Letters to John Payne Todd, 1815 May 31 and June 15.

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Letters to John Payne Todd, 1815 May 31 and June 15.

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Letters to John Payne Todd concerning United States diplomat James Bayard. In a letter 1815, May 31, E.L. [Lauton?], on board the "Neptune," Plymouth Harbor, asks Todd to write a letter requesting that a French medical student be allowed to accompany him to America to help take care of Bayard if Albert Gallatin has no objection. In the second letter, 1815 June 5, "G. M.B." informs Todd that Bayard's condition is worse and asks him to pay a debt for him to Preston & Burrows.

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Todd, John Payne, 1792-1858

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John Payne Todd was the son of Dolley Payne and her first husband, John Todd. After Todd's death, Dolley Payne married President James Madison, making John Payne Todd Madison's stepson. Todd had a weakness for gambling, and was unsuccessful in an assignment seeking Russia's help to end the War of 1812. After the death of President Madison, Dolley Madison was forced to sell Montpelier, the family plantation, to pay her son's debts. From the description of John Payne Todd correspondenc...

Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849

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Diplomat and U.S. secretary of the treasury. From the description of Albert Gallatin papers, 1783-1847. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82919649 Albert Gallatin was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives (1790-1792), a U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania (1795-1801), Secretary of the Treasury (1801-1814), and Minister Plenipotentiary to France (1815-1823) and Great Britain (1826-1827). From the description of Albert Gallatin letter, 1803 Oct....

Bayard, James A. (James Asheton), 1767-1815

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Biographical Note James A. Bayard 1767, July 28 Born, Philadelphia, Pa. 1784 Graduated, Princeton College, Princeton, N.J. 1788 Admitted to the bar at New Castle, Del., and Philadelphia, Pa. ...