James Madison Papers

James Madison to the Senate, [ca. 7 February 1817]

To the Senate

[ca. 7 February 1817]

I nominate

Henry Wilcox of Ohio, to be surveyor and inspector of the port of Marietta same state in the place of Joseph Wilcox deceased.

James Madison

RC (DNA: RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 14B–A2). In John Payne Todd’s hand, signed by JM. Undated; date assigned based on the date published in Senate Exec. Proceedings description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America (3 vols.; Washington, D.C., 1828). description ends , 3:76. The nomination was confirmed on 19 Feb. 1817 (ibid., 78).

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    James Madison to the Senate, [ca. 7 February 1817]
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    Madison, James
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    7 February 1817

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    “James Madison to the Senate, [ca. 7 February 1817],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-11-02-0710. [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. 653.]

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