Thomas Gholson to James Madison, 27 January 1813 (Abstract)

§ From Thomas Gholson

27 January 1813. Encloses a recommendation [not found] of Judge Waller Taylor for the office of governor of the Indiana Territory. “Mr. Taylor is certainly a meritorious man. I have been long acquainted with him. He is honorable intelligent & brave; and if it be reconcileable with the views & policy of the Government to appoint a person residing within the Territory, I imagine Judge Taylor would be the best selection that could be made.”1

RC (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1809–17, filed under “Taylor, Judge”). 1 p. Printed in Carter, Territorial Papers, Indiana, 8:232.

1. On 26 Feb. 1813 JM nominated Thomas Posey to replace John Gibson as acting governor of the Indiana Territory. The Senate confirmed the appointment on 3 Mar. (Senate Exec. Proceedings description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America (3 vols.; Washington, D.C., 1828). description ends , 2:329, 333).

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Title: Thomas Gholson to James Madison, 27 January 1813 (Abstract)
Author: Gholson, Thomas
Recipient: Madison, James
Date: 27 January 1813

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Cite as: “Thomas Gholson to James Madison, 27 January 1813 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-05-02-0539. [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. 632.]

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