From James Madison to Albert Gallatin, 2 March 1807 (Abstract)
To Albert Gallatin, 2 March 1807 (Abstract)
§ To Albert Gallatin. 2 March 1807, Department of State. “Be pleased to issue your warrant on the appropriation for the Contingent expenses of the Department of State, for one hundred dollars, in favor of Abraham Bradley Jnr., he being the holder of a bill of Exchange for that sum, dated Abington 15th: Jany. 1807, drawn upon the Post Master General, by Jerrard W Hopkins, who is to be charged & held accountable for the same.1 The said Hopkins was the bearer of dispatches from Governor Claiborne to the Secretary of State.”
Letterbook copy (DNA: RG 59, DL, vol. 15). 1 p.
1. State Department records indicate that “Gerrard W Hopkins” was paid $150 on 29 January 1807 for “bringing dispatches from New Orleans to the Secretary of State” (DNA: RG 59, DB).