From James Madison to Richard Rush, 27 February 1824

To Richard Rush

Feby. 27. 1824

Dr Sir

Almost at the moment of receiving yours of Decr. 28. my hand casually fell on the inclosed scrap, which I must have extracted from the Author* (borrowed for the purpose) on some occasion when the right of navigating the Mississippi engaged my attention. I add it to my former enclosures on that subject, merely as pointing to one source of information which may lead to others fuller & better.

J. M

Draft (DLC).

*Linguet “Observations sur l’ouverture de l’Escaut[”] 1

1. Simon Nicolas Henri Linguet, Dissertation intéressante sur l’ouverture et la navigation de l’Escaut (London, 1784). The extract has not been identified.

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Title: From James Madison to Richard Rush, 27 February 1824
Author: Madison, James
Recipient: Rush, Richard
Date: 27 February 1824

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Cite as: “From James Madison to Richard Rush, 27 February 1824,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/04-03-02-0241. [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. 222.]

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