To James Madison from William Plumer, 10 February 1817
From William Plumer
New Hampshire, Executive Department Epping
February 10th 1817.
Sir,
In compliance with a resolution of the legislature of this State, I have requested the Collector of the port of Portsmouth to send you by the first opportunity a box containing a Map of New Hampshire, to be left in the Collectors office in Alexandria in the District of Columbia.1 I have the honor to be with much respect and esteem, Your Excellency’s most obedient humble servant
William Plumer
RC (DNA: RG 59, ML). Docketed by JM.
1. Plumer very probably forwarded the 1816 map of New Hampshire, authorized in 1803 and produced under the direction of New Hampshire secretary of state, Philip Carrigain (Frank C. Mevers and Mica B. Stark, “The Making of the Carrigain Map of New Hampshire, 1803–1816,” Historical New Hampshire 52 [1997]: 79–95).