1From James Madison to Robert G. Scott, 6 October 1824 (Madison Papers)
I have just recd. your letter of Sepr. 27th. inviting me in behalf of the Volunteers of the State, to join them and other Citizens at Yorktown on the 19th. instant, in celebrating the event of which that is the anniversary, and in expressing the gratitude & affection due to Genl. Lafayette, whose presence with all the recollections awakened by it must give to the occasion a peculiar interest....
2James Madison to Robert G. Scott, 7 July 1831 (Madison Papers)
I have just recd a letter from Mr Walsh, a copy of which is enclosed. Not possessing the detailed information he wishes, & presuming that you can readily furnish it, I must ask your aid in complying with the request made notwithstanding the affectionate intercourse with my kinsman during the few years of my residence in Williamsburg; we had previous to that period been strangers to each other,...