James Madison Papers

Jonathan Coffin to Albert Gallatin, 15 October 1812 (Abstract)

§ Jonathan Coffin to Albert Gallatin

15 October 1812, Nantucket. Requests that his salary be raised to place him “on A footing with other keepers of light housses” and that a dwelling be built for him near the lighthouse.

RC (DNA: RG 217, Manning File). 1 p. On the verso is a note of the same date from four selectmen of Nantucket attesting to the correctness of Coffin’s letter. On the cover sheet Gallatin redirected Coffin’s letter to JM and wrote a note requesting that the salary be raised to $166.67. Below this note JM added “Approved” and his signature.

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    Jonathan Coffin to Albert Gallatin, 15 October 1812 (Abstract)
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    Coffin, Jonathan
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    Gallatin, Albert
    Date
    15 October 1812

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    “Jonathan Coffin to Albert Gallatin, 15 October 1812 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-05-02-0306. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 5, 10 July 1812–7 February 1813, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Martha J. King, Ellen J. Barber, Anne Mandeville Colony, Angela Kreider, and Jewel L. Spangler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2004, p. 399.]