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To James Madison from Gustavus B. Wallace, 4 March 1789

From Gustavus B. Wallace

Fredbg. Virga March 4th. 1789

Sir

As there will be Collectors of the impost appointed under the new goverment on the different rivers in this State, and those appointments made by Congress, I wish to inform you Sir that I am a Candidate for the port of Rappahannock and hope if no more deserving person offers to meet with your approbation. I am Sir your Most Obdt & Very Humble St.

Gust. B Wallace1

RC (DLC). Docketed by JM.

1. Gustavus Brown Wallace (1751–1802) had risen to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Virginia Continental line during the Revolution (Hayden, Virginia Genealogies, pp. 701–4; Boyd, Papers of Jefferson description begins Julian P. Boyd et al., eds., The Papers of Thomas Jefferson (19 vols. to date; Princeton, 1950—). description ends , XVIII, 614 and n. 16).

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    To James Madison from Gustavus B. Wallace, 4 March 1789
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    Wallace, Gustavus B.
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    Madison, James
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    4 March 1789

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    “To James Madison from Gustavus B. Wallace, 4 March 1789,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-12-02-0003. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, vol. 12, 2 March 1789 – 20 January 1790 and supplement 24 October 1775 – 24 January 1789, ed. Charles F. Hobson and Robert A. Rutland. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1979, p. 3.]

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