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From James Madison to Albert G. Slaughter, 1 August 1825

To Albert G. Slaughter

Augst. 1. 1825

I recd. Sir, some time ago, your favour of June 7.1 inclosing a sample of the Vicuña wool, and I must ask you to excuse an unintentional delay in thanking you for it.

I am not sure that I had before seen the article in its unwrought State: I have often seen the delicate fabric made of it, which is understood to have been a monopoly of the Spanish Court, and obtained thence as a special favor only.

The introduction of the race producing such a fleece into the U.S. has been spoken of; and might not perhaps be frustrated by the difference of physical circumstances. It is worthy of experiment at least, where favorable opportunities present themselves. With friendly respect

J. M

Draft (DLC). Albert Gallatin Slaughter (ca. 1799–1853) of Culpeper County, Virginia, joined the U.S. Navy as a midshipman in 1819, was made lieutenant in 1827, and commander in 1848. His first duty was on the U.S. Constellation on a three-year voyage to the Pacific (Baltimore Sun, 14 Sept. 1853; Green, Genealogical and Historical Notes on Culpeper County, Virginia, [1978 reprint], 1:86; Callahan, List of Officers of the Navy description begins Edward W. Callahan, List of Officers of the Navy of the United States and of the Marine Corps from 1775 to 1900 (New York, 1901). description ends , 501; Baltimore Patriot & Mercantile Advertiser, 28 July 1820).

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    From James Madison to Albert G. Slaughter, 1 August 1825
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    “From James Madison to Albert G. Slaughter, 1 August 1825,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/04-03-02-0587. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Retirement Series, vol. 3, 1 March 1823 – 24 February 1826, ed. David B. Mattern, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, and Katherine E. Harbury. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, pp. 567–568.]