James Madison Papers

From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 16 September 1792

To Thomas Jefferson

Orange Sepr. 16. 1792

Dear Sir

The Bearer waits on you for the Bag of Coffee brought round from Philada. with your Stock.

Inclosed is the letter from E. R. referred to in his to you;1 to which is added a long one from D. C.2 for the sake of one or two particulars mentioned in it. You may either return them by the Bearer, or bring them with you as may be most convenient.

On my arrival at Mr. J. Walker’s I found that Docr. Gilmer had been suddenly called for to your little grand-daughter.3 I hope the cause has been removed. Present me respectfully to the ladies & to Mr. Randolph. I shall look out for you about the close of this week or the first of next,4 remaining in the mean time, with unalterable affection Yrs.

Js. Madison. Jr.

RC (owned by Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc., Short Hills, N.J., 2005). Docketed by Jefferson as received 17 Sept.

1. JM presumably enclosed Edmund Randolph’s letter to him of 12 Aug. 1792 (PJM description begins William T. Hutchinson et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison (1st ser., vols. 1–10, Chicago, 1962–77; vols. 11–17, Charlottesville, Va., 1977–91). description ends , 14:348–50). Randolph mentioned his letter to JM in his 26 Aug. 1792 letter to Jefferson (Boyd, Papers of Jefferson description begins Julian P. Boyd et al., eds., The Papers of Thomas Jefferson (31 vols. to date; Princeton, N.J., 1950–). description ends , 24:326).

2. Daniel Carroll to JM, 17 Aug. 1792, PJM description begins William T. Hutchinson et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison (1st ser., vols. 1–10, Chicago, 1962–77; vols. 11–17, Charlottesville, Va., 1977–91). description ends , 14:351–52.

3. Jefferson’s granddaughter Anne Cary Randolph, who was “at death’s door,” was being treated by Dr. George Gilmer (Boyd, Papers of Jefferson description begins Julian P. Boyd et al., eds., The Papers of Thomas Jefferson (31 vols. to date; Princeton, N.J., 1950–). description ends , 24:147, 386, 448, 453).

4. Although Jefferson planned to leave Monticello on 20 Sept. 1792, he did not depart until a week later (ibid., 24:351, 423 n.).

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    From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 16 September 1792
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    “From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 16 September 1792,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-08-02-0574. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 8, 1 September 1804 – 31 January 1805 and supplement 1776 – 23 June 1804, ed. Mary A. Hackett, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Anne Mandeville Colony, Angela Kreider, Jeanne Kerr Cross, and Wendy Ellen Perry. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2007, pp. 534–535.]

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