1561Philip P. Barbour to James Madison, 21 March 1829 (Madison Papers)
The Delegation appointed in Louisa, to meet at Orange Ct. House on monday next, for the purpose of nominating members to the Convention, have requested me to inform you, that they wish to call on you a short time on Monday morning, as they go, from my house to Court, with a view to enquire, whether if elected, you will be willing to serve. I am your’s resply RC (DLC) . Docketed by JM.
1562Nicholas P. Trist to James Madison, 21 March 1829 (Madison Papers)
The branch of business that has been assigned me, makes this the busiest period of the year: indeed the press scarcely allows me breathing time. This will be a sufficient apology, I trust, for not sooner answering your last favor. In relation to the Faculty report, I took the liberty of departing from your directions, so far as to have it inserted by both the Intelligencer & the Journal, as a...
1563James Monroe to James Madison, 20 March 1829 (Madison Papers)
I am just recovering, from a very severe attack of cold & fever, by which I have been confin’d to my room, & until a few days past to my bed nearly three weeks. The fever has left me, but I am very weak, & able to sit up, a portion of the day only. This is the second, since we parted, under which I have suffered. The first proceeded from a fall, from my horse, who fell with me, & in rising,...
1564James Madison to William Allen, 19 March 1829 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your favor of and am much obliged by your offer to meet my draft without selling flour for the occasion. Hoping that the present very depressed price may not last, I accept your kind proposition on condition that you sell the moment the delay becomes inconvenient or a speedy change, of the market for the better, improbable. I was not without hope that I might be able to remit you...
1565James Madison to Joseph C. Cabell, 19 March 1829 (Madison Papers)
I recd. by the last mail your favour of the 13th. with a copy of the Pamphlet containing the two supplemental letters of Mr. Jefferson. They are as much in point as words could make them. But his authority is made to weigh nothing or outweigh every thing, according to the scale in which it is put. It would be well, if the two letters at least could find their way into the newspapers, that...
1566James Madison to Robley Dunglison, 16 March 1829 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. from Mr. Wertenbaker the Resolution of the Faculty of the 12th. inst; suggesting the appointment of a come. to examine & report on the State of the University; and the circumstances connected with the late Sickness The reasons expressed for the measure seem sufficiently to recommend it, and my sanction is given in advance to any selection of person that may be made for the trust....
1567Joseph C. Cabell to James Madison, 16 March 1829 (Madison Papers)
I went out of the house yesterday for the first time, since my arrival at this time: but my health is still in a feeble state, and it will probably be some weeks before I shall be able to resume my usual private pursuits. I do not take the Enquirer, and therefore am often ignorant of what is said in that paper. I filed away the numbers of Mr. Giles’s commentaries upon your letters, as far as...
1568James Madison to John Quincy Adams, 13 March 1829 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your letter of the 1st. (post marked 7th.) instant, inclosing two letters from you to Mr. Bacon in 1808, one bearing date Novr. 17th. the other, Decr. 21. You ask the favor of me to compare these letters with the narrative in that of Mr. Jefferson [to Mr. Giles] of Decr. 25. 1825, and to let you know whether they were seen by me shortly after they were recd., with a further...
1569Joseph C. Cabell to James Madison, 13 March 1829 (Madison Papers)
I send you by the mail which will bring you this, a copy of the pamphlet containing your letters, with the additional documents respecting Mr. Jefferson’s opinions, suggested to me by Mr. Rives. 2000 copies had been printed before these were handed to the printer. He then printed 500 Copies with the extra appendix. And the latter will go with all future copies. I received a letter from Mr....
1570James Madison to William Lambert, 13 March 1829 (Madison Papers)
Your letter of the 10th. instant was brought to me by the last mail. I very sincerely regret the situation in which it represents you, and you have my best wishes for an alleviation of it: But consistency with a rule I have been obliged to adopt does not permit the interposition you request. Being on the spot where the consideration recommending you to a favorable attention can be well...
