Willie Blount to James Madison, 5 December 1809 (Abstract)

§ From Willie Blount1

5 December 1809, Knoxville. Encloses a letter from John Dickinson of Nashville, who seeks the position of attorney for the district of West Tennessee.

RC and enclosure (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1809–17, filed under “Dickinson”). RC 2 pp. Enclosure is Dickinson to Blount, 26 Nov. 1809 (2 pp.).

1. Willie Blount (1768–1835) served three terms as governor of Tennessee between 1809 and 1815.

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Title: Willie Blount to James Madison, 5 December 1809 (Abstract)
Author: Blount, Willie
Recipient: Madison, James
Date: 5 December 1809

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Cite as: “Willie Blount to James Madison, 5 December 1809 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-02-02-0132. [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, pp. 112–113.]

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