1To James Madison from Nicholas Biddle, 12 October 1807 (Madison Papers)
Mr. N. Biddle presents his Compliments to Mr. Madison and has the honor to inclose to him the only late political pamphlets of any interest which he brought from London. He regrets that he has nothing more interesting to send, & hopes that these may not be unacceptable to Mr. Madison PHi : Nicolas Biddle Papers.
2To James Madison from Nicholas Biddle, 9 February 1822 (Madison Papers)
I have so often derived pleasure from your writings, that I should deem it an act of gratitude to present to you the paper which accompanies this note, were I not sensible how little it enables me to repay my obligations. I can therefore only request that you will place it in your library as a mark of my great respect for one who is realizing the best hopes of all statesmen by closing a...
3From James Madison to Nicholas Biddle, 23 February 1822 (Madison Papers)
I duly recd. your favour of the 9th. accompanied by a copy of your agricultural address, which I have read with much pleasure, and I can add with instruction also. It is made particularly interesting by the views taken of the ancient and modern husbandry, where unless parts of China be exceptions, the earth has made the greatest returns to human labour. The advantage of contracting and...
4From James Madison to Nicholas Biddle, 16 April 1825 (Madison Papers)
Such has been of late years the unfavourableness of the Seasons for the staple productions in this quarter, and of the markets also for the main one; and such the disappointment in collecting debts on which I counted, that I find it necessary to resort either to a moderate loan, or to a sale of property, which at the present juncture would be made to great disadvantage. The first alternative...
5To James Madison from Nicholas Biddle, 26 April 1825 (Madison Papers)
I have delayed answering the letter which you did me the honor to write to me on the 16th inst, until I could communicate the decision of the Board of Directors, which took place today. The difficulty which attends such an arrangement as you propose, arises from the nature of the operations of the Bank, and the peculiar situation of a large portion of its property. It is considered essential...
6From James Madison to Nicholas Biddle, 2 May 1825 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. the letter with which you favored me on the 26th. Ult. In the application made in that to which it is an answer, I was misled by what I understood to be occasionally done by Banks possessing affluent funds, and apprehending neither ultimate loss, nor an early pressure. Of the System adopted by the Bank of the U.S. as explained by you, I can not speak but with entire approbation;...
7From James Madison to Nicholas Biddle, 18 December 1826 (Madison Papers)
At the request of Mr Reynolds Chapman, a very respectable neighbour, I take the liberty of making him known to you, for a purpose which he will particularly explain. I understand that as Executor to Doctor Shepherd, who was another respectable neighbour, he has occasion, in adjusting a transaction relating to the Estate of the latter, to obtain some information from the President or Cashier of...
8To James Madison from Nicholas Biddle, 10 May 1827 (Madison Papers)
Permit me to request you to place the accompanying pamphlet in your library as a mark of the very sincere respect & regard of the writer. No one can feel more sensibly than I do the imperfections of this humble effort to honor the memory of your departed friend, & to no one can they be more apparent than to yourself who so well appreciated his merits. I would have willingly transferred to...
9From James Madison to Nicholas Biddle, 17 May 1827 (Madison Papers)
I thank you very sincerely for the copy of your “Eulogium on Thomas Jefferson.” I have derived from it the peculiar pleasure which so happy a portraiture could not fail to afford one, who intimately knew and feelingly admired the genius, the learning, the devotion to public liberty, and the many private virtues which characterized the distinguished Original. Ably & eloquently as the subject...
10To James Madison from Nicholas Biddle, 27 May 1827 (Madison Papers)
I have deferred answering your favor of the 17th inst until I could ascertain whether the Society is possessed of a copy of the Report on the subject of the revised code. I find that it is not among our collections, & I shall therefore be much gratified, as will be the whole society, if you can conveniently furnish a copy. I thank you very sincerely for the correction of the two errors into...