To James Madison from William Hendricks and Others, 4 January 1817
From William Hendricks and Others
W[…]hington City 4th. Jany. 1817.
Permit us sir to recommend to you John Vawter Esquire Of Jefferson County and state Of Indiana, for the Appointment of Marshal of said State as soon As a law Shall have passed authoricing Such Appointment.1 Mr. Vawter has heretofore had the confidence and patronage Of your Excellency in the Appointment Of Marshal for the Indiana Territory, the duties of which office we believe he has in every instance performed with ability and fidelity. Yours Sir very respectfully.
RC (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1809–17, filed under “Vawter”). Text loss from damaged margins.
1. JM nominated Vawter to be marshal for Indiana on 28 Jan. 1817. The Senate appears not to have acted on the nomination before JM left office, and James Monroe resubmitted it on 5 Mar. 1817 (, 3:73, 92).
2. William Hendricks was secretary of the Indiana constitutional convention in 1816; he was elected to Congress as representative from the state upon its admission to the union.
3. James Noble was elected to the Senate from Indiana upon its admission to the union.
4. Thomas Fletcher served as a representative from Kentucky in the Fourteenth Congress.