1861James Madison to Nicholas P. Trist, 21 June 1828 (Madison Papers)
Be so obliging as to complete the address of the inclosed letter to Mr. Eppes in answer to one recd. from him at Tallahassee, whence I presume he has got back to Virga. You will find the Debate in the Brit: H. of Commons on the subject of Canada, interesting in a historical as well as several other views. Mrs. M. has recd the welcome letter from Mrs. Randolph; and if she does not now answer it...
1862William Beach Lawrence to James Madison, 21 June 1828 (Madison Papers)
The duplicate of your letter of the 25th. of April, did not reach me till the 9th. ins. and the original has not yet been received. On learning your wishes, I lost no time in endeavouring to obtain the information which you desire; but as I did not know Mr. Ritchie’s address it was only through Mr. Key that I could commmunicate with him and the absence of the latter gentleman from town has...
1863William Jay to Richard Peters, 20 June 1828 (Jay Papers)
My Father desires me to thank you for your letter of the 10 Ins t : & for the friendly sentiments it expresses. He regrets that it is not in his power to assure you in his own hand writing that those sentiments are sincerely reciprocated. In the Spring of last year a slight injury rec d . in his ^right^ hand was succeeded by violent inflammation & gangrene— The Ulcer was healed after the lapse...
1864James Madison to Thomas Bee, 20 June 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. Sir, your letter requesting information as to a particular feature in the University of Virginia. The inclosed copy of its Enactments will furnish that & whatever else relating to the polity of the Institution may be acceptable. In reminding me of your father with whom I was a cotempory member of the Revolutionary Congress, I have an oppy. of expressing as I do wth. pleasure the...
1865John Vaughan to James Madison, 20 June 1828 (Madison Papers)
I embrace with pleasure the present opportunity of renewing an intercourse which has ever been a source of high gratification to me. The opportunity is the more acceptable as I am enabled to serve two much valued friends by bringing them acquainted with you—Dr Robert M Patterson one of the Vice Presidents & Mr J R Kane one of the Secretaries, of the American Philos Socy—Who meant to pay a...
1866Arthur S. Brockenbrough to James Madison, 17 June 1828 (Madison Papers)
As the time for the meeting of the Visitors will soon be here, arrangements must be made for their accommodation, it would give me great pleasure to know your wishes on the subject. Two Pavilions will be vacant the One formerly occupied by Mr. Bonnycastle and the one now occupied by Mr Long one or both can be fitted up as is most agreeable to you—The Horses of the Visitors can be provided for...
1867James Madison to James Monroe, 16 June 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have already apprised you of your mistake of the day for the meeting of the Visitors, which is the 10 th not the 15th. of July. I now wish you to know that we propose to pay a visit to Col: Lindsay, on our way, and on the following day, another. This will make it necessary to set out on Monday the 8th. You must not fail therefore to be here on the saturday or sunday preceding, and as much...
1868James Monroe to James Madison, 16 June 1828 (Madison Papers)
I received yours of the 3d. instt, a few days after our arrival here, and shall profit of the information you have given me, that the meeting of the Visitors takes place, on the 10th. & not the 15th. of next month, at the University, as I had supposed. It is my intention to depart hence, for Loudon, in time to enable me, to make arrangements for the harvest, & other concerns there, & to reach...
1869James Madison to James Barbour, 11 June 1828 (Madison Papers)
It has been much the wish of Mrs. Madison & myself to give a call at Barboursville whilst you remain there: but find it will not be in our power. We trust it will be in yours, if not before, to make a stage & pass a day at least with Mrs. Barbour and your family, at Montpellier, on the way to the port of your departures; to whom with yourself, we offer our joint and best salutations. RC ( ViHi...
1870James Barbour to James Madison, 11 June 1828 (Madison Papers)
We feel much obliged to you and Mrs Madison for your kind invitation to call on you before our leaving the neighbourhood—We had intended to do so as a mark of our regard and to take an affectionate farewell But we regret the suggestion of your inability to see us at Barboursville—and still hope to do so—Our Children will be up by thursday [se ennights] when we shall be most happy to see you...
