1891James Madison to James P. Preston, 13 May 1828 (Madison Papers)
I recd. by the last mail yours of the 9th. and comply with its request by a few lines to the President for the mail of today. I could not refuse this evidence of my esteem & regard, tho’ it is an interposition, of which obvious considerations make me as sparing as possible. Being entirely ignorant of the names with which yours will be in competition, I can form no estimate of the result. With...
1892James Madison to Martin Van Buren, 13 May 1828 (Madison Papers)
Perceiving that I am indebted to you for a copy of the Report to the Senate relating to the "Colonization of persons of Colour", I return the thanks due to your politeness. The Document contains much interesting matter, and denotes an able hand in the preparation of it. I find it more easy, however, to accede to its conclusion agst. the power claimed for Congress, than to some of the positions...
1893William Emmons to James Madison, 13 May 1828 (Madison Papers)
The Hon R. M. Johnson has this moment handed me $ 5 for the Fredoniad and your letter which I have persused with great delight—My Brother Doct Richard Emmons will be more than happy to find that you have honoured him with the purchase of a Copy of his poem—I should have presented you with a Copy of the work as a token of my sense of your exalted merit—But indigent circumstances & a debt yet...
1894Richard M. Johnson to James Madison, 13 May 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have red, your favour of the 9th. & have already handed to Mr Emmons the 5 $ you were so kind as to Send him I was very reluctant that he should trouble you as he did as I fear you are often interrupted in that way. But the peculiar merits of the author who now lives in 2 miles of me in Keny. induced me to permit Mr Emmons to use my name in his Communication to you. It is the fondest wish of...
1895James Madison to John Hartwell Cocke, 12 May 1828 (Madison Papers)
Yours of the 5th. has just come to hand, and embarrasses me a little as to the course by which I should best consult the views of the Visitors, in relation to an appointment of Mr. Ritchie at once to the vacant Chair of Nat: Philos:. Mr Johnston as you know is against any appointments in the recess of the Board, and I find by a letter from Mr. Cabell who writes from Washington that he adheres...
1896William Jones to James Madison, 12 May 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have received your favor of the 26 Ulto covering duplicate letters directed to our Chargé d’Affaires in London, one of which has gone in the Ship London Packet, Benedict Master, cleared on the 6th inst, and the other will go by the Ship Thames, expected to clear on the 25th inst. These are the only vessels destined for London since the receipt of yours. Most respectfully and truly yours RC...
1897James Madison to Bernard Peyton, 10 May 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. yours of the 5th. and thank you for your kind interposition with the Bank in my behalf. It is much my wish to discharge my engagements to it: and assurances & prospects from my debtors have kept me in hopes of being able to do so. Thus far however, they have not been fulfilled; and unfortunately, bad managements added to bad seasons, have deprived my crops of the expected results....
1898James Madison to Richard M. Johnson, 9 May 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. from Mr. Emmons, a copy of his "Fredoniad" with a request, that in reference to the cost of publication $5 might be inclosed to you to be forwarded to him. This I now do with pleasure inferring from what appears that I follow safe examples in this mark of respect for the author, both as a poet and a patriot. I am sorry I could not make it the result of my own perusal of the work;...
1899James P. Preston to James Madison, 9 May 1828 (Madison Papers)
My friends have presented my pretensions to the President to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of the late Treasurer of the United States—As you are acquainted with many of the incidents of my life, which have been personally eventful; and as you know that I made sacrifices in my efforts to save the Government, during your administration by encountering all the hazards connected with...
1900Duff Green to James Madison, 6 May 1828 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Green regrets that his clerk by mistake forwarded an account to Mr Madison for the U. S. Telegraph It never was Mr Green’s intention to charge for it and the mistake arose from the employment of a new Clerk who seeing Mr Madison’s name on the book supposed that he as other subscribers should be charged. The money forwarded through Mr Cutts was not taken. RC (DLC) . Docketed by James Madison.
