From James Madison to Benjamin Rush, 3 May 1790 (Abstract)

§ To Benjamin Rush

3 May 1790, New York. “Your hint as to addresses from the H. of Rep. to the National Assembly1 was perfectly new. I am far from thinking that such a measure might not be formed as do credit to this Country and good to both.”

Printed extract (Parke-Bernet Catalogue No. 468, “The Alexander Biddle Papers” [1943], pt. 1, item 151).

1. See Rush to JM, 24 Apr. 1790, PJM description begins William T. Hutchinson et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison (1st ser., vols. 1–10, Chicago, 1962–77; vols. 11–17, Charlottesville, Va., 1977–91). description ends , 13:175–76.

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Title: From James Madison to Benjamin Rush, 3 May 1790 (Abstract)
Author: Madison, James
Recipient: Rush, Benjamin
Date: 3 May 1790

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Cite as: “From James Madison to Benjamin Rush, 3 May 1790 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-08-02-0572. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 8, 1 September 1804 – 31 January 1805 and supplement 1776 – 23 June 1804, ed. Mary A. Hackett, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Anne Mandeville Colony, Angela Kreider, Jeanne Kerr Cross, and Wendy Ellen Perry. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2007, p. 533.]

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