To James Madison from John Parker and James True Jr., [ca. 2] December 1816
From John Parker and James True Jr.
Frankfort. [post–2] Decr. 1816.
We whose names are hereunto annexed, being representatives in the State Legislature from the Congressional District composed of the Counties of Fayette Woodford and Jessamine, recommend to your Consideration John T Mason Esqr for the Office of District Judge for the State of Kentucky.
We do not hesitate to give our testimony in favour of Mr. Masons claims to this Office, and to say that his talents and integrity entitle him to the Confidence & patronage of the Government.
And it is our decided Opinion that the Appointment of Mr. Mason will meet the warm and general approbation of the people of the Counties we respectively represent.
RC (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1809–17, filed under “Mason”). Day not indicated; conjectural day assigned based on the fact that the letter was written shortly after the Kentucky legislature began its session on 2 Dec. 1816 (Journal of the House of Representatives, of the Commonwealth of Kentucky […] [Frankfort, Ky., 1816 (1817); 41190], 3).
1. Revolutionary War veteran John Parker represented Fayette County in the Kentucky house of representatives in 1795–98, 1800, 1808, 1816–17, and 1819 (Collins’ Historical Sketches of Kentucky [1878 ed.], 2:170).
2. James True Jr. represented Fayette County in the Kentucky house of representatives in 1803, 1815–16, and 1823–26 (ibid., 170).