James Madison Papers

From James Madison to William Lee, 1 September 1806 (Abstract)

To William Lee, 1 September 1806 (Abstract)

§ To William Lee. 1 September 1806, Department of State. “I have received your letter of the 26th. of June requesting leave to visit the United States. This permission is readily accorded, and the substitute you leave is to be of your choice, in order to constitute a responsibility in you for his acts.”

Letterbook copy (DNA: RG 59, IC, vol. 1). 1 p.; addressed to Lee at “Bourdeaux.”

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    From James Madison to William Lee, 1 September 1806 (Abstract)
    Author
    Madison, James
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    Lee, William
    Date
    1 September 1806

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    “From James Madison to William Lee, 1 September 1806 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-12-02-0407. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 12, 1 June 1806–31 October 1806, ed. Angela Kreider, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Katherine E. Harbury. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2021, p. 266.]

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