1871James Madison to John Payne Todd, 10 June 1828 (Madison Papers)
At the request of Mr. William Clarke, I put this into the hands of Mr. Lewis Shaston his brother in Law by whom it will be delived. Mr. S. will explain the object of his visit to Philadelphia, and be obliged to you to refer him to the proper person there to be engaged in the pursuit of it. I need not express our anxiety to see you, nor the affectionate feelings which you can not doubt. RC (NjP) .
1872Thomas Bee to James Madison, 8 June 1828 (Madison Papers)
A late communication to the Richmond Enquirer, upon the subject of the plan of study laid down at the University of which you are now Rector, induces me to trouble you with a single question; the answer to which will not require many lines. It is this: Can an applicant of sufficient classical proficiency, be admitted to enter one or more of the scientific classes, without examination as to...
1873James Madison to Unknown, 8 June 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. yrs. of May 27. Mr. B[ache] having informed me that he had as a critical [ ] [from] friendly motives taken up a draft of [ ] for [ ]. I remitted him [ ], with an intention, tho’ uninformed as I was of the origin of the debt & the particulars of the case, to re-imburse the remainder But on this point, I was to have my own time, which cd. not be objected to, the case involving no...
1874James Madison to Nicholas P. Trist, 5 June 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. yours of the 30th. Ult. and given attention to the passage relating to the Statement of Dr. Watkins. I feel certainly every proper motive to comply with your request, especially under the reserves you annex to it. But I happen not to have the means of doing so which you take for granted. After a lapse of more than 20 years, without intervening occasions, for recurring to the...
1875James Madison to Bernard Peyton, 4 June 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have just recd. your note of the 1st. inst. accompanied by the Bacon which is thought to be very good. I thank you for your obliging purpose in the event of a speedy Curtailment. It wd. be very convenient to me if this cd. be delayed till I cd. avail myself of some other resource than the Sale of my Tobo. Not anticipating such a measure of the Bank, I had allotted the surplus of that,...
1876James Madison to R. Meade, 3 June 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your letter of the 27. inclosing letters from Dr. Cooper & Mr DuPonceau, all recommending Mr Tracie for the Classical professorship in the University of Virga. The recommendations with several others in his favor will be duly laid before the Visitors at their meeting in July where it is probable that the Chair of Professor Long will be vacated & refilled. As there will be a number...
1877James Madison to James Monroe, 3 June 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have just recd. yours of the 31st. Ult. inclosing letters recommending Mr. Tracie, and hasten to correct an error you have fallen into which affects the University as well as yourself. It is on the tenth not the 15th. of July that the Visitors are to meet. I address this to N. York where you will probably have arrived. It gives us great pleasure to find that Mrs. Monroe encounters the...
1878James Madison to Richard Smith, 3 June 1828 (Madison Papers)
$950— Sixty days after date–I promise to pay to Richard Smith, Cashier, or order, Nine hundred & fifty Dollars for value received payable at the office of Discount & Deposit Washington— Ms (NN) .
1879James Madison to Richard Cutts, 2 June 1828 (Madison Papers)
I did not receive yours of the 30th. Ult. in time to be answered by the return mail. I now inclose the note sent for my signature, which I hope will not be too late. I cannot but regret the circumstance that threatens to connect me with a Judicial investigation. If the Gentleman bringing be influenced solely by a hope of discovering what he professes to seek, the purport of my letter to Mr....
1880James Madison to Edward Everett, 1 June 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. the Copy of your Speech on the 1st. of Feby. which led you into the subject of our Foreign Intercourse. It is justly observed that there are no subjects within the circle of our Federal transactions, on which the Public Mind is more susceptible of erroneous impressions, than the arrangements & provisions for diplomatic Missions. The explanatory views you have given of the policy &...
