1From James Madison to Hezekiah Niles, 7 September 1817 (Madison Papers)
Your letter of July —— was not recd. till last evening. The Baltimore post mark is of Aug. 5. There is another post mark of Aug. 18. at a place not legible; and a manuscript endorsement “missent.” These are the only circumstances explaining the delay. I sincerely regret the difficulties you experience on continuing “The Weekly Register.[”] During the period of my public occupations, I was not...
2From James Madison to Hezekiah Niles, 8 January 1822 (Madison Papers)
In Ramsay’s History of the American Revolution Vol: 2. pa. 300–301 is the following passage. “Mr. Jay was instructed to contend for the right of the U. States to the free navigation of the river Mississippi, and if an express acknowlegement of it could not be obtained, he was restrained from acceding to any stipulation by which it should be relinquished. But in February 1781, when Lord...
3James Madison to Hezekiah Niles, 20 June 1829 (Madison Papers)
I have been long a subscriber to your "Register", and retain my respect for its merits, and sincere wishes for its prolonged success; but finding it expedient at the age I have reached, to abridge the attention required for such objects, I must request you to discontinue my name on your Subscription list. According to the account presented lately by your Collector, the balance due from me in...