Madison, James, 1751-1836 [Appointment of Levett Harris to secretary to legation at St. Petersburg, Russia]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02322 Author/Creator: Madison, James, 1751-1836 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1813/07/19 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 41 x 26 cm. Order a Copy
Signed by Madison as President, countersigned by Monroe as Secretary of State. The official appointment was as "Secretary of the Mission Extraordinary of the United States" and the diplomatic mission was for the purpose of "entering into negotiations at St. Petersburg, with Great Britain, of and concerning a Treaty of Peace and of Commerce." The Treaty of Ghent was negotiated and ended the war of 1812 in late 1814.
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