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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 141901 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | Nicholas P. Trist to James Madison, 2 May 1831 | 1831-05-02 | I have, for some time, been intending to send you the enclosed; but, agreeably to my second... |
| 141902 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | To James Madison from Nicholas P. Trist, 13 December … | 1827-12-13 | In the expectation of finding there a letter from Mr Coolidge, I rode to the post-office... |
| 141903 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | To James Madison from Nicholas P. Trist, 19 November … | 1827-11-19 | Much occupation of one kind or another, together with the knowledge that all you desired was to... |
| 141904 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | To James Madison from Nicholas P. Trist, 11 January … | 1828-01-11 | My conscience has been reproaching me for some time past with my remissness towards you; and yet... |
| 141905 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | Nicholas P. Trist to James Madison, 5 June 1829 | 1829-06-05 | I have just sent to the post-office, the copy of Mr Monroe’s paper, due to Genl. Breckenridge;... |
| 141906 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | Nicholas P. Trist to James Madison, 6 February 1830 | 1830-02-06 | After the dose of Constitutional matter which you have had forced upon you of late, it is not... |
| 141907 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | To James Madison from Nicholas P. Trist, 12 February … | 1828-02-12 | Called to Charlottesville on business, I stop a moment, to send you an extract from a few lines... |
| 141908 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | Nicholas P. Trist to James Madison, 2 July 1829 | 1829-07-02 | I have only time to ask the favor of you to send the enclosed to Mr Randolph by the first mail.... |
| 141909 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | Nicholas P. Trist to James Madison, 8 May 1832 | 1832-05-08 | I have been intending to write ever since we had the pleasure—a most heartfelt one—of hearing of... |
| 141910 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | To James Madison from Nicholas P. Trist, 30 July 1827 | 1827-07-30 | My delay in writing has been greater than you probably expected when we parted or than I... |
| 141911 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | [Nicholas P. Trist] to James Madison, 7 February 1830 | 1830-02-07 | On the subject of all the conversations which it has been my good fortune to enjoy with you, I... |
| 141912 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | To James Madison from Nicholas P. Trist, 18 November … | 1826-11-18 | You should have heard from me some time since, but for the prospect held out by the arrival of... |
| 141913 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | [Nicholas P. Trist] to James Madison, 23 November 1832 | 1832-11-23 | Thinking on this subject last night in bed, it occurred to me that the most effectual way to keep... |
| 141914 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | Nicholas P. Trist to James Madison, 7 July 1831 | 1831-07-07 | I am returning to the City from a trip to the Rip Raps (the most delightful spot, as to... |
| 141915 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | To James Madison from Nicholas P. Trist, 18 January … | 1828-01-18 | I am utterly ashamed of myself for having kept you waiting so long for letters which you have,... |
| 141916 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | Nicholas P. Trist to James Madison, 24 September 1828 | 1828-09-24 | A letter just received from Mr Monroe, betrays the erroneous impression that the first... |
| 141917 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | To James Madison from Nicholas P. Trist, 26 April 1827 | 1827-04-26 | Calling by here in haste this morning, I am met by Mr Brockenbrough who calls me into his office,... |
| 141918 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | Nicholas P. Trist to James Madison, 1 December 1832 | 1832-12-01 | The enclosed will give you a juster idea of the real state of things at the Head Quarters of... |
| 141919 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | Nicholas P. Trist to James Madison, 1 September 1829 | 1829-09-01 | It is my intention some day or other to take up seriously the politics of this country. If a... |
| 141920 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | Nicholas P. Trist to James Madison, 2 July 1833 | 1833-07-02 | You were right in supposing that my thoughts had been given to the subject of the void made in... |
| 141921 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | Nicholas P. Trist to James Madison, 13 November 1828 | 1828-11-13 | You will be surprised at the place from which I date. I reached the Courthouse in good time to... |
| 141922 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | Nicholas P. Trist to James Madison, 5 February 1833 | 1833-02-05 | January is past, and I am still here, without any immediate prospect of getting away. I still... |
| 141923 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | Nicholas P. Trist to James Madison, 10 October 1830 | 1830-10-10 | Mr Davis asked me some time since to procure & send him by the earliest conveyance the... |
| 141924 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | Nicholas P. Trist: Notes on Student Tickets, 1 July … | 1828-07-01 | If the price of tickets be reduced from $50 to $30 a piece on the student’s taking two whole... |
| 141925 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | To James Madison from Nicholas P. Trist, 25 March 1827 | 1827-03-25 | I owe you many apologies for so late an acknowledgment of your kind favor of the 2 inst.; but it... |
