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To James Madison from James Monroe, 10 May 1815

From James Monroe

Was’n, Dept of State, May 10th 1815.

Sir,

The Bearer, Mr. Wm. Taylor, is the Gentleman who was appointed by Mr. Skipwith to reside at St. Domingo, as the agent of the United States.1 As he proposes to pass thro’ Orange County, on his way to New Orleans, and is desirous of seeing you, I take the liberty of giving him this letter, to make him known to you, especially as he may be able to make some interesting details2 to you in relation to the place of his late residence. I have the Honor to be, sir, respectfully & truly, your obedt servt,

JAS. Monroe

RC (DLC: Rives Collection, Madison Papers); letterbook copy (DNA: RG 59, DL). RC in a clerk’s hand, signed by Monroe; docketed by JM.

1. For Taylor, see William C. C. Claiborne to JM, 9 July 1813, PJM-PS description begins Robert A. Rutland et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Presidential Series (9 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1984–). description ends 6:415, 416 n. 5.

2. Monroe evidently omitted a word here.

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    “To James Madison from James Monroe, 10 May 1815,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-09-02-0275. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 9, 19 February 1815–12 October 1815, ed. Angela Kreider, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, and Anne Mandeville Colony. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2018, p. 275.]

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