1James Madison to Leroy Anderson, 26 June 1829 (Madison Papers)
I recd Sir by the last mail, your letter of the 9th. inst: I can not but wish well to the object of the prospectus communicated, and feel all the respect due to the names which subscribe to it. But I am restrained from conforming to the example by a rule prescribed by the age I have reached, & other considerations, which not only forbids new subscriptions, but is withdrawing the greater part...