From James Madison to Tobias Lear, 26 January 1804

¶ To Tobias Lear

Letter not found. 26 January 1804. Acknowledged in Lear to JM, 7 May 1804 (DNA: RG 59, CD, Algiers, vol. 7, pt. 1), and described in the enclosed diary’s 26 Apr. 1804 entry as containing his commission as consul general at Algiers, his commission to negotiate a peace with Tripoli, pamphlets on Louisiana, and newspapers.

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Source Project: Madison Papers
Title: From James Madison to Tobias Lear, 26 January 1804
Author: Madison, James
Recipient: Lear, Tobias
Date: 26 January 1804

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Cite as: “From James Madison to Tobias Lear, 26 January 1804 ,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-06-02-0361. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 6, 1 November 1803 – 31 March 1804, ed. Mary A. Hackett, J. C. A. Stagg, Ellen J. Barber, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Angela Kreider. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2002, pp. 393–394.]

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