132611From James Madison to James K. Paulding, 10 March 1827 (Madison Papers)
I have received your favor of Feby. 28. and read the pamphlet under the same cover. It is a powerful & a piercing lesson on the subject which it exposes. I was not before aware of the abuses committed by the Law makers and Law breakers of your State. The picture you give of both, tho’ intended for N. York alone, is a likeness in some degree of what has occurred elsewhere; and I wish it could...
132612From James Madison to Bernard Peyton, 10 March 1827 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. yours of the 4th. inclosing a note for my filling up & signing. On the strength of your kind promise, & your confidence in the favorable disposition of the Bank I have availed myself of your hint, and enlarged the sum in it to $2200, which will meet (and a trifle over probably) two engagts., one an accepted draft for $1320 negociable at the Farmer’s B in Fredg: but due to the U.S....
132613To James Madison from Joseph C. Cabell, 12 March 1827 (Madison Papers)
The Assembly rose on the 9th inst. after a session of 96 days. I hasten at the first leisure moment to account to you for my apparent inattention of late. It has proceeded entirely from my absence from this place on a journey to Philadelphia with a deranged brother, which occupied my time from the 11th Feb. till the 2d. inst. His removal to the Hospital in that city seemed to be a measure of...
132614To James Madison from Henry Lee, 12 March 1827 (Madison Papers)
For your letter of the 16th. Feby I now beg leave to express my thanks, and shall take occasion shortly to add some observations, with a view of getting further information on parts of it. I have recd. such high recommendations of the bearer Mr. Clarke, an English Gentleman who is travelling for health & information; and have concieved such sincere esteem for him from an intimate acquaintance...
132615From James Madison to Edward Coles, 13 March 1827 (Madison Papers)
Since my last P. has written as he promised to his Mother, and stated the posture of the dft to pay Nicholls—and that in the hands of Astor in N.Y. I expect to obtain a Credit with the B. in Richmd that will meet directly these demands, so that he need not be detained a moment on their acct. from returning with you. Let us know when we may expect to see you, and previously , with certainty...
132616From James Madison to Alexander Scott, 13 March 1827 (Madison Papers)
I have reccd. your letter of the 8th. in answer to which I can only say that I retain all the sympathy for your situation, and good wishes for a relief from it, which I heretofore expressed. But perceiving no proper, and therefore no useful, ground for the interposition you request, I must refer to what was said on that subject in my letter of March 1825. The letters of Judge Washington, Mr...
132617From James Madison to Martin Van Buren, 13 March 1827 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your favor of the 3d. covering the Report to the Senate on the “Georgia Business.” The Report is drawn with the ability which might be expected from the Committee making it. The views which it presents on the subject, can not certainly be complained of by Georgia. The occurrence has been a most painful one, whether regarded in its tendency abroad or at home. And God grant that it...
132618From James Madison to Thomas H. Key, 15 March 1827 (Madison Papers)
I recd by the mail of yesterday your letter of the 10th. in which you tender the resignation of your professorship in the University of Virginia. In accepting it, I am justified by the terms in which the Visitors committed the subjt. to yr. own reflection. Resolution to say that a contrary result would have been particularly gratifying to the Visitors, and allow me to add, to no one of them...
132619To James Madison from Henry Wheaton, 17 March 1827 (Madison Papers)
I am extremely obliged by your kind letter, & the Pamphlet enclosed, which I have read with very great interest. You will see by the Newspapers that I have been named to Denmark. Should I conclude to accept , it will not in the least interfere with my plan of giving a more extended view of Mr Pinkney’s Life, in connection with the transactions of his Times. It may, indeed, delay the execution...
132620From James Madison to Joseph C. Cabell, 18 March 1827 (Madison Papers)
I recd. by the mail from Richmond your favor of the 12th. I was not un-apprized of the melancholy cause of your absence; but your silence would have been sufficiently explained by the better use of your time there, than in giving an answer to a letter so little requiring it as mine. I am truly sorry for the failure of the Legislature to do what was so much due to the character of the State,...