1881James Monroe to James Madison, 31 May 1828 (Madison Papers)
I inclose to you two letters, one from Mr Tracie, soliciting the professorship held by Mr Long, when he retires from it, & the other from Mr Du Ponceau, in support of his application, and likewise a third, to the same effect, from Mr Peters, a son of Judge Peters, which last is rather of a private nature, but which I submit to your view. With the characters of Mr Du Ponceau, & Mr Peters, you...
1882Nicholas P. Trist to James Madison, 30 May 1828 (Madison Papers)
I should not have been so tardy in acknowledging your two favors of the 23 and 30th ulto, and returning my thanks for the newspapers by which they were accompanied, but for the reason that I will now explain. I had conceived a project in which, when brought to a certain stage of completion, it was my intention to beg your counsel & assistance. This project was nothing less than to write a...
1883James Madison to Bernard Peyton, 26 May 1828 (Madison Papers)
I inclose a note for renewing [ ] in Bank. If it cannot be done without [an immediate] curtailment, it [will be] necessary to dispose of Tobacco [ ] hand for the purpose. Be so obliging [ ] to make for me the annual payment due to the "Enquirer" With friendly respects Draft (owned by Charles M. Storey, Boston, Mass., ).
1884Richard Emmons to James Madison, 25 May 1828 (Madison Papers)
I am informed by my brother that you have condescended to patronise my first effort as an author. With your name, I associate every thing that is dear and valuable to my country. Yours, Sir, will be the third name that will be remembered with gratitude by future generations. I was in the full glow of youth during your administration, having entered my 21st year in 1809—hence you appear more...
1885James Madison to Henry Clay, 24 May 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have received yours of the 20th. inclosing the letter of Mr. Tracie. He had before made a direct application for the Classical Professorship in our University, and will of course be taken into due consideration with the other candidates. Notwithstanding the number of them, we shall not, I fear, find one who will replace as well as succeed Mr. Long now in that Chair, whose eminent...
1886Henry Clay to James Madison, 20 May 1828 (Madison Papers)
The inclosed letter has been transmitted to me by Mr. Bemis with a request to address a letter to you in behalf of Mr. Tracie, the writer of it, who is desirous of filling the Greek professorship in the Virginia University. Whilst I comply with that request, I think it proper to add that I cannot offer any opinion of my own as to the competency of Mr. Tracie for the station which he solicits....
1887James Madison to William Jones, 15 May 1828 (Madison Papers)
With my thanks for the past, I beg the favr. of your attention to the letter now inclosed. I wish you to abridge the trouble I give by omitting that of answering my letters, [ae in] yrs of the [2]2[nd] just recd. Th[ere] is so little risk in the mail [however] to Philad. that I can safely take for granted that there has been no miscarriage. recd. & With great & cordl. esteem Draft (DLC) .
1888James Madison to John Quincy Adams, 13 May 1828 (Madison Papers)
Col Preston is desirous of exchanging the office he holds at Richmond for that lately vacated by the death of Doctr. Tu[cker] & it is his wish that I should be in the number of his friends who bear testimony to the public services & personal qualities on which his pretensions are grounded. Tho anxious to avoid such intrusions, I can not in justice to Col. P. withold the observat[ion] that his...
1889James Madison to John Finch, 13 May 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have received your letter of the 1st. inst: & with it a copy of your "Essay on the effect of the physical Geography of the World on the boundaries of Empires:" The views taken of the subject are interesting, and some of them with the additional merit of originality, and I thank you Sir, for the communication of them. On turning from the past to the future speculation may be invited to the...
1890James Madison to James Maury, 13 May 1828 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. yours of March 31st. and hasten to give the information you request. Mr. John Walker the lawyer to whom you allude, is still living in the adjoining County at a very advanced Age. He has long been well known to me as he was to my father, and has always been regarded as of the strictest probity, and in every respect a most worthy character. He is not affluent, but in very...