1651James Madison to Daniel Brent, 29 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
With your favor of the 23d. was duly recd. the copies of 2 Reports from the Secy of State on the years committed to the care of Mr. Trist. I am sorry for the trouble taken in such voluminous transcripts which greatly exceedd. what I intended. I find too they happen not to contain the particular information which I had in view. But it appears from a passage in the larger Report that it is...
1652James Madison to Ebenezer B. Williston, 29 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. yr. letter of the 24th inclosing the prospectus of a work you are about to publish. Havg found it convt. especially at my advanced age, to reduce rather extend my subscriptions of every sort, I must offer this as an explanation for not complying with your request, I offer at the same time my thanks for the intended favor you intimate, which under existing circumstances, it will be...
1653Joseph C. Cabell to James Madison, 28 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
Your favor of 5. inst was in the post office at this place, when I arrived on the 18th. I lost no time in conferring with some of my friends as to the proper time & place of publishing your Letters on the Tariff: and it was agreed that as to time, the earliest was the best, and as to place, that the seat of the national government, and the National Intelligencer, would be the most proper....
1654Robley Dunglison to James Madison, 25 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 22d. of December: and I will take care that every facility be afforded for the delivery of the Books into the possession of the Executor of the late Mr. Jefferson. The Proctor has already informed you of some trifling inconvenience to which we have been put, by the resignation of one of the Hotel Keepers, in consequence of a...
1655James Madison to Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 24 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have recd yrs. of 22. If Majr Spotsd. persists in his passion of resigning, & the right to object to it shd. be waived the first object will be to appt. a Successor; by the Procr. with the approvl. of Ex. Come. This failing, the mode of providg. for this case not beg. prescribed by the enacts., must be assumed it may be in the recess of ye. Board of Visitors, by the Exve. Come. on their...
1656James Madison to John Hartwell Cocke, 24 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have just recd. the inclosed from the Proctor. Should Majr. Spotswood’s resignation be persisted in, & allowed to take effect, and a regular Successor not be attainable, I see no other resort but the step suggested by Mr. B. which must be on our assumed responsibility. I shall readily take my share of it in that or any other arrangement you may judge preferable in the emergency. With cordial...
1657James Madison to Elliott Cresson, 24 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
With the examples before me, and as a token of the esteem and good wishes I feel for Elliott Cresson, I take pleasure in complying with his request, by the following sample of my handwriting. Liberty & Learning both best supported when leaning, each on the other. Printed copy (American Clipper, American Autograph Shop, Merion Station, Pa., Vol. 5, No. 5, Sept. 1937, Item 125).
1658James Madison to Richard Cutts, 24 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
Hearing nothing on the Subject of my answer to the Bill in Chancy. I begin to fear that some miscarriage has taken place or that a throng of business has not left Mr. Jones time to attend to it. Which ever be the cause, time must now be pressing, as I understood from you the Court was to sit in this month. If the adversary in the suit be at all likely to make out a troublesome case, you can...
1659James Monroe to James Madison, 24 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
Mr Elliott Cresson a very respectable citizen of Philadelphia, with whom I became acquainted there, this sumr, has requested me to give him an introduction to you, which I do with pleasure. He has travelled much in foreign countries, & has acquired much information on interesting subjects, and enjoys the reputation of, & is I think, a worthy man. RC (DLC) .
1660Gulian C. Verplanck to James Madison, 24 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
Having received from a European friend a copy of the Second statement of the London University, on the suggestion of our mutual friend Mr. Rives that its perusal would gratify you or perhaps afford some useful hint for the management of the Virginia University in which you take so warm an interest, I send you the pamphlet. As I wish to place it in the library of one of our institution with the...
1661Ebenezer Williston to James Madison, 24 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
I take the liberty to enclose to You the Prospectus of a Work in the publication of which I am engaged. I shall be happy to present You a copy of it, when published; but shall esteem it a great favour if You will have the kindness to become a subscriber In case you may be willing to oblige me in this respect will you forward to me the enclosed blank with your signature, With the liveliest...
1662Daniel Brent to James Madison, 23 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have the Pleasure to send you by Mr Trist Manuscript Copies of the only two Reports from Mr. Jefferson, that I can find upon Record in the Department of State, upon the subject of the Navigation and Commerce of the United States, tho’ I am unable to say whether either of them be the one to which your enquiry particularly relates, as containing a Comparison of War and Peace freights and...
1663James Madison to Robley Dunglison, 22 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
I am just informed by Mr. T. J. Randolph that he is compelled by the insolvency of the Estate of his grandfather to apply, as Exr. for the Books bequeathed to the University & now in its Library, as assetts towards paying the debts of the Estate. It will be proper therefore that the Books be delivd. to his order which will probably not be delayed. FC (DLC) .
