From James Madison to James Pleasants Jr., 11 March 1824

To James Pleasants Jr.

Montpellier Mar. 11. 1824

Sir

I have duly received your letter of Mar. 1. enclosing the Commission appointing me a Visitor of the University of Virginia, with a Copy of the Advice of Council referred to, of which you will be pleased to accept this as my acknowledgment. With great esteem & consideration

James Madison

RC (Vi: Executive Papers); draft (DLC). RC addressed and franked by JM; postmarked Orange Court House, 16 Mar.; docketed by Pleasants as received 18 Mar., with his note: “To be filed.” Draft dated 12 Mar.

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Title: From James Madison to James Pleasants Jr., 11 March 1824
Author: Madison, James
Recipient: Pleasants, James Jr.
Date: 11 March 1824

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Cite as: “From James Madison to James Pleasants Jr., 11 March 1824,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/04-03-02-0261. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Retirement Series, vol. 3, 1 March 1823 – 24 February 1826, ed. David B. Mattern, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, and Katherine E. Harbury. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, p. 236.]

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