From James Madison to Ferdinand R. Hassler, [ante 9 September 1826]

To Ferdinand R. Hassler

[ante–9 September 1826]

I have recd. Sir, your letter of Aug. 31st.1 with the 2 Copies of your “Elements of Analytic Trigonometry.”2 For the one to be retained by myself, I tender my thanks: the other will be disposed of as you request. Not pretending to be a competent judge, of the merit of the work, I can only express the confidence in it, derived from the high estimation in which your Scientific character, has been held, and my best wishes that the task you have executed may be satisfactorily rewarded: to which, allow me to add assurances of my frien[d]ly respects

Draft (DLC). Undated; dated 1828 in the Index to the James Madison Papers; conjectural date assigned based on JM to Thomas H. Key, 9 Sept. 1826.

1. Letter not found.

2. Ferdinand R. Hassler, Elements of Analytic Trigonometry, Plane and Spherical (New York, 1826; Shoemaker description begins Richard H. Shoemaker, comp., A Checklist of American Imprints for 1820–1829 (11 vols.; New York, 1964–72). description ends 24812).

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Title: From James Madison to Ferdinand R. Hassler, [ante 9 September 1826]
Author: Madison, James
Recipient: Hassler, Ferdinand R.
Date: 1–9 September 1826

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Cite as: “From James Madison to Ferdinand R. Hassler, [ante 9 September 1826],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/04-04-02-0105. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Retirement Series, vol. 4, 3 March 1826–29 February 1828, ed. Armin Mattes, David B. Mattern, J. C. A. Stagg, Anne Mandeville Colony, Ellen D. Goldlust, Mary Parke Johnson, Katherine E. Harbury, and Mary K. Wigge. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2023, p. 89.]

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