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From James Madison to Asher Robbins, 10 June 1811

To Asher Robbins

Washington June 10 1811

Sir

I have duly received your letter of the 3d instant. Its declaration of your principles & sentiments on certain subjects will have the attention which is due to the frankness and explicitness with which it is made.

I ought at the same time not to authorize any inference from this assurance, that might prejudice any individual whatever in your estimation. Accept my friendly respects

James Madison

RC (offered for sale by Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Tex., 9 Apr. 2015, lot 49106). For an abstract of this letter from a printed summary in the Collector, see PJM-PS description begins Robert A. Rutland et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Presidential Series (10 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1984–). description ends 3:336.

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    From James Madison to Asher Robbins, 10 June 1811
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    Madison, James
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    10 June 1811

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    “From James Madison to Asher Robbins, 10 June 1811,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-11-02-0775-0008. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 11, 1 May 1816–3 March 1817, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Katharine E. Harbury, and Anne Mandeville Colony. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2020, p. 719.]

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