1To James Madison from John Sinclair, 1 November 1815 (Madison Papers)
Having had the honor of corresponding with your illustrious predecessors, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, when they presided over the councils of America, I am happy in this opportunity of commencing a literary correspondence with the present respectable President of the United States; and of communicating to him the plan of a work, which perhaps may be of some use to the inhabitants...