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1825 May 11 . Richard Bland Lee ALS to Thomas Todd; Washington, [D.C.]

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Abstract:
Petitions Todd, upon the recommendation of James Madison, for the position of clerk of the Supreme Court. He is poverty-stricken by trying to help friends "who had rendered great services to their country in times of peculiar peril." Describes his personal history of serving in the militia during wartime and participating in a financial convention which precipitated the Constitutional Convention. Traces his career as a staunch Virginia Federalist in Congress, often in opposition to most fellow Virginians. "...in my old age it seems just that I should find a comfortable resting place in a metropolis which I did so much to establish."
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