1To James Madison from James Kidd, 29 March 1816 (Madison Papers)
From the heartfelt regard I have for your happy country it being the place where I spent the happiest days of my youth. And from the profound respect I have for your character as a Statesman and Patriot I presume thus to address your Excellency most humbly intreating your acceptance of the accompanying volumes as a testimony of Esteem and Regard which I have no other way to express. The one of...