James Madison Papers

To James Madison from an Unidentified Correspondent, [ca. 6 July] 1812

From an Unidentified Correspondent

[ca. 6 July 1812]

Friend Madison.

I advise thee to be cautious and prudent. Massachusetts will not go to war. The union I fear will be shaken if war continues. Enclosed is a paper from which you may judge of the feelings of the People.

Thy friend.

RC (NN). Undated; date assigned here on the basis of a Salem, Massachusetts, 6 July postmark. Docketed by JM, “June 1812.” Enclosure not found.

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    To James Madison from an Unidentified Correspondent, [ca. 6 July] 1812
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    Madison, James
    Date
    6 July 1812

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    “To James Madison from an Unidentified Correspondent, [ca. 6 July] 1812,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-04-02-0604. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 4, 5 November 1811–9 July 1812 and Supplement 5 March 1809 – 19 October 1811, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, Jewel L. Spangler, Ellen J. Barber, Martha J. King, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Susan Holbrook Perdue. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1999, pp. 567–568.]