduke Williams, 5 January 1807
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    Williams, Marmaduke
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    Madison, James
    Date
    5 January 1807

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    “To James Madison from Marmaduke Williams, 5 January 1807,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-13-02-0241. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 13, 1 November 1806–31 March 1807, ed. Tyson Reeder, J. C. A. Stagg, Anne Mandeville Colony, Ellen D. Goldlust, Mary K. Wigge, and Katherine E. Harbury. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2024, p. 247.]