To James Madison from Samuel F. Bradford, 3 May 1806 (Abstract)
From Samuel F. Bradford, 3 May 1806 (Abstract)
§ From Samuel F. Bradford.1 3 May 1806, Philadelphia. “Some days since, I sent you a book, entitled the ‘Cabinet of St Cloud’;2 but, thro’ hurry of business, neglected to write you on the subject.
“This work is supposed to be written by the author of the ‘Memoirs of Tallerand,’3 ‘Revolutionary Plutarch’4 &ccc and, like them, no doubt, contains many gross misrepresentations and shameful extravaganza; yet, as I thought that the author appeared to understand some of the views of the ‘Cabinet of St Cloud’ in regard to this country, I conceived it my duty to procure you a sight of his book, as you best could judge on that subject. If, on perusal, it should not prove serviceable to Government, I trust it will, at least, afford amusement to yourself.”
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1. Samuel Fisher Bradford (1776–1837) was a member of a prominent family of Philadelphia printers (, 7:289 n.).
2. [H. Stewarton], The Secret History of the Court & Cabinet of St. Cloud: In a Series of Letters from a Resident in Paris to a Nobleman in London; Written during the Months of August, September and October, 1805 (Philadelphia, 1806; 11412).
3. [H. Stewarton], Memoirs of C. M. Talleyrand de Périgord, … Containing the Particulars of His Private and Public Life, of His Intrigues in Boudoirs as Well as in Cabinets (2 vols.; London, 1805).
4. [H. Stewarton], The Revolutionary Plutarch: Exhibiting the Most Distinguished Characters, Literary, Military, and Political, in the Recent Annals of the French Republic; … (3 vols.; London, 1804).