James Madison Papers

To James Madison from William Cooke, 1 October 1803 (Abstract)

§ From William Cooke

1 October 1803, Charleston. Encloses a copy of his letter addressed from London.1 Arrived in Charleston “Two days ago”: “I deem it incumbent on me to inform you, that in case any further efforts of mine may be necessary I may immediately afford them.” “I implore you … to inform me … if there is any grounds, on which I may rest a Hope of recompense for my ruinous losses.” Asks JM to write in care of Benjamin Cudworth.

Tr (DNA: RG 76, Spain, Treaty of 1819, Disallowed Claims, 62B). 1 p.

1. Enclosure not found, but no doubt it was a copy of Cooke to JM, 12 July 1803.

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    To James Madison from William Cooke, 1 October 1803 (Abstract)
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    Cooke, William
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    Madison, James
    Date
    1 October 1803

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    “To James Madison from William Cooke, 1 October 1803 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-05-02-0492. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 5, 16 May–31 October 1803, ed. David B. Mattern, J. C. A. Stagg, Ellen J. Barber, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Bradley J. Daigle. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 2000, pp. 482–483.]

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