| 141926 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | To James Madison from Nicholas P. Trist, 28 October … | 1826-10-28 | Your letter found me engaged with the papers relating to Mr Jefferson’s memoir. As I could not... |
| 141927 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | Nicholas P. Trist to James Madison, 14 February 1829 | 1829-02-14 | I have time, this morning, for only a single line, to remove all doubt as to the receipt of your... |
| 141928 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | [Nicholas P. Trist] to James Madison, 18 February 1830 | 1830-02-18 | In putting up the enclosed for yourself, I take the liberty of adding three packets for the... |
| 141929 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | Nicholas P. Trist to James Madison, 12 April 1828 | 1828-04-12 | Taking the white sheet in which the papers were wrapped, for a mere envelope; I did not notice... |
| 141930 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | Nicholas P. Trist to James Madison, 17 December 1835 | 1835-12-17 | Until a few weeks ago, I counted with certainty on making my usual pilgrimage to Montpellier... |
| 141931 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | Nicholas P. Trist to James Madison, 11 July 1833 | 1833-07-11 | A note from Mr Kane informs me that Mr Longacre—whom I had previously the pleasure of knowing,... |
| 141932 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | Nicholas P. Trist to James Madison, 13 June 1829 | 1829-06-13 | Dr Jones has lost his situation in the Patent office, and now holds a clerkship in this Dept. I... |
| 141933 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | Nicholas P. Trist to James Madison, 20 August 1834 | 1834-08-20 | Since my return here (last friday) I have been engaged in the examination of Mr. Jefferson’s... |
| 141934 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | Nicholas P. Trist to James Madison, 29 July 1830 | 1830-07-29 | The step which I now take, I venture on With the less reluctance, as, if not entirely approved by... |
| 141935 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | Nicholas P. Trist to James Madison, 29 August 1834 | 1834-08-29 | Your favor of the 25th came duly to hand. There was a reason for the application to G going from... |
| 141936 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | To James Madison from Nicholas P. Trist, 6 December … | 1827-12-06 | The enclosed letter, I received yesterday evening and hasten to forward to you, as well as my... |
| 141937 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | Nicholas P. Trist to James Madison, 12 January 1829 | 1829-01-12 | Thompson received four copies of Lyman’s work, on Saturday. Two were immediately taken—the one by... |
| 141938 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | To James Madison from Nicholas P. Trist, 6 May 1827 | 1827-05-06 | I owe many apologies for this tardy acknowledgment of your favor of last month. Several causes... |
| 141939 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | Nicholas P. Trist to James Madison, 11 December 1828 | 1828-12-11 | I have not had it in my power to thank you sooner, for your kind compliance with my request in... |
| 141940 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | Nicholas P. Trist to James Madison, 20 February 1833 | 1833-02-20 | The somersets which have been turned here since I last wrote have changed the aspect of things in... |
| 141941 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | [Nicholas P. Trist] to James Madison, 7 March 1830 | 1830-03-07 | Had the many interruptions been anticipated, which have arisen to prevent an earlier reply to... |
| 141942 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | Nicholas P. Trist to James Madison, 21 March 1829 | 1829-03-21 | The branch of business that has been assigned me, makes this the busiest period of the year:... |
| 141943 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | To James Madison from Nicholas P. Trist, 8 November … | 1827-11-08 | Owing to my not attending Court on Monday I did not receive your favor of the 3d. till the next... |
| 141944 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | Nicholas P. Trist to James Madison, 17 October 1830 | 1830-10-17 | In the hurry of folding last Sunday, the enclosed was omitted; and as it may be necessary to... |
| 141945 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | Nicholas P. Trist to James Madison, 5 July 1828 | 1828-07-05 | The two packets containing your letter to Mr Eppes, and those from Mr Hassler, came to hand in... |
| 141946 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | To James Madison from Nicholas P. Trist, 31 January … | 1827-01-31 | I send, with the request that they be returned when you shall have done with them, a couple of... |
| 141947 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | Nicholas P. Trist to James Madison, 20 May 1829 | 1829-05-20 | An accidental opportunity offers to send you a few oranges, which may, perhaps, be a rarity; and... |
| 141948 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | Nicholas P. Trist to James Madison, 21 February 1829 | 1829-02-21 | Instead of your hearing from me early in the week, as, in my few lines of last week, I promised... |
| 141949 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | To James Madison from Nicholas P. Trist, [3 April 1827] | 1827-04-03 | Stepping into the post-office to put my letter in, I am pleased to find the enclosed left here... |
| 141950 | Trist, Nicholas P. | Madison, James | To James Madison from Nicholas P. Trist, 29 January … | 1828-01-29 | I have been expecting by every mail for a week past, an answer to a letter I wrote you on the... |