James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Richard Bland Lee, 27 April 1816

From Richard Bland Lee

Washington April 27 1816

Sir,

I have just received a letter from Mr. Francis Corbin whom you well know, he professes & I believe sincerely feels the highest personal respect for you. You probably know as well as I do, that he is a gentleman of very large property. He begs me to suggest to the President, that he would be pleased to be nominated one of the Commissioners to receive the subscriptions to the Bank of the U. States at Richmond; and further that he might be useful in promoting the success of that institution in the State of Virginia.1 With very great respect & consideration Yr. Obt. Sert.

Richard Bland Lee

RC (DLC: Custis-Lee Family Papers).

1. On 11 May 1816 the Daily National Intelligencer reported that JM had appointed Corbin to this position, but JM did not send his name to the Senate.

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    To James Madison from Richard Bland Lee, 27 April 1816
    Author
    Lee, Richard Bland
    Recipient
    Madison, James
    Date
    27 April 1816

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    “To James Madison from Richard Bland Lee, 27 April 1816,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-10-02-0430. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 10, 13 October 1815–30 April 1816, ed. Angela Kreider, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Katharine E. Harbury, and Anne Mandeville Colony. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, p. 431.]

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