1From James Madison to James K. Paulding, 10 March 1827 (Madison Papers)
I have received your favor of Feby. 28. and read the pamphlet under the same cover. It is a powerful & a piercing lesson on the subject which it exposes. I was not before aware of the abuses committed by the Law makers and Law breakers of your State. The picture you give of both, tho’ intended for N. York alone, is a likeness in some degree of what has occurred elsewhere; and I wish it could...
2From James Madison to James K. Paulding, 23 July 1818 (Madison Papers)
I return your copy of Gideons Edition of the Federalist, with the memorandum requested in your note of the 16. I shall take pleasure in adding any other circumstances which you may wish to know, & I may be able to communicate. Mrs. M. & myself feel very sensibly the kind expressions in which you refer to the late visit with which you favored us, & will always be happy in repetitions of the...