1571William Wertenbaker to James Madison, 13 March 1829 (Madison Papers)
By order of the Faculty, I have the honor of sending you the enclosed resolution of that body. I also send you a letter from Hilliard Gray & Co of Boston to the Librarian of the University, by which it appears that they wish to discontinue their agency in furnishing the University with periodicals. The manner in which they have furnished the Library, has been at all times a subject of...
1572James Madison to Benjamin Waterhouse, 12 March 1829 (Madison Papers)
I recd in due time, with your favor of the 14th. Ult: a copy of your Inaugural Discourse prepared in early life. I was not at leisure till within a few days, to give it a perusal; and I ought not now to hazard a critique on the merits of its Latinity. If I were ever in any degree qualified for such a task, a recollection of my long separation from classical studies would arrest my pen. I am...
1573de Générés de Jourville to James Madison, 10 March 1829 (Madison Papers)
If a young gentleman, (from Paris) who can be well recommended, could find in your institution, a situation as a teacher of the French and Spanish Languages; by addressing a note to the undersigned, you will oblige sensibly Dear Sir Your Most obdt Servant thro the Care of G. C. de Générès Esqr Alexandria. DC. RC ( ViU ). Docketed by JM. On the same page is a draft answer: "I have recd. your...
1574William Lambert to James Madison, 10 March 1829 (Madison Papers)
Several unfavorable circumstances have combined to deprive me of that support which, from an early period of life, I had by employment in the public service. Desirous of establishing a first meridian, and an observatory at the seat of the national government, I pursued that object too far, without success, and by that zeal, have lost every thing else beneficial to me. With habits of industry,...
1575Mathew Carey to James Madison, 9 March 1829 (Madison Papers)
I take the liberty to submit the annexed circular to your consideration, with a hope that you may find leisure to furnish me with some materials for the plan it unfolds. There is a wonderful change in the spirit of the nation since the revolution. We have become a sordid people. Money & office are our Gods. It is desirable to erect a mound against the further progress of this miserable...
1576James Madison to Robley Dunglison, 6 March 1829 (Madison Papers)
On the rect. of yours of the 26. I had copies of the statement inclosed in it & forwarded one for the Natl. Intelligencer & another for the Enquirer. So exact and authentic a publication on the subject of the Endemic at the University must have a seasonable controul on false or exaggerated accounts from whatever sources proceding. My letter of the Feby. 23. answerd your preceding one. I have...
1577James Madison to Chapman Johnson, 2 March 1829 (Madison Papers)
Inclosed is a copy of a Statement by the Faculty of the University, which prepared wth. a wish that it may be published in the Enquirer & Natl. Intelgr. I have forwarded a copy for the latter, and ask the favor of you to have the one inclosed handed to the Enquirer. Previous to this communication from the chairman I had recd. a letter from him, suggesting the Expediency of an inspection &...
1578James Madison to Nicholas P. Trist, 1 March 1829 (Madison Papers)
Your favor of the 24th. Ult. was recd. by mail of thursday last. The copies of Mr. Monroe’s paper had been just before forwarded to Mr. Johnson & Mr. Cabell, and I sent to Mr Randolph by the earliest mail the copies of Mr. Jeffersons letters to Mr. Adams senr. and myself; having previously adverted to the passages you wished to have my consideration. The word "species" last repeated, I found...
1579John Quincy Adams to James Madison, 1 March 1829 (Madison Papers)
Your friendly Letter of the 24th. ulto is received, and the remark which you make in it respecting General Hamilton, as well as your own position, in the affairs of this Union from 1804 to 1814, induce me to request an appeal to your own recollections with regard to some of the facts involved in this controversy. And first let me premise that Mr Plumer’s testimony in the pamphlet which you...
1580George W. Featherstonehaugh to James Madison, 1 March 1829 (Madison Papers)
I have directed the Publisher to forward to you a little Work which has engaged some of my hours of a melancholy leisure this winter. Having almost lost every one that was dear to me, and my domestic happiness being entirely broken up, my mind turns willingly to Contemplative pursuits. If you have not read the original, my translation will in an imperfect manner, make you acquainted with some...