1664James Madison to Thomas Jefferson Randolph, 22 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
Your letter of the 7th. post marked 9th. has but just come to hand, the 14th. day from its date. I need not, I am sure, express the pleasure I shall feel in contributing any thing in my power towards the object of it. The paper you inclosed was sketched with a view, as I recollect, to a prospectus for the information of subscribers, but may be so varied as to make part of a preface; whether...
1665James Madison to William Cabell Rives, 20 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
The last mail brought me your favor of the 17th. accompanied by a copy of the last Southern Review, for which I thank you. The disproportion of polemic politics which distinguishes it, tho’ derogating from the literary character of such works, might, if conducted with ability & good temper, be pardoned, at a moment and on topics peculiarly interesting. I have looked very hastily over the...
1666James Madison to Jean Guillaume Hyde de Neuville, 19 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. the copy of your Speech politely forwarded. I have read it with pleasure on acct. of its intrinsic merits, & permit me to add with the greater, as it presents you in a position which Opens an important field for the exercise of the talents & virtues, of which you left the lively remembrance among us. The Baroness de Neuville has been so kind as to charge Mrs. Cutts with...
1667James Madison to James Barbour, 18 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
I had the pleasure of duly receiving your interesting favor of Sepr. 29. The agricultural scenery which charmed you so much has had the same effect on other strangers surveying it with an equal taste for such improvements. I wish you may have as much reason to be pleased with the countenance of the Cabinet when your objects are presented to it. We think here it is high time for a...
1668James Madison to Nicholas P. Trist, 17 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have duly recd. yours of the 18th. The delay in sending on the Report of the Visitors was unluckily increased by my error in supposing that your letter to Charlottesville , had been addressed to the Bursar. On the discovery of it by his answer to one from me, I inclosed the Report unsealed to him with a request that he would include the omitted document, and then forward the communication by...
1669James Madison to William Allen, 16 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
Finding it convenient to send my waggons of [fl]our immediately, I request the favor of you to send by Mr Newman’s wch. goes off tomorrow morning, the articles on the enclosed Memorandum. I have desired Mr. Gray to hand over to you a balance of $7. dollrs in my favr., which may be applied towards paying for the articles. He will commit to your care also, a small supply of Wafers & sealing wax...
1670James Madison to William F. Gray, 16 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
I inclose $30. which will pay the balance due on the acct. in yours of the 11. & one dollr. worth of Wafers & sealg wax, which if put into the hands of Mr. Allen will be sent up, by Mr. Newmans Waggon now going down. The remaing $7 dollars, be so good as to hand over also to Mr. Allen—Finding it convenient to contract my subscriptions for periodicals, I must ask the favr. of you to withdraw...
1671James Madison to James Hamilton, Jr., 13 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have duly recd. the copy of your speech on the 28th. of Ocr. last; for which I am indebted to your politeness & tender my acknowledgments. I join very sincerely in all the praise which has been bestowed on the intellectual power & impressive eloquence by which it is distinguished But I am constrained to mingle with this just tribute, the remark that it comprizes doctrines in which I can not...
1672James Madison to William Cabell Rives, 13 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
J. Madison with his respects to Mr. Rives, requests the favor of him to have the letter herewith inclosed handed to Majr. Hamilton, if in Washington: or if not there, nor soon expected, to add to the address, the place where he will be found, & then have it put into the post office. RC and enclosure (DLC: Rives Collection, Madison Papers) . Enclosure is JM to James Hamilton, Jr., 13 Dec. 1828.
1673James Madison to William B. Sprague, 12 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have duly recd. your letter of the 5th. You have been misinformed with respect to the relation of blood between Bishop Madison & myself. It was rather a distant one; his father & mine, being but cousins. In friendship & affection we were closely allied and I feel a pleasure in furnishing the autograph you request, as of one whose memory ought ever to be associated with that of the wise &...
1674James Madison to Alexander Garrett, 11 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have just recd. yours of the 8th. & thank you for your attention to mine of the 5th. In justice to Mr. Trist, I must correct my error in saying he had informed me that he had written to you on the subject of the acct. from July to December 1827. On recurring to his letter I find it says only that he had written to Charlottesville . It was but my inference only & that, as appears, an...
1675William F. Gray to James Madison, 11 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
Enclosed I send you a statement of your a/c. as it stands on my Books, for your examination. The payment made by Mr. Waller in March 1827 did not quite balance the acct. and apprehending that you might be under the impression that it was balanced at that time, I have had it drawn off from the previous settlement. I pray you give it an exination, and if there are any errors in my statement they...
