1To James Madison from John Trumbull, 4 December 1827 (Madison Papers)
May I beg your acceptance of the enclosed “Description[”] of the Four paintings which I executed under your Auspices, & which are now finished, & permanently placed. I thought well to accompany each subject with a Sketch of the History of the Event: & hope that what I have said, may meet your approbation. There is also, in the introduction, an allusion to the favorable impression made by my...
2To James Madison from John Trumbull, 26 December 1817 (Madison Papers)
I feel it my Duty, to give you some account of the progress which I am making in the Work which the Government of the US was pleased to confide to me during your Administration & in which I flatter myself with the hope you feel some interest. It has proved impossible to procure in this Country Cloths of the Size required, & to have them properly prepared. I feared this, & therefore as soon as...
3To James Madison from John Trumbull, 1 October 1823 (letter not found) (Madison Papers)
¶ From John Trumbull. Letter not found. 1 October 1823, New York. Offered for sale in the American Art Association, Catalogue of President Madison’s Correspondence from American Statesmen and Patriots American Art Association, Illustrated Catalogue of President Madison’s Correspondence from American Statesmen and Patriots … Collection of the Late Frederick B. McGuire (New York, 1917). , 26...
4To James Madison from John Trumbull, 17 April 1790 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
Abstract. 17 April 1790. Acknowledges JM’s payment of “Three Guineas being One Half of the Subscription” for prints depicting the Battle of Bunker Hill and the death of General Montgomery. Printed receipt ( DLC : Broadsides and miscellaneous nonbroadsides). Signed by Trumbull. On this same day, Jefferson gave Trumbull six guineas for two sets of the prints published in London on 10 Nov. 1788 (...
5To James Madison from John Trumbull, 20 October 1823 (Madison Papers)
Your Favor of the 11th. inst. is before me; an opportunity of sending your print to Washington offers tomorrow by a fast sailing packet. I have therefore enclosed it in a tin tube, and that in a wooden Case, and addressed it to Mr. Cutts, to whom the Captain Lynch promises to deliver it. I hope it will reach you in perfect safety, & meet your approbation. The price of the print is Twenty...