1From James Madison to Edmund Randolph, 26 November 1782 (Madison Papers)
The obstinacy of Rhode Island in rejecting the Impost, is a subject of very general and
2To James Madison from Edmund Randolph, 13 December 1782 (Madison Papers)
I commiserate your situation indeed! After the acrimonious comments, which must have fallen from the Virginia delegates, touching the reluctance of Massachusetts, and unconquerable obstinacy of Rhode-Island, how can you withstand the retort?