1To James Madison from Edmund Randolph, 7 February 1783 (Madison Papers)
Randolph probably had in mind Ralph Wormeley, Jr. (1744–1806). After several years of study at Eton College and Cambridge University, Ralph, Jr., returned to Rosegill, his father’s plantation fronting the Rappahannock River in Middlesex County. In 1775, having served for four years in the Governor’s Council and being critical of both the Loyalists and...
2To James Madison from Edmund Randolph, 13 September 1783 (first) (Madison Papers)
During his ten, not twelve. years of residence in England, Francis Corbin (1759–1821) studied at Cambridge University and the Inner Temple in London. He was a delegate from Middlesex County in the Virginia General Assembly for a decade beginning in 1784, and an influential member of the Virginia Convention of 1788 which ratified the Federal Constitution...
3To James Madison from Joseph Bartlett, 21 October 1802 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
...those who know his political character. “Stern necessity frequently commands what delicacy in other situations would forbid.” Has never before solicited executive notice but would feel guilty remaining silent any longer. He was educated in law at “Cambridge University”
4To James Madison from William Lee, 25 July 1805 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
...have taken the liberty to mention, that I have known Mr Erving from my youth, to be a very honest, honourable man. His connections are very respectable, and having been educated at Cambridge University and regularly bred a merchant he is every way qualified to discharge the duties of such an office. Should there be other applicants for this place perhaps Mr Ervings having a family of...
5To James Madison from Francis Corbin, 6 April 1812 (Madison Papers)
Francis Corbin (1759–1821) had been a delegate from Middlesex County in the Virginia General Assembly, 1784–94. He had received his education in Great Britain, where he studied at Cambridge University and was admitted to the Inner Temple in London (
6To James Madison from Charles Kelsall, 15 February 1817 (Madison Papers)
Charles Kelsall, son of an East India Company merchant, was educated at Cambridge University and settled into a life of traveling, architecture, and translating.
7To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 8 August 1824 (Madison Papers)
Robert Woodhouse (1773–1827), a mathematician educated at Cambridge University, taught there until his death, holding successively the Lucasian professorship of mathematics from 1820, and the Plumian professorship of astronomy and experimental philosophy from 1822. Woodhouse published a number of works, including
8To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 20 November 1824 (Madison Papers)
George Long (1800–1879) was a classicist educated at Cambridge University who was first professor of ancient languages at the University of Virginia. He taught there from 1825 until 1828, when he returned to England to become professor of Greek at the University of London.
9To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 18 October 1825 (Madison Papers)
Cantabs: short for Cantabrigians (i.e., from Cambridge University, England), referring here to Thomas H. Key and George Long.
10To James Madison from Henry Lee, 12 March 1827 (Madison Papers)
George Rochfort Clarke (1801–89), a graduate of Cambridge University, arrived in New York on 15 August 1826 from Liverpool. After his visit to the United States, Clarke became a well-known barrister and justice of the peace and inherited properties in Oxfordshire, England, and Jamaica, West...