1676Nicholas P. Trist to James Madison, 11 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have not had it in my power to thank you sooner, for your kind compliance with my request in relation to Mr Gallatin. A few evenings after the receipt of your letter, it procured for me an interview in which my high expectations were realised, & I moreover experienced the gratification of having my own views on many points, confirmed by such high authority. It was not the least of the...
1677James Madison to John Quincy Adams, 8 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
J. Madison with his respectful compliments to the President of the U. States, returns many thanks for the copy of his Message to Congress, politely forwarded by him. It could not be read without a lively sense of the interesting features it presents of the National prosperity; nor without recognizing the ability & eloquence of which previous occasions had furnished like examples. RC (MHi:...
1678Alexander Garrett to James Madison, 8 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
Your favour of the 5th. instant is this moment received. The account from July 1827. to December—27. shall be immediately copied and enclosed, to the Governor as directed, all these accounts have been heretofore furnished and must now be in Mr. Trst office at the University, I have never recieved any letter from Mr. Trist on the subject of these accounts, I have lately learned, that he wrote...
1679Thomas Jefferson Randolph to James Madison, 7 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
You were so kind as to write a preface to the Memoir of my grandfather when it was contemplated to publish it alone, the autumn after his death. If it is not asking too much from your kindness, I would fain hope that it would not be disagreeable to you to give it some slight touches so that it might be accomodated to the work now about to be published as its preface, with that view I enclose...
1680Thomas Jefferson Randolph to James Madison, 7 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
My Grandfather, the late Thomas Jefferson devised, by his will, his library to the University of Virginia He likewise suggested a wish that his bust, executed by Ciracci, with the pedestal and truncated column on which it stands, should be presented by his executor to that institution. It has ever been my most earnest desire, to comply with all his wishes, and particularly with this, but the...
1681James Madison to Joseph C. Cabell, 5 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. tho somewhat tardily, your letter of Novr. 20. Since mine of the 10th. acknowledged in it, I have written you two others requesting further corrections of my remarks on the "Tariff", addressed in both instances to Edgewood; with a Duplicate of the last forwarded to Richmond. Has not the passage in Mr. Jefferson’s letter to Mr. Giles, to which you allude, denouncing the assumptions...
1682James Madison to Alexander Garrett, 5 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
The documents sent in consequence of my request of Novr. 21. came safe to hand. The acct from July 1828 to the last Session of the Board in Octr. was unnecessary it being decided to limit the annual report for the Legislature, to the year from July 1827. to July 1828 only. What is particularly wanted, not being in the hands of Mr. Trist nor yet recd. from you is the acct. from July 1827. to...
1683William B. Sprague to James Madison, 5 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
I scarcely know in what terms to thank you, which will do justice to my own feelings, for your kind remembrance of me, and for the repeated attentions you have rendered to my request, in respect to the autographs of distinguished men. That of Mr Henry enclosed in your obliging letter of the 28th ult. has just come to hand, and I hardly need say that its value in my estimation is much increased...
1684Joseph C. Cabell to James Madison, 3 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
I received by the last mail your favor of 26 ult: and have this moment finished all the corrections desired by you in regard to your letters of the 18th Sepr. & 30 Oct. These letters now stand exactly as you desired in your three last favors of 10th, 22d. & 26th Nov. and the erasures, & additions, are so introduced, that they will produce no difficulty with the printer. Should any others occur...
1685James Madison to John J. Crittenden, 2 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have just recd. your favour of Novr. 17 which I lose no time in answering. Of the sum originally due under the Covenant of Bell & Tapscot, viz $6000, one third was paid at the time. The only payment since made was $1000 recd. from Tapscott. The date of the payment does not appear from papers in my hands. It was sometime after the 2d. instalment of wch. that was one half became due. But, if...
1686James Madison to William Cabell Rives, 2 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
On turning to my bundles of Old Pamphlets, I picked out the inclosed duplicate Nos. of Debates in Congress during a period for which copies are now scarce. I am sorry I could not find more. They may perhaps be of some aid in making up complete sets as opportunities occur. We had the pleasure of Mrs. Rives’ company till yesterday morning, when she left us in the good health she brought with...
1687Anthony Morris to James Madison, 2 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
In your favor of the 27th Ulto, received this morning, I perceive with particular pleasure the proof of your entire restoration to health. All my household here truly rejoice with me on this happy Event, and return to you and to Mrs. Madison our most sincere thanks for your kind recollections. It appears from the records of the public debt kept here, that the S. O. Certificate for $73.93....
1688George Long to James Madison, 1 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
I lately heard from Mr Barbour that it is the wish of the Visitors of the Univ. of Va. to procure from England a Professor of the antient Languages, if a competent person could not be found in America. That such a situation may possibly be vacant is now known, and several applications have been made to me. Two of these were from persons of good character & respectable attainments, but not such...
