1To James Madison from Nicholas Biddle, 9 February 1822 (Madison Papers)
I have so often derived pleasure from your writings, that I should deem it an act of gratitude to present to you the paper which accompanies this note, were I not sensible how little it enables me to repay my obligations. I can therefore only request that you will place it in your library as a mark of my great respect for one who is realizing the best hopes of all statesmen by closing a...
2To James Madison from Nicholas Biddle, 26 April 1825 (Madison Papers)
I have delayed answering the letter which you did me the honor to write to me on the 16th inst, until I could communicate the decision of the Board of Directors, which took place today. The difficulty which attends such an arrangement as you propose, arises from the nature of the operations of the Bank, and the peculiar situation of a large portion of its property. It is considered essential...
3To James Madison from Nicholas Biddle, 10 May 1827 (Madison Papers)
Permit me to request you to place the accompanying pamphlet in your library as a mark of the very sincere respect & regard of the writer. No one can feel more sensibly than I do the imperfections of this humble effort to honor the memory of your departed friend, & to no one can they be more apparent than to yourself who so well appreciated his merits. I would have willingly transferred to...
4To James Madison from Nicholas Biddle, 27 May 1827 (Madison Papers)
I have deferred answering your favor of the 17th inst until I could ascertain whether the Society is possessed of a copy of the Report on the subject of the revised code. I find that it is not among our collections, & I shall therefore be much gratified, as will be the whole society, if you can conveniently furnish a copy. I thank you very sincerely for the correction of the two errors into...
5To James Madison from Nicholas Biddle, 12 October 1807 (Madison Papers)
Mr. N. Biddle presents his Compliments to Mr. Madison and has the honor to inclose to him the only late political pamphlets of any interest which he brought from London. He regrets that he has nothing more interesting to send, & hopes that these may not be unacceptable to Mr. Madison PHi : Nicolas Biddle Papers.
6Nicholas Biddle to Thomas Jefferson, 12 December 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I have no apology for the liberty I am about taking, except that it may enable you to render service to a Stranger. Some time since I received thro’ the legation at Paris a letter from a M r Jean Baptiste Lefevre , accompanied by a note from the Marquis de la Fayette . M r Lefevre states that he served during the war in Col. Armand’s regiment; that in 1783 you had the goodness to take charge...
7Nicholas Biddle to Thomas Jefferson, 28 September 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
My residence in the country during the Summer has prevented me from answering sooner your very polite note of the 20 th of August covering a communication to M r Allen which was immediately transmitted to him. It is now a long time since I was tempted by the request of Gen l Clark & other friends as well as by the natural interest of the subject to undertake the composition of the narrative...
8John Vaughan to Thomas Jefferson, 28 May 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
My particular friend M r Nicholas Biddle , with his Lady , daughter of the late M rs Craig , are travelling to some of the springs in Your State, to reestablish health & tranquility of mind, which had been much affected by their late Domestic afflictions —Should they have the opportunity—I should feel gratified at being the means of bringing you personally acquainted— M r Biddle’s tour to Europe
9Enclosure: Nicholas Biddle to William Tilghman, 6 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the pleasure of depositing with the Historical committee , the papers & books which accompany this letter, in compliance with the request of Governor Clark in his letter to me of the 10 th of Oct 1816, transmitted by M r Jefferson — It may perhaps be usefull to add such notices of other objects connected with them, as may enable the committee to extend its researches— It was in the...
10Nicholas Biddle to Thomas Jefferson, 9 February 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Nicholas Biddle presents his compliments to M r Jefferson , and takes the liberty of sending to him an address , the chief object of which is to satisfy the farmers of this country that instead of desponding over the inevitable loss of foreign markets, they may repair it by improvements in their present husbandry. He will not intrude upon M r Jefferson ’s retirement by a wish that he should...