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To James Madison from Valentín de Foronda, 26 August 1809 (Abstract)

§ From Valentín de Foronda

26 August 1809, Philadelphia. Takes the liberty of writing to JM as a learned, philosophical man who has treated Foronda well on three occasions in Washington. Has printed a little pamphlet on the Spanish constitution, of which he sends JM two copies as a token of his gratitude.1

RC (MiU-C). 1 p. In Spanish. This letter may have been mistakenly dated 26 Aug. 1810 in the lists probably made by Peter Force (DLC, series 7, container 2). Calendared at that date as a letter not found in PJM-PS description begins Robert A. Rutland et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Presidential Series (4 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1984–). description ends , 2:512.

1. Foronda very likely forwarded copies of the first edition of his pamphlet Apuntes ligeros sobre la nueva constitución, proyectada por la Magestad de la Junta Suprema Española, y reformas que intenta hacer en las leyes. A revised version was printed in Philadelphia in September 1809 (Shaw and Shoemaker description begins R. R. Shaw and R. H. Shoemaker, comps., American Bibliography: A Preliminary Checklist for 1801–1819 (22 vols.; New York, 1958–66). description ends 17523).

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    To James Madison from Valentín de Foronda, 26 August 1809 (Abstract)
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    Madison, James
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    26 August 1809

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    “To James Madison from Valentín de Foronda, 26 August 1809 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-04-02-0653. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 4, 5 November 1811–9 July 1812 and Supplement 5 March 1809 – 19 October 1811, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, Jewel L. Spangler, Ellen J. Barber, Martha J. King, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Susan Holbrook Perdue. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1999, p. 604.]

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