James Madison Papers

From James Madison to John Quincy Adams, 16 December 1803 (Abstract)

§ To John Quincy Adams

16 December 1803. “Having transmitted to Mr. King, the inquiry contained in your letter of  ,1 I have received the answer of which a copy is inclosed.2 The office of State possesses no further information on the particular point in question with the Committee.”

RC (DNA: RG 46, Foreign Relations, 8B-B2). 1 p.; printed in ASP description begins American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States … (38 vols.; Washington, 1832–61). description ends , Foreign Relations, 2:590.

1. Blank left in RC. See JM to Rufus King, 4 Dec. 1803, and n.

2. The enclosure was King to JM, 9 Dec. 1803.

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    From James Madison to John Quincy Adams, 16 December 1803 (Abstract)
    Author
    Madison, James
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    Adams, John Quincy
    Date
    16 December 1803

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    “From James Madison to John Quincy Adams, 16 December 1803 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-06-02-0181. [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, p. 180.]

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