James Madison Papers

To James Madison from John Leonard, 3 November 1809 (Abstract)

§ From John Leonard1

3 November 1809, Barcelona. Complains of Israel Thorn-dike’s efforts to discredit him in the eyes of the administration.

RC (DNA: RG 59, CD, Barcelona). 2 pp. Addressed to JM as secretary of state and marked “triplicate.” Docketed by a clerk as received 19 May 1810.

1. John Leonard of New Jersey had been appointed consul at Barcelona in 1803 (Senate Exec. Proceedings description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America (3 vols.; Washington, 1828). description ends , 1:459–60).

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    To James Madison from John Leonard, 3 November 1809 (Abstract)
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    Leonard, John
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    Madison, James
    Date
    3 November 1809

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    “To James Madison from John Leonard, 3 November 1809 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-02-02-0071. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 2, 1 October 1809–2 November 1810, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, and Susan Holbrook Perdue. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1992, p. 53.]

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