From James Madison to Caesar A. Rodney, 5 February 1807

To Caesar A. Rodney

Dept. of State, Feby. 5. 1807

The Secretary of State requests the favor of the opinion of the Attorney General upon the right of the Territorial Governors to remit penalties, and return the enclosed letter from the Governor of Michegan upon which the question arises.1

James Madison.

Letterbook copy (DNA: RG 59, DL, vol. 15). Enclosure not found, but see n. 1.

1. JM probably enclosed William Hull to JM, 13 Nov. 1806.

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Title: From James Madison to Caesar A. Rodney, 5 February 1807
Author: Madison, James
Recipient: Rodney, Caesar A.
Date: 5 February 1807

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Cite as: “From James Madison to Caesar A. Rodney, 5 February 1807,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-13-02-0376. [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. 391.]

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