James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Nathan Sanford, 29 June 1816

From Nathan Sanford

New York 29th. June 1816.

Sir

James W. Lent Esquire,1 is about to visit Washington; and he desires to be introduced to the President of the United States. I accordingly beg leave to present him, in this manner. Mr. Lent, is an old inhabitant of this City; he has always, sustained a pure and excellent character; he is in politics, a Republican; and he enjoys the esteem and respect of his fellow citizens. I have the honor to be With the highest respect Sir Your most obedient servant

Nathan Sanford

RC (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1809–17, filed under “Lent”).

1. This was probably James Webber Lent who served as a private in New York throughout the Revolutionary War. He also held a variety of offices in New York City government, including fireman, register, and street assessor (DAR Patriot Index: Centennial Edition description begins National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Patriot Index: Centennial Edition (3 vols.; Washington, D.C., 1990; c. 1994). description ends , 2:1782; David Maydole Matteson, comp., Minutes of the Common Council of the City of New York, 1784–1831: Analytical Index [2 vols.; New York, 1930], 2:754).

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    To James Madison from Nathan Sanford, 29 June 1816
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    Sanford, Nathan
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    Madison, James
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    29 June 1816

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    “To James Madison from Nathan Sanford, 29 June 1816,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-11-02-0145. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 11, 1 May 1816–3 March 1817, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Katharine E. Harbury, and Anne Mandeville Colony. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2020, pp. 145–146.]

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