1To James Madison from William Littell, 20 December 1807 (Madison Papers)
The Object of this Letter is to tender my Services to the United States as Judge of the Indiana Territory I have no boyant Connections to support this Application nor any Claims to urge except Qualification for the Office . Industriously devoted to literature from my Infancy and, for the last ten years of my Life to the Study of Law, I feel conscious of no Presumption in soliciting this...