James Madison Papers

To James Madison from John Lovett, 28 January 1817

From John Lovett

Washington Jany. 28th. 1817.

Sir

I have the honour to enclose the Petition of Leonard Blanchard, praying for a commission in the army of the U. States. I know not the man, personally, but cannot doubt of his merit when certified by so respectable authority as the Honorable Mr. Woods, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the State of NewYork, and, His Excellency, Governor Tompkins. I have the honour to be Sir, with great Respect & consideration Your Most Obedient Servt.

John Lovett1

RC and enclosure (DNA: RG 94, Letters Received, filed under “Blanchard”). The one-page enclosure is a brief statement, dated 17 Jan. 1817, from Blanchard addressed to JM, seeking an appointment in the army, endorsed at Albany by Elijah Hosford and David Woods on 20 Jan. 1817, with an undated counter endorsement by Daniel D. Tompkins.

1. Federalist John Lovett was a New York representative in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Congresses.

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    To James Madison from John Lovett, 28 January 1817
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    Lovett, John
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    Madison, James
    Date
    28 January 1817

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    “To James Madison from John Lovett, 28 January 1817,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-11-02-0687. [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. 635–636.]