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From James Madison to Peter Minor, [ca. 15] May 1818

To Peter Minor

Montpellier [ca. 15] May 1818

Dr. Sir

I have recd your letter of the 12 instant communicating the request of the Agricultural Society of Albemarle, for a Copy of the remarks addressed to it at its last Meeting. I can not decline a compliance with the request, though I have much reason to apprehend that what the Society recd.1 with so partial an ear, will not bear the deliberate perusal for which an opportunity will be afforded. With very sincere esteem I remain

Draft (DLC). Conjectural date based on Peter Minor to JM, 13 May 1818. Remainder of closure and signature clipped. RC printed in Address Delivered Before the Agricultural Society of Albemarle (Shaw and Shoemaker description begins R. R. Shaw and R. H. Shoemaker, comps., American Bibliography: A Preliminary Checklist for 1801–1819 (22 vols.; New York, 1958–66). description ends 44668).

1. Here JM crossed out “listened to.”

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    From James Madison to Peter Minor, [ca. 15] May 1818
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    Madison, James
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    Minor, Peter
    Date
    15 May 1818

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    “From James Madison to Peter Minor, [ca. 15] May 1818,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/04-01-02-0246. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Retirement Series, vol. 1, 4 March 1817 – 31 January 1820, ed. David B. Mattern, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, and Anne Mandeville Colony. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2009, p. 286.]

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