To James Madison from Josiah Meigs, 25 June 1816
From Josiah Meigs
General Land Office June 25, 1816
Sir,
I have the honour to inclose in this a Letter from Mr. Speaker Clay.1
I returned home yesterday after an excursion of 18 days to the Northward during which time I visited all that was interesting. I spent several days at Newhaven. I found Doctor Dwight & the Professors of Yale College, exceedingly polite and obliging.
At Stratford I visited my venerable friend Doctor S. W. Johnson,2 who at the age of 88 Years retains his great faculties.
He enquired very kindly of the health of Mr. Madison; & begged me to do him the favour to present his sincere and profound respects. I am, most respectfully, Yours.
Josiah Meigs
RC (DLC). Docketed by JM.
1. Letter not found.
2. Meigs probably referred to William Samuel Johnson (1727–1819) of Stratford, Connecticut, who served in the 1787 Federal Convention with JM and later as a U.S. senator for Connecticut (1789–91). He also served as the first president of New York’s Columbia College (1787–1800).