1To James Madison from Andrew Shepherd, 22 December 1787 (Madison Papers)
With pleasure not long since I heard of your welfare of which I sincerely wish a continuance, from your last, it has been intimated to your freinds in this County, that it will be agreeable to you to represent them in the Convention, which I think in my own opinion will meet with a general approbation, but as there is no guarding against artfull persons from injecting their poison into the...
2To James Madison from Andrew Shepherd, 14 December 1788 (Madison Papers)
Your last favours came to hand by the return of Alexander to this place, and by whom we had the pleasure of hearing of your welfare at the time he left N. Y, but sometime after had the disagreeable Accotts. of your being attacked with the complaint I severly had last year [and?] hope that you have had it much slighter and by this time perfectly got the better of it. I return you thanks for the...