To James Madison from Isaac Hite, 3 March 1810
From Isaac Hite
Belle-grove1 March 3d. 1810
Dr. sir
Urged by a benevolent disposition to Oblige a very worthy man I hope you will excuse the liberty I now take in again soliciting you for an office for our mutual friend Henry Dangerfield. As the object of his wished for attainment & his reasons for the application can best be disclosed by his letter to me on the subject I have enclosed it for your perusal. I sincerely hope the appointment may ⟨have?⟩ your concurrence which will I assure you be a high gratification to your friend
Isaac Hite2
RC and enclosure (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1809–17, filed under “Daingerfield”). Enclosure is Daingerfield’s letter to Hite, 26 Feb. 1810 (2 pp.; printed in Carter, Territorial Papers, Mississippi, 6:50–51).
1. Belle Grove was Hite’s estate near Middletown in Frederick County, Virginia. Shortly after their wedding in 1794, JM and his bride had visited Old Hall, which antedated Belle Grove on the site (JM to Jefferson, 5 Oct. 1794, , 15:360 and n. 3).
2. Isaac Hite (1758–1836) had married JM’s sister Nelly in 1783 (, 1st ser., 10 [1901–2]: 120).