1James Madison to John Payne Todd, 10 June 1828 (Madison Papers)
At the request of Mr. William Clarke, I put this into the hands of Mr. Lewis Shaston his brother in Law by whom it will be delived. Mr. S. will explain the object of his visit to Philadelphia, and be obliged to you to refer him to the proper person there to be engaged in the pursuit of it. I need not express our anxiety to see you, nor the affectionate feelings which you can not doubt. RC (NjP) .
2From James Madison to John Payne Todd, [ca. 30 May 1826] (Madison Papers)
yesterdy recd. mdp. yrs. of four […] may closg. df pro. mill. few dys ’fore one from —— shewg. that hd. vaild of that wch for grantd. wd have pd. Taylor, & brougt honor to fact that hve accepd. dft. last relatg to act of c.b. wch. presume is wht. you refd. to as stl deterng. you; & I trust has put an end to that obstacle, tho accd draft at its import […] that furthr. time alowd. If possible...
3From James Madison to John Payne Todd, 26 April 1826 (Madison Papers)
I will not attempt my dear Payne to express what you have added to our preceding distress by disregarding your mother’s last letter inclosing the means for your immediate return. You have not even mitigated her feelings and gloomy conjectures, by acknowledg. the rect. of it. And I now hasten to a subject which if disclosed to her, would but inflict new tortures. I learn that the arrears for...
4From James Madison to John Payne Todd, 15 February 1826 (Madison Papers)
(I will not withold the epithet notwithstanding the little regard you seem to pay to the feeling it expresses). I have the mortification & grief of being obliged to recur, by another letter, to the subject of my former one. The 3d month is now wearing away since that was written pressing you in the strongest terms, & for the most cogent reasons to return immediately to your home & yr. parents,...
5From James Madison to John Payne Todd, 13 November 1825 (Madison Papers)
What shall I say to you? It is painful to utter reproaches; yet how can they be avoided? Yo⟨u⟩r last letter to your mother made us confident that we should see you in a few days. Weeks have passed without even a line explaining the disappointment, or soothing the anxieties of the tenderest of mothers, wound up to the highest pitch by this addition to your long & mysterious absence. As ample...
6Thomas Jefferson to John Payne Todd, 12 March 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
I return you the paper on the subject of the Medals the last enquiry of which being the only one addressed to me I have only to say I do not recollect ever to have heard of a medal struct struck on the capture of André . We are in hopes with mr Madison , to recieve mrs Madison also and yourself which gives us pleasure at all times as the party of our best affections. RC (Barney Balaban, New...
7Andrew Jackson to John Payne Todd, 12 January 1817 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
§ Andrew Jackson to John Payne Todd. 12 January 1817, Nashville. His friend Maj. John H. Eaton is en route to Philadelphia to oversee the publication of a work commenced by Capt. Reid (deceased). Requests that Eaton be introduced to JM “for whose private charector he has a great respect.” RC ( NHi ). 1 p. Jackson referred to The Life of Andrew Jackson, Major General in the Service of the...
8Thomas Jefferson to John Payne Todd, 15 August 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
You have given me, my dear Payne , a very handsome keep-sake which has amused me much, and not the less by the puzzle it has afforded me, to find out the method of rectifying it. I at length discovered it, and that it was only necessary to loosen a little a single screw to throw it out of geer, and to throw it in again after setting the index. it was exactly 10° wrong. it is indeed a very...
9Alexander J. Dallas to John Payne Todd, 29 March 1816 (Madison Papers)
Be so good as to let me know, as soon as you can, What is the amount of repairs and rent, which the President has paid for his House, since the conflagration? What is the rent for the current year? I have promised the Committee of Ways & Means information on the subject this morning. Yrs. with great regard RC ( ViU : Special Collections).
10Thomas Jefferson to John Payne Todd, 10 October 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
According to promise I send you our observations of the solar eclipse of Sep. 17. we had, you know, a perfect observation of the passage of the sun over the meridian, and the eclipse began so soon after as to leave little room for error from the time piece. her rate of going however was ascertained by 10. days subsequent observation and comparison with the sun, and the times, as I now give...