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From James Madison to Edward Everett, 9 April 1826

To Edward Everett

Montpellier April 9. 1826

Dear Sir

I have duly recd. your favor of Mar. 29.1 accompanied by the two copies, one, of your speech on a proposed amendment of the Constitution of the U.S.,2 the other, of a Report on the Mission to Panama.3 The documents contain very able & interesting views of their respective subjects, and belong to the select class of Materials for an instructive history of the discussions & proceedings of the present Congress. With my thanks for the polite communication, I tender you, Sir, assurances of my high esteem & my best wishes.

James Madison

RC (MHi: Everett Collection); draft (NN). RC addressed by JM to Everett at “Congress Washington”; docketed by Everett.

1. Letter not found.

2. [Edward Everett], Speech of Mr. Everett, on the Proposition to Amend the Constitution of the United States: Delivered in the House of Representatives, March 9, 1826 (Washington, D.C., 1826; Shoemaker description begins Richard H. Shoemaker, comp., A Checklist of American Imprints for 1820–1829 (11 vols.; New York, 1964–72). description ends 24460). JM’s copy is in the Madison Collection, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library.

3. Mission to Panama: Mar. 25, 1826, Read, and Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union […] (Washington, D.C., 1826; Shoemaker description begins Richard H. Shoemaker, comp., A Checklist of American Imprints for 1820–1829 (11 vols.; New York, 1964–72). description ends 27231).

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    From James Madison to Edward Everett, 9 April 1826
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    Date
    9 April 1826

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    “From James Madison to Edward Everett, 9 April 1826,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/04-04-02-0026. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Retirement Series, vol. 4, 3 March 1826–29 February 1828, ed. Armin Mattes, David B. Mattern, J. C. A. Stagg, Anne Mandeville Colony, Ellen D. Goldlust, Mary Parke Johnson, Katherine E. Harbury, and Mary K. Wigge. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2023, pp. 27–28.]

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