1From James Madison to Timothy Alden, 18 February 1824 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. the Resolution of the Trustees of Alleghany College with the printed copy of its Library, as forwarded by you. The Trustees were not mistaken in the belief that it would give me pleasure to know that a learned Institution had been so promptly reared in so favorable a position, and under such happy auspices. No one who regards public liberty as essential to public happiness, can...