To James Madison from George Deneale, 4 March 1807 (Abstract)
From George Deneale, 4 March 1807 (Abstract)
§ From George Deneale. 4 March 1807, Alexandria. “I am requested by several of the Magistrates of this County to mention to you that the Commission of the Peace which Issued in 1801. has expired,1 and that there are only three Gentlemen now in Commission for the whole County, neither of whom reside in the Country part of the County which circumstance they suppose has escaped the recollection of the president.”
RC (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1801–9, filed under “Deneale”). Docketed by Thomas Jefferson “Deneale James to mr Madison. Justices in Alexa county.” George Deneale was clerk of the U.S. Circuit Court in Alexandria County; his brother James lived in Dumfries, Virginia. Jefferson’s confusion likely stemmed from Deneale’s unclear signature (PJM-SS, 3:179; The Bank of Alexandria v. George Deneale’s Executrix, 2 Cranch 489).