To James Madison from Thomas FitzSimons and Others, 24 February 1807 (Abstract)
From Thomas FitzSimons and Others, 24 February 1807 (Abstract)
§ From Thomas FitzSimons and Others. 24 February 1807, Philadelphia. “Beleiving that very great advantages will result from the Appointment by our Government of a Commercial Agent in the Island of Guadeloupe, with which very Important Communications and Commercial relations exist, and beleiving that Mr Lewis Formon is attached to, and will support the Interest of the United States, and in all possible Cases aid and protect their Commerce. We beg leave Sir to introduce him to Your Acquaintance and recommend him for this Agency—he has been educated in this Country, is a Citizen of the United States and is a Partner in the House of Dennis, Formon & Tabouillot of Point à Petre Guadeloupe, and is already engaged in the Commerce of this Country.”1
RC (DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1801–9, filed under “Formon”). 2 pp.; signed by FitzSimons and fifteen others.
1. For Lewis Formon’s appointment as agent in Guadeloupe, see JM to Maurice Lisle, 29 Jan. 1807, n.