183231Benjamin Waterhouse to James Madison, 30 May 1833 (Madison Papers)
It was a saying of one of the wise men of antiquity that a Great Book was a Great Evil ; thereby implying that a little book might be a good thing. Under this hope I here send for your amusement a little book ; which I made for a youth who sat out with about twenty others, older than himself, to go to the Pacific Ocean by land , by the way of the Rocky mountains; and absolutely proceeded to...
183232James Madison to Henry Clay, June 1833 (Madison Papers)
Your letter of May 28th. was duly received. In it you ask my opinion on the retention of the land bill by the President. It is obvious that the Constitution meant to allow the President an adequate time to consider the bills &co. presented to him, and to make his objections to them; and on the other hand that Congress should have time to consider and overrule the objections. A disregard on...
183233James Madison to R. H. C. Taylor, June 1833 (Madison Papers)
Since my answer to your two letters, I have heard nothing from Mr. Clarke, on the subject of them from which I infer as I do from other circumstances, that he can give no aid to the search for evidence of the military services of your two Uncles. I now learn that Col Robt. Taylor Junr. on the advice of his father with whom I had communicated on the subject, has put what papers and information...
183234James Madison to Chapman Johnson, 3 June 1833 (Madison Papers)
It has been suggested that the Govr. may wait for some regular notice of the Death of Genl. Breckenridge before he fills the vacancy occasioned by it. I hope this is not the case. He has all the evidence of the event, that is possessed by any of us; and beyond that of the Newspapers, better means of ascertaining it than I have. Perhaps it wd. not be inconvenient for you to learn his views of...
183235Chapman Johnson, to Governor John Floyd of Virginia to James Madison, 3 June 1833 (Madison Papers)
I have just received a letter from Mr. Madison, in which he says,— "It has been suggested that the governor may wait for Some regular notice of the death of Genl Breckinridge, before he fills the vacancy occasioned by it. I hope this is not the case—He has all the Evidence of the event possessed, by any of us,—and beyond That of the news papers, better means of ascertaining it, than I...
183236Lyman C. Draper to James Madison, 4 June 1833 (Madison Papers)
Yours of the 19th May was recd the 26th of the same month. I am under the necessity of troubling you again for some information respecting your useful life. If there has ever been any sketches of your life published either in the form of Books, Periodicals or Newspapers, I would request you to mention them to me, and would furthermore request you to mention the dates of the Periodicals and...
183237Henry Lee to James Madison, 4 June 1833 (Madison Papers)
It is some time since I submitted to the public certain observations on the writings of the late Mr. Jefferson, intended to vindicate my fathers memory from a gross and virulent slander contained in that mass of misrepresentations. Many of these observations were suggested by a letter of the 28th. Decr. 1794, addressed by Mr. Jefferson to yourself. Its first paragraph I did not refer to, as I...
183238Edmund H. Taylor to James Madison, 4 June 1833 (Madison Papers)
A Stranger to you but descended from a numerous family by whom I have been always taught to venerate your name I take the liberty of addressing you for the purpose of ascertaining whether you cannot give me some information that may be useful in establishing the fact that my Great Uncle Francis Taylor was a Major in service at the close of the Revolutionary war and in consequence under the...
183239Matthew Maury to James Madison, 8 June 1833 (Madison Papers)
Learning from my Father that it was his intention to make you a visit, I have taken the liberty of addressing his London Papers to you, & I am sure he will second me in the request that you will make use of them— The present posture of affairs in England, the actual change which the Reform Bill has worked in the relative position of Ministers & Parliament, & the many new propositions made in...
183240James Madison to Bernard Peyton, 10 June 1833 (Madison Papers)
It is so long since the date of your letter informing me that you should in a few days make sale of my Tobo. and would immediately give me an account of it, without my hearing from you, that I suspect a letter must have miscarried. In that case, be so obliging as to forward a duplicate. Taking for granted that the Tobo. would have been sold I draw on you for ninety dollars in favor of Mr....