132621From James Madison to John Hartwell Cocke, 18 March 1827 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. from Mr Key the tender of his resignation as authorized by the resolution of the Board of Visitors. He is very desirous at the same time that it may not take effect till the middle of August, which will not only give him the opportunity of being present at the examination of the students, but free him from the expence of waiting for a London Packet from N. York or of going by land...
132622From James Madison to James Monroe, 18 March 1827 (Madison Papers)
It is proper that I should lose no time in apprizing the Visitors of the University that the resignation of Mr Key has been tendered, as authorized, and accepted as required, by the resolution of the Board, on that subject. He is very desirous at the same time, that it may not take effect till the middle of August, which will give him the opportunity of being present at the examination of the...
132623From James Madison to Nicholas P. Trist, 18 March 1827 (Madison Papers)
It being always somewhat uncertain whether Genl. Cocke will be found at Bremo, or at Charllle; whither he is so often called I trouble you agn. with a letter for him to be properly disposed of as the case may be. The letter being left open for your perusal, you will see that Mr. Key has decided on a return to Engd. & that we have to encounter the difficulty of providing a Successor. His letter...
132624From James Madison to James Monroe, 19 March 1827 (Madison Papers)
Your two letters of Jany. 17 & 22. were duly recd. I hope your health was restored as soon as was promised by the decrease of your fever, and that it continues to be good. I inclose a Circular required by the resignation of Mr. Key, to which I have nothing to add on that subject. Our Colleagues protest against a “Called Board” on any acct. tho’ I fear the Creditors of the university will be...
132625To James Madison from Henry B. Bascom, 19 March 1827 (Madison Papers)
In the name, and by order, of the Board of Trustees, of “Madison College,” recently established, in this Borough—I am instructed to say, That in consideration of your distinguished public & private worth, as a Citizen of the United States—they have taken the liberty, without consulting you, of calling this Institution by your Name. I am directed to tender you the high consideration of the...
132626From James Madison to Albert Gallatin, 20 March 1827 (Madison Papers)
It is probably not unknown to you that the Visitors of the University of Virginia, anxious to procure for it Professors, with higher qualifications than might be attainable here, had recourse for a supply in part to Great Britain. They had the good fortune to engage five, all of whom have answered their expectations. One of them, however, Mr. Key professor of Mathematics, though friendly to...
132627To James Madison from James K. Paulding, 20 March 1827 [letter not found] (Madison Papers)
¶ From James K. Paulding. Letter not found. 20 March 1827. Calendared in the lists probably made by Peter Force ( DLC , series 7, box 2).
132628From James Madison to Thomas Cooper, 23 March 1827 (Madison Papers)
Your letter of the 8th. is just recd & with it a copy of the Printed Circular on the same subject. I forward both to the Faculty of our University who are prohibited by one of its Statutes “from receiving into it any person who has been a Student at any other incorporated Seminary, but on producing a Certificate therefrom, or other satisfactory evidence, with respect to his general good...
132629From James Madison to William T. Dwight, 23 March 1827 (Madison Papers)
J. M present his respects to Mr. D, with thanks for the copy of his oration, before the Washington Benevolent Society. He has noticed with pleasure the appropriate remarks pervading the Oration and the patriotic spirit which animates it. Draft ( DLC ). William Theodore Dwight (1795–1865), son of Timothy Dwight, president of Yale College, was a graduate of Yale who went on to become a...
132630From James Madison to John Tayloe Lomax, 23 March 1827 (Madison Papers)
I inclose a communication from President Cooper of the S. Carolina College. I have apprized him of the enactment in our University Code, as applicable to the occurence he describes, and to which the Faculty wd. doubtless conform, with a just sense of the Obligation every where to discountenance so pernicious an example. With great esteem Draft ( DLC ). Addressed by JM to Lomax, “Chairm⟨an⟩ of...
