James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Pierre Delpeux, 11 June 1812 (Abstract)

§ From Pierre Delpeux1

11 June 1812, Philadelphia. The petitioner, a doctor and refugee from Saint-Domingue who has lived peaceably in this city for eight years, will be compelled without just cause to go to prison for a debt contracted with James Fitzgerald, cashier of the Bank of New Orleans. Relates the circumstances of the contract and tells how he came to be arrested on 28 Mar. 1812 and ordered to pay on behalf of Fitzgerald and himself the sum of $3,558.06. Is unable to appeal this judgment and will be forced to go to prison for six months. Seeks JM’s benevolent authority to relieve his pain.

RC (DLC). 2 pp. In French.

1. The 1811 Philadelphia directory lists a “Delpeaux P.” as a doctor residing at 82 South Fifth Street (Robinson, Philadelphia Directory for 1811 [Shaw and Shoemaker description begins R. R. Shaw and R. H. Shoemaker, comps., American Bibliography: A Preliminary Checklist for 1801–1819 (22 vols.; New York, 1958–66). description ends 23676], p. 94).

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    To James Madison from Pierre Delpeux, 11 June 1812 (Abstract)
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    Delpeux, Pierre
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    Madison, James
    Date
    11 June 1812

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    “To James Madison from Pierre Delpeux, 11 June 1812 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-04-02-0498. [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, p. 471.]