1To James Madison from Thomas Hanna, 22 June 1814 (Madison Papers)
It is with no little degree of diffidence I lift up my pen to write you—necessity blended with my present situation calls loudly on me to attend to this truly arduous task. I therefore beseech you to read this epistle where none may interupt you from it you will draw what conclusions your Judgment and wisdom will naturally direct respecting me. Oh! That a good & a gracious God may put it into...