Letter to Davies in Hartford Connecticut from J. Trunbull concerning a political appointment and choice of President.  

Washington City, February 28, 1840

My Dear Sir/

      You will find enclosed the answer of Mr. Totten to my communication to him - It is my duty to state for the information of the young gentleman that his application must be annually reviewed to be of use to him - at least this is stated to my gentlemen here on the practice.-

      We are doing little to any useful purpose in the way of legislation in our house and probably shall do little -

      The next President is the subject matter of thought and discussion both in and out of the house -

      This morning Mr. Allen Editor of the Madisonium called upon me to state that he had received a communication from Mr. Bevis(?) of Virginia on the subject of President, and ?  nomination made by you and those at Harrisburg - It is to be published within a very few days and will come out immediately in the Madisonium - I have not seen the manuscript but Mr. B. comes out fully for Genl. Harrison and as fully against Mr. Van Buren -

      I wish you would let Mr. Eldrcose(?) know this, as it my encourage him in his course - as it has done his fellow laborer Mr. Allen-

                              Yours truly      J. Turnbull

 

Envelope:  Addressed to Charles Davies Esq., Hartford, Connecticut from J. Trunbull M.C. (Free) - Post mark, Washington City DC , February 2? 

 

Search the Madisonian for this endorsement of Davies. I could not locate the journal in the USMA library catalog.

Transcription from George Rosenstein.
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