James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Nathaniel Pope, 5 September 1816

From Nathaniel Pope

Kaskaskia Septr 5th. 1816

Sir

Having offered to serve the people of Illinois in Congress I beg leave to resign the Office of Secretary of the Illinois Territory, which I now hold.1 I tender you assurances of High consideration and have the honor to be Sir Yr. obt. Servt

Nat. Pope

RC (DNA: RG 59, LRD).

1. Appointed secretary of Illinois Territory by JM in 1809, Pope served as a territorial delegate in the U.S. House of Representatives for two years, 1816–18.

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    To James Madison from Nathaniel Pope, 5 September 1816
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    Pope, Nathaniel
    Recipient
    Madison, James
    Date
    5 September 1816

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    “To James Madison from Nathaniel Pope, 5 September 1816,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-11-02-0364. [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, p. 346.]