To James Madison from Clarkson Crolius, 29 November 1819
From Clarkson Crolius
New York Novr. 29. 1819
Sir.
By the direction of the Society of Tammany, or Columbian order, I do myself the honor of transmitting to you by this days mail the address of that Society; on the subject of national economy and domestic manufactures;1 The Society, as well as myself, would feel highly gratified, should the Sentiments it contains coincide with your own. I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration of respect, Sir, Yours Obediently.
Clarkson Crolius.2
RC (DLC). Docketed by JM.
1. Address of the Society of Tammany, or Columbian Order, to Its Absent Members, and the Members of Its Several Branches throughout the United States (New York, 1819; 49550).
2. Clarkson Crolius (1773–1843) was a potter and stoneware manufacturer, a veteran of the War of 1812, and a New York state politician. In 1819 Crolius was grand sachem of the Tammany Society (William C. Ketchum Jr., Potters and Potteries of New York State, 1650–1900 [Syracuse, N.Y., 1987], 47–51; Address of the Society of Tammany [ 49550], 38–39).