1From James Madison to Richard Bland Lee, 1 December 1788 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 1 December 1788 . Acknowledged in Lee to JM, 12 Dec. 1788 . Expresses reservations about the intended publication of an extract of his letter to Turberville of 2 Nov. 1788 . Reports that moderation has prevailed in the elections in the eastern states.
2From James Madison to John P. Van Ness, Richard Bland Lee, and Tench Ringgold, 23 May 1815 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your letter of the 16th. inclosing a letter from Messrs. Carroll, Law & May, with your answer. It is very agreeable to learn that your progress and prospects are so favorable to the undertaking committed to you. In carrying into execution the law for rebuilding the public Edifices, it will best comport with its object & its provisions, not to deviate from the models destroyed,...
3From James Madison to John P. Van Ness, Richard Bland Lee, and Tench Ringgold, 10 March 1815 (Madison Papers)
For carrying into execution the act of Congress entitled “An Act making appropriations for repairing or rebuilding the public buildings within the City of Washington,” I do hereby authorize you, or any two of you, to borrow, with the approbation of the President of the United States, such sums of money as may be necessary, within the limit, and to be applied to the objects of the appropriation...
4From James Madison to Richard Bland Lee, 20 April 1825 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your letter of the 15th. Having ever entertained for you the respect & friendly wishes to which it recurs, I shall not fail to drop a few lines to Judges Duvall & Todd on the subject of it; tho’ in so doing, I make an exception to the rule I am anxious to maintain, of retiring altogether from such interpositions, and can probably add little to their knowledge of the grounds on...
5From James Madison to Richard Bland Lee, 5 August 1819 (Madison Papers)
I have received your favor of the 2d, with a copy of your able and interesting Oration on the last anniversary of our Independence. The existing tranquility and harmony on the public feeling, the result of the propitious evanescence of the causes of discord, is a just subject of congratulation. It is to be wished that they may never be interrupted by the worst of all political divisions; one...