To James Madison from Nicholas Fish, 19 September 1816

From Nicholas Fish

Williamsport, Septr. 19. 1816

Sir,

In consequence of indisposition it is impossible for me any longer to discharge the duties of Collector for the 21st. district of Pennsylvania. I therefore beg leave to resign the appointment which I now hold tendering you my thanks for the confidence you have been pleased to repose in me. I am with great respect your Excellencys humble servant,

Nichs. Fish

RC (DNA: RG 58, Misc. Correspondence, 1813–63). In a clerk’s hand, signed by Fish.

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Title: To James Madison from Nicholas Fish, 19 September 1816
Author: Fish, Nicholas
Recipient: Madison, James
Date: 19 September 1816

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Cite as: “To James Madison from Nicholas Fish, 19 September 1816,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-11-02-0393. [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. 380.]

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