From James Madison to George and Charles Carvill, 12 January 1827
To George and Charles Carvill
Montpr. Jany. 12. 1827.
Gentlemen
I have recd. with the last No. of the U.S. Review1 &c an account for $5. which I inclose, returning the rect. for your signature.
Finding that my advanced stage of life disqualifies me from giving a due attention to such publications, I must request of you, as I am doing in other cases, that my name be discontinued on the list to which the Review is sent. Be pleased to accept at the same time my friendly respects, and my good wishes for the success of your co-operation in the cause of American Literature.
J. M.
Draft (DLC).
1. The first issue of the United States Review and Literary Gazette was published in October 1826, while the last appeared one year later. The publishers were New York City printers and booksellers George and Charles Carvill and Bowles and Dearborn of Boston. For more on this journal, see Charles I. Glicksberg, “Bryant and the United States Review,” New England Quarterly 7 (1934): 687–701.