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From James Madison to James Hamilton Jr., 30 December 1826

To James Hamilton Jr.

Montr. Decr. 30. 1826

Dr. Sir

About the close of the last Session of Congs. I recd. from you a Copy in pamphlet form of your Speech on the Panama Mission.1 It being for some time thereafter uncertain where you would be found, my acknowledgments for the favor were neglected. If not too late, I beg leave now to offer them. The subject appears to have been very ably discussed on both sides; and your views of it, are to be classed with those best fitted to enlighten future estimates of the talents & policy of the National Councils. Be pleased to accept Sir the expression, of my consideration & great respect.

Draft (DLC). James Hamilton Jr. (1786–1857), a South Carolina lawyer and veteran of the War of 1812, served in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1822–29, and was a vocal supporter of anti-tariff and states’ rights causes. He was governor of South Carolina, 1830–32, leading the fight for the principle of nullification. Having supported Texas’s independence, he became its diplomatic agent in Europe, seeking recognition for the republic in 1839. In 1855 he moved to Texas and settled on a land grant there. Hamilton was lost at sea on a voyage from New Orleans to Galveston.

1James Hamilton Jr., Speech of Mr. Hamilton, of South Carolina, on the Panama Mission, Delivered in the House of Representatives, April 6, 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 24783). JM’s copy, with a title-page inscription, is in the Madison Collection, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library.

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