James Maury to James Madison, 20 March 1812

From James Maury

Liverpool 20 March 1812

Dear Sir,

Mr Joy has desired me to forward the inclosed.1

Wheat & Flour advanced very suddenly some days ago & the prevalent opinion is that prices are yet to be higher. I have not been able to do any thing satisfactory with the Tobaccoe you were so good as to consign me in 1810.2 It is all on hand. With high respect & esteem I have the honor to be your obliged friend & Servt

James Maury

Flour	70/ a 74/. ⅌ barrel
Wheat	17/6..18/6..70 ℔

RC (DLC). Docketed by JM.

1. Maury probably enclosed Joy to JM, 22 Feb. 1812.

2. Maury had received this consignment of JM’s tobacco in October 1810 (see PJM-PS description begins Robert A. Rutland et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Presidential Series (11 vols.; Charlottesville, Va., 1984–2020). description ends , 2:575).

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Title: James Maury to James Madison, 20 March 1812
Author: Maury, James
Recipient: Madison, James
Date: 20 March 1812

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Cite as: “James Maury to James Madison, 20 March 1812,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-04-02-0273. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 4, 5 November 1811–9 July 1812 and Supplement 5 March 1809 – 19 October 1811, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, Jewel L. Spangler, Ellen J. Barber, Martha J. King, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Susan Holbrook Perdue. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1999, pp. 256–257.]

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