1From James Madison to the Chairman of the Republican Meeting of Garrard County, Kentucky, 29 April 1809 (Madison Papers)
I have received your communication of the resolutions of my fellow citizens of Gerrard county, assembled at Lancaster on the 4th of March; and feel myself much indebted for the favorable sentiments and friendly wishes which they express towards me. I ought to esteem the more these marks of kindness and confidence, as the resolutions manifest at the same time principles and dispositions so...