James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Thomas Worthington, 11 September 1810 (Abstract)

§ From Thomas Worthington1

11 September 1810, Chillicothe. Reports that William Creighton will resign as U.S. attorney on 20 Sept. and in that event Worthington and several others will recommend Lewis Cass, the present U.S. marshal, as his successor. For the position vacated by Cass he recommends the appointment of Jessup N. Couch.

RC (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1809–17, filed under “Couch”). 1 p. JM received similar letters on behalf of Cass and Couch from Jared Mansfield, 3 Sept. 1810 (1 p.), and Jeremiah Morrow, 5 Oct. 1810 (1 p.) (ibid.).

1. Thomas Worthington served as a Republican U.S. senator from Ohio, 1810–14.

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    To James Madison from Thomas Worthington, 11 September 1810 (Abstract)
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    Worthington, Thomas
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    Madison, James
    Date
    11 September 1810

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    “To James Madison from Thomas Worthington, 11 September 1810 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-02-02-0664. [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. 535–536.]

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