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To James Madison from Rembrandt Peale, 11 June 1809

From Rembrandt Peale

Philadelphia June 11th. 1809.

Sir

Having just learned by the National Intelligencer that the Enterprise will sail without delay, my fear of appearing importunate is overruled by my fevered anxiety to enter upon the glorious undertaking which has been offered to my Ambition & love of my Art. If it is not possible I must be satisfied—but if it is possible to profit by this opportunity for me & my family to pass unmolested into France, I should consider myself most fortunate indeed, & under the greatest obligations.1 Besides the encouragement to the American Artist, & the zeal with which I solicit the favour, permit me to repeat that all my labours—my best exertions—are engaged for my Country, for which I am to select Examples of the successful cultivation of Art & Science, not only as specimens of Art & Images for Biography, but as incitements to the rising talents of our Country. With assurances of sincere devotion to your commands should you favour me with them, I remain Sir Yours respectfully

Rem: Peale

RC (DNA: RG 45, Misc. Letters Received).

1. On 30 Apr. 1809 Charles Willson Peale had asked JM to grant his son Rembrandt passage on a public vessel to France (PJM-PS description begins Robert A. Rutland et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Presidential Series (4 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1984–). description ends , 1:146–47). Rembrandt Peale subsequently deemed the Enterprise too small to accommodate both his family and the crew and instead waited for passage on a larger vessel (Miller, Selected Papers of Charles Willson Peale, 2:1211 n. 1).

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    To James Madison from Rembrandt Peale, 11 June 1809
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    “To James Madison from Rembrandt Peale, 11 June 1809,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-04-02-0642. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 4, 5 November 1811–9 July 1812 and Supplement 5 March 1809 – 19 October 1811, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, Jewel L. Spangler, Ellen J. Barber, Martha J. King, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Susan Holbrook Perdue. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1999, p. 595.]