1689James Madison to Albert Gallatin, 1 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
Mr. Trist who now holds a place in the Department of State, will be so much gratified by an introduction to one towards whom he entertains the sentiments he does towards you, that I very cheerfully put a few lines into his hands for the purpose. You may not be ignorant of his relation by marriage to Mr. Jefferson, who had for him a particular esteem, his title to which, I am persuaded, will be...
1690James Madison to Nicholas P. Trist, 1 December 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have just recd. your favor of the 26 Novr. with the communications relating to the university for which I thank you. I had written to the Bursar & Proctor, and recd answers, but that of the Bursar has I believe < > overlooked the period which your letter to him will probably lead him to attend to. His compliance with your request will probably reach me by the next mail from Charlottesville....
1691James Madison to John Hartwell Cocke, 29 November 1828 (Madison Papers)
I inclose letters from Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Brockenbrough & Mr. Davis. It appears from the Acct. in that of Mr. L. that there is a balance in the hands of the Barings of more than £300 Sterg. But Mr. Rives tells me it will probably be absorbed in debts for the Philosophical Apparatus. The communication from Mr. B raises the question whether the vacated Hotel shall be filled or suspended. This...
1692John Coalter to James Madison, 29 November 1828 (Madison Papers)
I wrote you a few days ago that the Governor had not receivd from you a Copy of the proceedings at Charlottesville. It may be that you have no extra Copy left; and I have got one made out from the Enquirer, in which paper of the 25—July, the proceedings were published—I now take the liberty to apprise you of this in case you should find any difficulty on that subject—your obt. Servant RC (DLC)...
1693James Madison to Richard Rush, 28 November 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have duly recd. my dear Sir your favor of the 21st. and thank you for the 2 pamphlets inclosed with it. Of the one which has for its mark the living Character it may well be said (varying a borrowed phrase), "that the keenness of the shaft is ever more than equalled by the vigor of the bow:" nor is it to be wondered that the portrait in the other, of the Character deceased, should have...
1694James Madison to William B. Sprague, 28 November 1828 (Madison Papers)
A friend whose father was a correspondt. of Mr Henry havg. understood that I had inquired for a specimen of his handwriting was kind eno’ to send me the enclosed part of a letter from him. I forward it to you the more readily, as I find that Mr Alexander to whom I referred as a source from which yr. wish might be gratified, does not a reside within the sphere I had supposed. Mr. Henry must it...
1695James Madison to John Coalter, 27 November 1828 (Madison Papers)
Before I recd. your favour of the 23d. I had taken steps for sending to the Governour the proceedings of the Convention at Charlottesville; but finding that the Memorial as finally agreed to, would not appear without much trouble in tracing the additions & alterations, I requested Mr. Davis to make out a distinct copy as resulting from these, which I have just recd. & now forward to the...
1696James Madison to Anthony Morris, 27 November 1828 (Madison Papers)
Availing myself of your experienced kindness, I inclose a L. O. Certificate for a small sum due to my father’s Estate, which it appears by the information from Richmond, is now to be applied for at Washington. I presume the power formerly sent you will suffice, and with the request that you will be so good as to use it for the occasion, I offer for yourself and those nearest in your...
1697Joseph C. Cabell to James Madison, 26 November 1828 (Madison Papers)
Your favor of 22d. came to hand by the last mail, and in full time for the purpose contemplated. The correction and addition directed in regard to your letters of the 18th Sepr. and the 30th Oct: have been made. Should any thing further occur to you, be pleased to direct to me at Richmond. Some time next week I shall set out for that place, having been detained longer at home this fall than...
1698Nicholas P. Trist to James Madison, 26 November 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have never lost sight of the report to the Legislature; and yet it has been impossible for me to make the sketch which goes by this morning’s mail, before this moment. The first days of my arrival were entirely engrossed by attendance on the office, & then, receiving & making calls and seeking a lodging. These things, added to the bustle of a tavern, made it so difficult for me to collect my...
1699William Wertenbaker to James Madison, 25 November 1828 (Madison Papers)
It is believed that the office of Secretary to the Board of Rector & Visitors will be vacant at their next meeting by the removal of Mr. Trist to the City of Washington. I wish my name to be mentioned to the Board as an applicant for the Office; With regard to my own claims and qualifications compared with those of other applicants, I shall say nothing, but refer the Board to the Faculty of...
1700John Hartwell Cocke to James Madison, 24 November 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. yours this day inclosing Monsr. Fer[ron’s] letter. Yours containing Professor Lomaxs communication came duly to hand, & has been acted upon. I informed Prof. L. that I could see no objection to "his occupying as heretofore, the hours of the Medical School, as long as in the opinion of the Faculty no inconvenience was likely to result from the change" I shall refer Monsr. Ferrons...