To James Madison from John Nicholas, 9 February 1806 (Abstract)
From John Nicholas, 9 February 1806 (Abstract)
§ From John Nicholas. 9 February, Albany. “I take the liberty of recommending Mr: Hallett1 a gentleman who lives in the same town that I do to your attention—he well deserves your hospitality. I do not however mean that you should shew it on any other ground than that of worth and gentlemanly manners—he cannot make obeisance to the government with a very good grace, as he is a very good federalist. In his room I tender you mine.”
RC (DLC). 1 p. Year not indicated; assigned to conjectural range of years 1806–9 based on the fact that John Nicholas of Geneva, New York, served in the New York state assembly at Albany, 1806–9 ( 6:271 n. 2).
1. This was probably Jacob Williamson Hallett, a founder of the Geneva Water Works and the Bank of Geneva, who also served as justice of the peace (Gary B. Thompson, ed., Index to the Newspapers Published in Geneva, New York [2 vols.; Geneva, N.Y., 1981], 1:46; Joel H. Monroe, A Century and a Quarter of History, Geneva … [Geneva, N.Y., 1912], 31).