1To James Madison from Levi Lincoln, 12 April 1810 (Madison Papers)
.... I need not state to you how important it is in the opinion of republicans that his successor should be a gentleman of tried & undeviating attachment to the principles & policy which mark your’s & your Predecessor’s administration of the national government. It will form in some degree a countervailing action to that overgrown yet still encreasing influence in which federalism is...
2To James Madison from Orchard Cook, 3 March 1814 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Hill declares his sorrow & surprise that I am removed & assures me shall not accept the appt—if so—I think no suite. Person can be selected & in season who will accept this Office. And as I am... then nominated Mark Langdon Hill, who was confirmed on 1 Feb. 1814 but evidently declined the office. Finally,
3To James Madison from Benjamin Austin and Others, 23 February 1815 (Madison Papers)
). The other signers were George Blake, John Holmes, Mark Langdon Hill, and Timothy Fuller. Docketed by