1To James Madison from John Sinclair, 1 November 1815 (Madison Papers)
Having had the honor of corresponding with your illustrious predecessors, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, when they presided over the councils of America, I am happy in this opportunity of commencing a literary correspondence with the present respectable President of the United States; and of communicating to him the plan of a work, which perhaps may be of some use to the inhabitants...
2From James Madison to John Sinclair, 30 May 1816 (Madison Papers)
I did not receive the communications with which you favored me in Novr. last, untill very lately. I beg leave now to acknowlege them, and particularly to thank you for the Fac-Simile Copy of Genl. Washingtons letters. I am somewhat at a loss what opinion to express with respect to the long & interesting letter from him still in your hands. The mode of preserving & promulging [ sic ] it by...