1To James Madison from Adam Hoops, Jr., 18 July 1807 (Madison Papers)
I should address this letter to the Secretary at War but it is understood here that he is gone to the Eastward which will I hope Excuse the liberty I take in Addressing it to You The attack made on the Chesapeake Frigate excites the same indignation in this quarter that it does in other parts of the Union: A rupture is by many considered inevitable and from our Vicinity to upper Canada fears...