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To James Madison from Isaac Griffin, 2 March 1817

From Isaac Griffin

Washington city, march the 2d. 1817

Dear Sir

I take this method, of bidding you a last farewell, and of thanking you, for the benefit I have derived, as one of the citizens of the united states, from your able, and faithfull services, in Some of the most important Stations in the gift of a free people—at your time of life, repose is desirable, and almost necessary—in retirement, I wish you all the happiness, that you can derive, from the reflection on a life spent for the benefit of your country, rather than for your own. With the greatest respect I remain your very Huml. Servt.

Isaac Griffin1

RC (DLC). Docketed by JM.

1Isaac Griffin was a representative from Pennsylvania in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Congresses.

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