1901James Madison to Thomas J. Wharton, 5 May 1828 (Madison Papers)
I recd. in due time your favor of accompanied by the Report on the Penal Code &c I am sorry that I have not been permitted by other engagements to give to the whole, the careful perusal, which I infer from a very deficient one that it well merits. My attention was most attracted to what relates to the penitentiary discipline, as a substitute for the cruel inflictions so disgraceful to penal...
1902James Madison to William Wirt, 5 May 1828 (Madison Papers)
I cannot better comply with the wish of Mr. Eppes, than by committing to your perusal the inclosed letter just recd. from him. You are probably not ignorant of his great worth and the entire confidence due to whatever facts he may state, and will I am sure feel every appropriate disposition to favor the young friend he so warmly recommends as far as propriety will admit Will you permit me to...
1903John Hartwell Cocke to James Madison, 5 May 1828 (Madison Papers)
At the time I united with Mr Johnson, in declining to assent to the immediate appointment of Mr. Ritchie to the vacant Chair of Nat. Philosophy in the U—I consider’d we were in some degree committed by our understanding with Dr. Jones to pursue, this course—I am now informed, by a letter from Dr. Jones that he has accepted the appointment to the patent office, at Washington. And seeing the...
1904James Madison to Samuel L. Southard, 4 May 1828 (Madison Papers)
J. Madison returns his thanks to Mr. Southard for the copy of his "Address before the Columbian lnstitute". That its public effect may correspond with its instructive and persuasive merit, must be the wish of all who sufficiently understand that knowledge is the only Elixir of immortality to free Government. J. M. is very sensible that the Address has done him far more than justice in some...
1905James Madison to Mathew Carey, 3 May 1828 (Madison Papers)
Your favr. of Apl. 12 came duly to hand, with the little pamphlets accompanying it: for which I return my thanks with the arrears due for those formerly sent me. Having never read the Memorial of the Boston Merchants, and may not be an admitted Judge of the performance your facts, & the remarks founded on them certainly press very hard on the authors. Your letter just recd. recommending Mr....
1906James Madison to Chapman Johnson, 1 May 1828 (Madison Papers)
On the rect. of your letter of the 21st. Ult: concurred in by Genl. Cocke, I wrote to Mr Laurence requesting him to ascertain and let us know as soon as possible, whether Mr Ritchie would accept the vacant Chair of Nat: Philo: if offered to him, and how soon he could enter on its duties. The letter probably leaves Phila. in a vessel sailing for London this day; and will be followed by a...
1907John Finch to James Madison, 1 May 1828 (Madison Papers)
Although it is now some years since I had the pleasure of seeing you at Montpelier, I assure you, I have never forgotten the kindness and hospitality with which you treated me on that occasion. I have only written once since that period, because I was fearful of trespassing on your retirement, & on that valuable time, which is occupied with more important concerns. Since I was in Virginia, I...
1908Duff Green to James Madison, 1 May 1828 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Green returns the money enclosed and regrets that his clerk inadvertently sent an account to Mr Madison as it was not his intention to charge Mr Madison for the Telegraph RC (DLC) . Docketed by James Madison.
1909James Madison to Nicholas P. Trist, 30 April 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have just recd. from Mr Gilmer the desired copy of the Power of Attorney to his brother, and inclose a few lines thanking him for his prompt attention to the request conveyed to him. Not knowing the County in which the post office lies, I beg the favor of you to add it on the superscription as there may be other "Libertys", leading the letter astray. With that addition, please to have it...
1910Joseph C. Cabell to James Madison, 28 April 1828 (Madison Papers)
Your favor of 27th ult, went first to Williamsburg, & has been forwarded to me at this place. I have deferred my answer, under the hope that every succeeding week would terminate my stay in this City, and from a belief that I could make a more satisfactory reply, after seeing the papers in the possession of Mr. Johnson. But my business may drag on still for some weeks, and I now write in order...
