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To James Madison from Joseph Delaplaine, 26 February 1816

From Joseph Delaplaine

Philad. Feby 26, 1816

Sir,

I took the liberty of writing to you by Mr. Wood our distinguished portrait painter to whom I begged you would have the goodness to sit for your portrait which I am very desirous to obtain.1

I also beg the favour of you to furnish me with a few facts of your life—Birth, parentage, Education, profession Offices &c &c.

Not knowing where my letters may find Mr. Wood, I take the liberty of enclosing one for him, which I beg you to have the goodness to deliver to him when he has the honor of waiting on you. With great respect I am your obedt. huml. st.

Joseph Delaplaine

RC (DLC). Filed with this letter are two one-page prospectuses for works planned by Delaplaine: Delaplaine’s Repository of the Lives and Portraits of Distinguished American Characters, docketed on verso by JM, and A Complete Picture of the United States.

1. Delaplaine to JM, 31 Jan. 1816.

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    To James Madison from Joseph Delaplaine, 26 February 1816
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    Delaplaine, Joseph
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    Madison, James
    Date
    26 February 1816

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    “To James Madison from Joseph Delaplaine, 26 February 1816,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-10-02-0272. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 10, 13 October 1815–30 April 1816, ed. Angela Kreider, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Katharine E. Harbury, and Anne Mandeville Colony. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, p. 250.]

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