James Madison Papers

William Jones to James Madison, 14 June 1814 (Abstract)

From William Jones, 14 June 1814 (Abstract)

§ From William Jones. 14 June 1814, Navy Department. “The Christian name of Mr French not being known at this Department, I have to ask the favour of you to give the enclosed such direction as will ensure its reaching him.”

Letterbook copy (DNA: RG 45, LSP). 1 p. The enclosure may have been intended for Robert F. French, who was commissioned as a midshipman on 11 June 1814 (Callahan, List of Officers of the Navy, description begins Edward W. Callahan, List of Officers of the Navy of the United States and of the Marine Corps from 1775 to 1900 (New York, 1901). description ends 206).

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    William Jones to James Madison, 14 June 1814 (Abstract)
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    Jones, William
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    Madison, James
    Date
    14 June 1814

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    “William Jones to James Madison, 14 June 1814 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-07-02-0501. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 7, 25 October 1813–30 June 1814, ed. Angela Kreider, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Katherine E. Harbury. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012, p. 558.]

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