To James Madison from Henry Hill Jr., 23 February 1807

From Henry Hill Jr.

NewYork feby 23d. 1807.

Sir.

I have the honor to acknowledge the recpt. of your letter of 18th currt. with a new certificate of my appointment, and to enclose herewith the one I had before recd.1

You have confered upon me sir, increased honors, and strengthened my obligations to the Executive and my country; I hope and trust I shall acquit myself however, in my new duties, to the sattisfaction of the president and yourself, & to the advantage of my fellow-citizens. I have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully Your mo. ob. servt.

Henry Hill Jr.

RC (DNA: RG 59, CD, Havana, vol. 1). Docketed by Wagner.

1. Hill was originally appointed U.S. consul to Cuba in the spring of 1805 (see Hill to JM, 4 Apr. 1805, PJM-SS, 9:215).

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Title: To James Madison from Henry Hill Jr., 23 February 1807
Author: Hill, Henry Jr.
Recipient: Madison, James
Date: 23 February 1807

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Cite as: “To James Madison from Henry Hill Jr., 23 February 1807,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-13-02-0438. [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, pp. 440–441.]

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