James Madison Papers

From James Madison to Virgil Maxcy, 20 November 1822

To Virgil Maxcy

Montpellier Novr. 20. 1822

J. Madison presents his respects to Mr. Maxcy, with thanks for his pamphlet in defence of the Maryland Resolutions proposing grants of public land for the purposes of Education to the States which have not received them. Of the publication less can not be said than that it has taken a very able & interesting view of the question.

RC (NN); draft (DLC). RC addressed and franked by JM to Maxcy at “Tulip Hill near Annapolis Maryland.” Postmarked 26 Nov. at Orange Court House. Minor differences between the copies have not been noted.

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    From James Madison to Virgil Maxcy, 20 November 1822
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    Madison, James
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    Maxcy, Virgil
    Date
    20 November 1822

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    “From James Madison to Virgil Maxcy, 20 November 1822,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/04-02-02-0525. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Retirement Series, vol. 2, 1 February 1820 – 26 February 1823, ed. David B. Mattern, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, and Anne Mandeville Colony. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2013, p. 603.]

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