1581James Madison to Daniel Brent, 28 February 1829 (Madison Papers)
I recd. by the last mail, yours of the 24th. inst: Being restrained by a rule I have found it requisite to apply to other cases from such an interposition as you request, I can only express the esteem & friendly wishes I have always entertained for you. The long continuance in the place you held in the Department of State whilst I was charged with it, is a testimony that speaks for itself. And...
1582James Madison to Thomas Jefferson Randolph, 28 February 1829 (Madison Papers)
I recd by the last mail from Mr Trist the inclosed copies of two letters from your Grandfather, to be forwarded to you. He suggested at the same time for consideration, whether what is said of pamphlets in the letter to Mr Adams might not clash with his comment on those sent by me. But a little candor would readily reconcile the two passages. A literal consistency indeed results from the order...
1583Joseph C. Cabell to James Madison, 27 February 1829 (Madison Papers)
I am now able to furnish the information you lately desired relative to the authority on which the Editor of the Enquirer stated in that paper some time ago that you and Mr. Jefferson were privy to the publication to the piece written by Mr. Pendleton signed or headed "The Danger not over". At my request Genl. Dade last evening made the enquiry of Mr. Ritchie: who said he would willingly give...
1584Lawrence T. Dade to James Madison, 27 February 1829 (Madison Papers)
I take the liberty of introducing to your acquaintance Mr Edgington, a delegate from the county of Brooke in the present Genl Assembly, who is passing thro’ Orange on his return; I have no doubt Mr Edgington is well known to you by reputation; it is therefore on my part only necessary to announce his name to you With the highest esteem I am most respectfully Yr Ob. St RC (DLC) . Docketed by JM.
1585Robley Dunglison to James Madison, 26 February 1829 (Madison Papers)
I have been expecting to have the honor of receiving a letter from you advising what course should be pursued to satisfy the public desire to hear accurate accounts from the University. This morning, the Faculty have determined to make the accompanying Statement of Facts, in order that you might use your own discretion with regard to its publication. The Public seem uninformed or misinformed...
1586Samuel Martin to James Madison, 26 February 1829 (Madison Papers)
I received yours of the 30 Jany, in answer to mine of the 12th for which Sir please accept my best thanks for it conferred a very particular favour the matter about the P. office as you Say requires hesitation before it would be prudent to enter on such an expensive experiment this Sir is very true in all things there will be wrong done but to guard as much as possible against wrong is all...
1587James Madison to John Quincy Adams, 24 February 1829 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. in your kind letter of the 21st. inst: the little pamphlet containing the "correspondence between yourself and several citizens of Massachusetts; with certain additional papers" The subjects, presented to view by the pamphlet, will doubtless not be overlooked in the history of our Country. The documents not previously published are of a very interesting cast. The letter of...
1588Daniel Brent to James Madison, 24 February 1829 (Madison Papers)
Your Goodness will easily appreciate my motive and excuse the liberty I take in troubling you with the present letter. As I am but little known to General Jackson personally, I am desirous of procuring such Testimonials, to be used if Occasion should require, as may be of service to me, in reference to the situation which I hold in the Department of State, and must therefore take the liberty...
1589Joseph C. Cabell to James Madison, 24 February 1829 (Madison Papers)
I fear my long silence in regard to your last letters of the 2d. and 15th inst. may have induced you to think me ungrateful & inattentive. It has arisen, I assure you, from the pressure of my public duties, and from ill health. I was in the Senate yesterday to vote upon the Tariff Resolutions, after a confinement to my bed for some days, and I am again confined to my chamber. For two or three...
1590James Madison to John Hartwell Cocke, 23 February 1829 (Madison Papers)
I inclose a letter from Docr. Dunglison with my answer to it. Should you concur in the expedient he suggests, or in any other, for obviating reports injurious to the University, I shall cheerfully confide in your choice of the mode most proper for authenticating the true State of things there. With great esteem & cordial salutations RC ( ViU ); FC (DLC) .