James Madison Papers

From James Madison to Bartholomew W. Egan, 8 February 1828

To Bartholomew W. Egan

Montpr. Feby 8. 1828

I have recd. Sir, yours of the 1st. instant,1 inclosing a letter from Mr. Giles to the Visitors of the University, and a copy of a letter from Mr. Jefferson to Mr. Giles; all of which, will, as you request, be duly communicated. With friendly respects.

J. M

Draft (DLC).

1. Letters not found, but Egan probably sent a copy of Thomas Jefferson to William Branch Giles, 26 Dec. 1825 (DLC: Jefferson Papers), in which Jefferson wrote: “I learn with great satisfaction that your school is thriving well, and that you have at it’s head a truly classical scholar. He is one, of 3. or 4. only whom I can hear of in the state.” Egan was the new principal at the Wigwam Grammar School on Giles’s plantation (Richmond Enquirer, 21 Nov. 1826).

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    From James Madison to Bartholomew W. Egan, 8 February 1828
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    “From James Madison to Bartholomew W. Egan, 8 February 1828,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/04-04-02-0669. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Retirement Series, vol. 4, 3 March 1826–29 February 1828, ed. Armin Mattes, David B. Mattern, J. C. A. Stagg, Anne Mandeville Colony, Ellen D. Goldlust, Mary Parke Johnson, Katherine E. Harbury, and Mary K. Wigge. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2023, p. 667.]