1911Mathew Carey to James Madison, 28 April 1828 (Madison Papers)
I am given to understand that there will shortly be a vacancy in the Chair of professor of the Classics, & beg leave to present to your view, & to recommend to your support, Mr M. L. Tracie, a gentleman whom I have every reason to believe perfectly qualified to fill the station with credit to himself & advantage to the institution. He had a regular collegiate education in Dublin, & has the...
1912James Madison to William Jones, 26 April 1828 (Madison Papers)
With many thanks for your attention to my late request, I inclose a letter in duplicate for our Chargé d’Affaires in London, which you will oblige me by forwarding by the two earliest opportunities from your Port. The subject being interesting to our University, and dispatch as well as certainty desirable, a duplicate provision for both, is resorted to. I observe that a vessel is to sail on...
1913James Madison to Ann Tapscott, 26 April 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your letter of the 9th. inst: & every disposition is felt to relieve you from the anxiety you express. But not being sure of the bearing of your proposition on the general security for the debt under the Covenant with Mr. Tapscott & Mr. Bell, I have communicated your letter to Mr. J H Lee who will be disposed to afford every accommodation that the case will admit. With this...
1914James Madison to William Beach Lawrence, 25 April 1828 (Madison Papers)
Your letter of Novr 29. was acknowledged by mine of Mar. 15. soon after which I was favored with your two others, accompanied by an obliging letter from Mr. Key, and sundry documents, all bearing testimony to the qualifications of Mr. Ritchie for the Chair of Nat: Philoy. vacant in our University. We are greatly indebted for this further evidence of your attention to a subject so interesting...
1915James Madison to Nicholas P. Trist, 23 April 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your favor of the 17th. & thank you for the copy of Mr. Jeffersons letter to Mr. Norvell on the deceptive & licencious character of the press. My answer to the letter of General Lafayette referring to the abuse abroad of that of Mr. Jefferson in decrying the liberty of the press, appealed for an antidote to the known attachment of Mr. J. to a free press, as a necessary guardian of...
1916Chapman Johnson to James Madison, 21 April 1828 (Madison Papers)
Your letter of the 24. March, accompanied, by the testimonials in favor of Mr. Ritchie and Mr. Dodd, was received, in the due course of mail; and I have been ever since expecting an opportunity to consult our brethren Mr. Cabell and gen: Cocke. Soon after receiving it, I learned that Mr. Cabell was in Washington, to remain there but a few days, and return through Richmond, on his way to...
1917William Cabell Rives to James Madison, 19 April 1828 (Madison Papers)
I beg leave to present to you the Revnd Mr. Jasper Adams, Principal of the Charleston College in South Carolina, a gentleman highly commended to me for his learning & worth by those who have the pleasure of his acquaintance. Mr. Adams proposes a visit to our University, & on his way thither, is desirous of paying his respects to you. With my best salutations to Mrs. Madison, I beg you to...
1918Peachy R. Gilmer to James Madison, 18 April 1828 (Madison Papers)
By the request of Mr Trist, I send to you, a copy, of the power of attorney, from the University of Virginia, to my late brother Francis W Gilmer, which you will accept with the best wishes, and most profound Respect, of yr obt servt. RC and enclosure (DLC) . RC docketed by James Madison: "Thanks returned." The enclosure is a power of attorney for University of Virginia to Francis W. Gilmer,...
1919Thomas J. Wharton to James Madison, 18 April 1828 (Madison Papers)
I send herewith a copy of the Report of the Commissioners Appointed by the Governor Of this state to revise the penal Code &c; of Which I beg your acceptance. It is of Course not offered as a favorable specimen of typography. Having been printed at Harrisburgh we were not able to Correct the proof sheets, And it Contains more than the usual number of errors of the press. The subject of the...
1920Nicholas P. Trist to James Madison, 17 April 1828 (Madison Papers)
On going over to Edge-hill yesterday, I learned that the letter you wrote for a copy of, sometime ago, had afterwards been found & copied, but not sent. Although apprehensive that your patience will have become exhausted, & that therefore it will arrive too late for the purpose intended; I lose no time in sending it. With affectionate adieux RC ( ViHi : Nicholas P. Trist Album Book).