James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Charles B. Cochran, 4 October 1802 (Abstract)

§ From Charles B. Cochran

4 October 1802, Charleston. Resigns his commission as marshal for the district of South Carolina because of “the injury which my agricultural concerns have received from my close and constant attendance on the duties of my office.” Recommends his brother [Robert Elliott Cochran] to replace him.1

RC (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1801–9, filed under “Cochran”). 2 pp.

1. An undated letter from Robert E. Cochran to JM, soliciting the appointment, was probably sent at about the same time (ibid.; 1 p.).

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    To James Madison from Charles B. Cochran, 4 October 1802 (Abstract)
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    Cochran, Charles B.
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    Madison, James
    Date
    4 October 1802

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    “To James Madison from Charles B. Cochran, 4 October 1802 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-03-02-0773. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 3, 1 March–6 October 1802, ed. David B. Mattern, J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, and Susan Holbrook Perdue. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1995, p. 609.]