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To James Madison from Mathew Carey, 21 September 1823

From Mathew Carey

Philada Sept. 21. 1823

Sir,

I enclose two Numbers of a new series of papers,1 intended to shew the ruinous policy pursued by this Country whereby our resources are lavished to support the industry & governments of foreign nations.

Will you have the goodness to inform me what is the present state of tobacco planting generally in Va.? Whether it remunerates the labours of the planter, & affords him a handsome interest for his capital? Very respectfully, Your obt. hble. servt.

Mathew Carey

RC (DLC). Docketed by JM.

1. These essays were published together as The Crisis: A Solemn Appeal to the President, the Senate and House of Representatives, and the Citizens of the United States, on the Destructive Tendency of the Present Policy of this Country, on Its Agriculture, Manufactures, Commerce, and Finances. …, By “A Pennsylvanian” (Philadelphia, 1823; Shoemaker description begins Richard H. Shoemaker, comp., A Checklist of American Imprints for 1820–1829 (11 vols.; New York, 1964–72). description ends 12056).

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    To James Madison from Mathew Carey, 21 September 1823
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    “To James Madison from Mathew Carey, 21 September 1823,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/04-03-02-0129. [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, pp. 126–127.]

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