Andrew Glassell to James Madison, 14 August 1810

From Andrew Glassell

Torthorwald1 14 Augt 1810.

Dear Sir,

Edward Sims, that I was mention to you as your Stuert; or overseer, has this year againe ingadged with Majr Jones. He is the only man I know our way that I Could with propriety recomend to you, I have not seen him but hearing from some person that he was ingadged, I wish for to let you know as soon as possable. If you had got Mr Simes you would been fixt. With much esteem I remaine your afft. freind.

Andw Glassell

RC (DLC). Docketed by JM.

1. Torthorwald was the Madison County, Virginia, seat of Andrew Glassell, member of a Scottish merchant family based in Fredericksburg (PJM description begins William T. Hutchinson et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison (1st ser.; vols. 1–10, Chicago, 1962–77; vols. 11–17, Charlottesville, Va., 1977–91). description ends , 13:138 n. 3).

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Title: Andrew Glassell to James Madison, 14 August 1810
Author: Glassell, Andrew
Recipient: Madison, James
Date: 14 August 1810

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Cite as: “Andrew Glassell to James Madison, 14 August 1810,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-02-02-0596. [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. 484.]

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