132631From James Madison to Henry Clay, 24 March 1827 (Madison Papers)
After your kind offer, I make no apology for inclosing another letter which I wish to have the advantage of a conveyance from the Department of State. Its object is to obtain from Mr. Gallatin a small service for our University, and that with as little delay as may be. Whilst I was charged with the Department of State, the British doctrine against a neutral trade with belligerent ports shut in...
132632To James Madison from Chapman Johnson, 24 March 1827 (Madison Papers)
I am exceedingly sorry to learn, from your letter of the 18. that mr. Key has availed himself of our indulgence and resigned his place in the University. I see no serious objection to the permission which he asks to continue in office till the middle of August. It would certainly not be proper that he should vacate his seat till the 20. July—when the examination will be over, and the interval...
132633To James Madison from Nicholas P. Trist, 25 March 1827 (Madison Papers)
I owe you many apologies for so late an acknowledgment of your kind favor of the 2 inst.; but it was postponed some days unavoidably; and then, by the daily expectation of learning Mr Key’s final decision, which to the very last, I entertained some hope would be such as I wished. There is considerable intimacy subsisting between Mrs D. & Mrs K, by means of which I had derived some knowledge of...
132634From James Madison to John Hartwell Cocke, 26 March 1827 (Madison Papers)
I think it proper to inclose you a copy of my letter to Mr. Gallatin, not merely for your information, but that I may be favored, with any additions or alterations that may occur to you. You will perceive the difficulty of accomodating the resort to Mr. Gallatin to the shortness of time, the uncertainty of his success, and the proper reserve for the chance of success here. In alluding to the...
132635From James Madison to Richard Riker, 26 March 1827 (Madison Papers)
With your letter of February 26 I received the Copy of Mr. Coldens Memoir on the New York Canals transmitted by order of the Corporation of the City. The very interesting Memoir with the variety of annexed documents having relation to the signal event commemorated, form an instructive gift to the present generation and will be a proud legacy to its descendants. I must add that the work has an...
132636From James Madison to Henry B. Bascom, 27 March 1827 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your letter of the 19th. inst. saying that the Trustees of the College recently established in Union Town have been pleased to call it by my name. Regarding every new Institution for the wholsome instruction of youth as a gain to the cause of national improvement and to the stability and prosperity of our free System of Government, I feel that my name is greatly honoured by such...
132637From James Madison to Nicholas P. Trist, 27 March 1827 (Madison Papers)
I trouble you with another letter to Genl. Cocke, for reasons which I need not repeat. Be so good as to look at Mr. Jeff——n’s instructions to Mr. Gilmer, and observe whether they do not suggest a better explanation than is given in the letter to Mr. Gallatin of the terms he is to hold out, as inviting a successor to Mr. Key, and if so, drop me a line, unless you favour us with a more agreeable...
132638To James Madison from Alexander Keech, 28 March 1827 (Madison Papers)
This will be presented to you, by Mr. J. T. Shepherd whom I most cheerfully recommend to your favorable consideration—as a young Gentleman of considerable merit; both in relation to his literary acquirements and his exemplary moral deportment. Should the Visitors of the University, at the head of whom, you are placed; contemplate the appointment of a Tutor to aid those who are not well...
132639From James Madison to Chapman Johnson, 29 March 1827 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your letter of the 24th. In writing to Mr. Gallatin, I kept in view the shortness of time allowed him, and the necessity of not precluding us from the chance of finding a Successor to Mr. Key in our own Country. It is possible tho.’ barely so, that he may present us an acceptable offer, and hear from us in time to give it effect, by the 1st. of Sepr. But, on the contrary...
132640To James Madison from Charles Bonnycastle, 30 March 1827 (Madison Papers)
Motives of delicacy prevented my addressing the Visitors upon the subject of Mr Key’s appointment until it was known that he had again tendered his resignation. I mentioned my intentions to Genl. Cocke at the last sitting of the Board, & requested him to inform you that I wished to become a candidate for the Mathematical Chair, whenever any steps respecting it were to be taken. Some of my...