To James Madison from Charles Pinckney, [ca. 21] August 1816
From Charles Pinckney
(Confidential)
In Charleston [ca. 21] August 1816
Dear Sir
It Being discovered great pains had Been taken to circulate & reprint the Pamphlet against our worthy & excellent friend Colonel Monroe in all the federal Papers in North Carolina & in this & the neighbouring States it has Been Thought adviseable By his friends here that I should answer it—a copy of what is said on this occasion is enclosed1 which I am hopeful will meet your Approbation & that this will find You in health & enjoying every comfort You wish & that You may continue to do so as long as You desire or is agreeable to You is the sincere prayer & hope of dear sir with affectionate regard Yours Truly
Charles Pinckney
FC (ScU: South Caroliniana Library). Day of month not indicated; conjectural day assigned based on the assumption that Pinckney sent this letter to JM at the same time that he sent an identical one to Thomas Jefferson (see Looney et al., Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, 10:339).
1. Pinckney evidently enclosed a copy of “A South-Carolinian,” Observations to Shew the Propriety of the Nomination of Colonel James Monroe, to the Presidency of the United States by the Caucus at Washington. In Which a Full Answer is Given to the Pamphlet Entitled “Exposition of the Motives for Opposing the Nomination of Mr. Monroe as President of the United States” (Charleston, 1816; 38643). The pamphlet Opposing the Nomination of Mr. Monroe was published in Washington, D.C., in 1816 by Jonathan Elliot ( 37551), and its contents were reprinted in the Raleigh Star, and North-Carolina State Gazette on 24 May 1816.