To James Madison from Levett Harris, 24 August 1815
From Levett Harris
St Petersburg 12/24. August 1815.
Sir,
I take the liberty of recommending to the notice of Your Excellency the application I have made in my dispatch of this date, to the Secretary of State, in behalf of my nephew, John Levett Harris.1
My nephew will have the honor of presenting this letter personally to your Excellency, and Should it not interfere with your other arrangements and dispositions, I persuade myself that the office I have Solicited for Mr. Harris, would, in the event of its being conferred on him, be executed with fidelity & advan[ta]ge to the public Service.2 I have the honor to be, with profound respect, Sir, Your most obedient Servant
LEVETT HARRIS
RC (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1809–17, filed under “Harris”).
1. Levett Harris to James Monroe, 24 Aug. 1815 (DNA: RG 59, DD, Russia).
2. On 16 Apr. 1816 JM nominated John Levett Harris to be consul at St. Petersburg, and the Senate confirmed the appointment ten days later ( , 3:43, 47–48).