James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 15 November 1806 (Abstract)

From Sylvanus Bourne, 15 November 1806 (Abstract)

§ From Sylvanus Bourne. 15 November 1806, Amsterdam. “I have the honor to send you herewith a Letter to the President as the due medium of its communication if the request it contains1 shoud receive your approbation.”

RC and enclosure (DNA: RG 59, CD, Amsterdam, vol. 1). 1 p.; marked “Duplt.” For enclosure, see n. 1.

1. The enclosed letter was Sylvanus Bourne to Thomas Jefferson, 15 Nov. 1806 (1 p.), in which Bourne referenced a triplicate copy of a letter from the king of Holland (see Bourne to JM, 11 Nov. 1806, and n. 1). Bourne also suggested that the renewal of his commission be styled “Consul General & Chargé des Affaires of the U. States” and requested a salary commensurate with that title.

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    To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 15 November 1806 (Abstract)
    Author
    Bourne, Sylvanus
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    Madison, James
    Date
    15 November 1806

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    “To James Madison from Sylvanus Bourne, 15 November 1806 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-13-02-0058. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 13, 1 November 1806–31 March 1807, ed. Tyson Reeder, J. C. A. Stagg, Anne Mandeville Colony, Ellen D. Goldlust, Mary K. Wigge, and Katherine E. Harbury. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2024, p. 50.]

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