1To James Madison from John Blair Smith, ca. 1 November 1786 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. ca. 1 November 1786. Informing JM that his nephew James and Jacky Walker were not returning to Hampden-Sydney Academy and requesting the balances of their tuition. Mentioned in JM to James Madison, Sr., 16 November 1786 .
2To James Madison from John Blair Smith, [ca. 16 May] 1785 (Madison Papers)
I am sorry to interrupt your attention to more important objects by an appeal to you in a dispute between Carter H. Harrison Esqr. of Cumberland & myself, but as you were present at its origination, & as my character for veracity is interested in your decision, I have no doubt of your inclination to do me the justice which is in your power. All that I have to request of you at present is, to...
3To James Madison from John Blair Smith, [ca. 10] December 1786 (Madison Papers)
I recd: your letter by Mr. Allen. & am much obliged to you for the communications it contained, though it occasioned a serious alarm for the situation of our Country. It will be a distressing circumstance in the history of man, should our hopes from the American Revolution be blasted. Will not human corruption forever defeat the beneficial influence of liberty upon human happiness? & will not...
4To James Madison from John Blair Smith, 21 June 1784 (Madison Papers)
I am sorry to interrupt your attention to important business, by introducing a matter in this letter, which you are already tired of. However as it is of some importance, I presume upon your usual patience & candor. Since my arrival at home, I have seen a part of your Journals, & by them have learned the objects of the Petition from the Episcopal Clergy, which in one or two instances, appear...
5To James Madison from John Blair Smith, 12 June 1788 (Madison Papers)
On my return from Phila. last Summer, I wrote to your brother from Fredericksburg as you desired. As it was Sunday, I did not go to Mr. Maury’s store, but left the letter with Dr. Hall, who promised to give it to Mr. Maury, that he might send it to Orange. I informed him in that letter, that you had paid me ten pounds, ten Shills. for his son’s expences. As the boys did not return during the...