To James Madison from Henry A. S. Dearborn, 16 March 1815

From Henry A. S. Dearborn

Custom House Boston March 16. 1814 [1815].

Respected Sir,

I have shiped your wine, Brandy, &c. &c, on board the Brig Wanderer for Alexandria & enclose you a quadruplicate Bill of Lading, signed by the Master of said Brig.1 She will sail this day.

I have enclosed a Bill of Lading to the Collector of Alexandria & requested him to take charge of the articles & forward them to you.

I hope they will arrive safe & in good order. With great respect I have the honor to be Sir Your Obt. Sert.

H.A.S. Dearborn

RC (DLC). Date corrected here based on comparison with Charles Simms to JM, 27 Mar. 1815, and evidence in n. 1.

1. The enclosure has not been found, but Simms sent a copy of the bill of lading to JM on 27 Mar. 1815. For the goods and JM’s request regarding their delivery to him, see Dearborn to JM, 24 Mar. and 22 Apr. 1814, and JM to Richard Cutts, 5 May 1814, PJM-PS description begins Robert A. Rutland et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Presidential Series (9 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1984–). description ends 7:388, 435 and n. 1, 455.

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Title: To James Madison from Henry A. S. Dearborn, 16 March 1815
Author: Dearborn, Henry A. S.
Recipient: Madison, James
Date: 16 March 1815

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Cite as: “To James Madison from Henry A. S. Dearborn, 16 March 1815,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-09-02-0094. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 9, 19 February 1815–12 October 1815, ed. Angela Kreider, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, and Anne Mandeville Colony. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2018, p. 85.]

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