To James Madison from Thomas English, 18 March 1815

From Thomas English

Dublin 18 March 1815

Sir

Now that the Treaty of Ghent has been ratified by the American & British Governments, I take the liberty to solicit the honour of being reappointed to the Consulate of this City, & I beg to assure you, that in the event of your again conferring on me that trust, it shall be exercised with my best ability, & with the same Zeal, as formerly.1 I have the honour to be Sir Your obedt humble Servt.

Thomas English

RC, two copies (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1809–17, filed under “English”). Each RC in a clerk’s hand, signed by English.

1. JM nominated English for the consulship on 16 Apr. 1816, and the Senate confirmed the appointment on 26 Apr. (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 , 3:43, 47–48).

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Title: To James Madison from Thomas English, 18 March 1815
Author: English, Thomas
Recipient: Madison, James
Date: 18 March 1815

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Cite as: “To James Madison from Thomas English, 18 March 1815,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-09-02-0099. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 9, 19 February 1815–12 October 1815, ed. Angela Kreider, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, and Anne Mandeville Colony. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2018, pp. 88–89.]