James Madison Papers

To James Madison from John Drayton, 12 October 1810 (Abstract)

§ From John Drayton

12 October 1810, Charleston. Transmits a model designed by Jonathan Lucas, Jr., for “Mounting Cannon on a New Construction.” Encloses a letter from Lucas explaining its construction. Acknowledges receipt of JM’s letter of 12 Sept. 1810 [not found].

RC (DLC); enclosure (DNA: RG 107, LRRS, L-115:5). RC 2 pp. Docketed by JM. Enclosure is Jonathan Lucas, Jr., to John Drayton, 11 Oct. 1810 (2 pp.; docketed by a War Department clerk as received 19 Nov. 1810).

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    To James Madison from John Drayton, 12 October 1810 (Abstract)
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    Drayton, John
    Recipient
    Madison, James
    Date
    12 October 1810

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    “To James Madison from John Drayton, 12 October 1810 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-02-02-0723. [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. 577.]

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