To James Madison from Thomas I. Wharton, 6 November 1826
From Thomas I. Wharton
Philada. November 6 1826
Sir
I send to you a copy of a discourse delivered by me on the 24th of October last before the Society for Commemorating the landing of William Penn,1 of which I ask your Acceptance. With great respect I am Yr. obt Servt
T. I. Wharton2
RC (DLC). Docketed by JM.
1. Thomas I. Wharton, A Discourse, Delivered on the Twenty-Fourth of October, 1826, before the Society for the Commemoration of the Landing of William Penn (Philadelphia, 1826; 27625).
2. Thomas Isaac Wharton (1791–1856), an 1807 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, served as a volunteer in the War of 1812. His literary pursuits included contributions to the Philadelphia Port Folio and the Analectic Magazine. Wharton became a prominent Philadelphia lawyer and author of treatises on the law. He was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1830, was a founder of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and was a member of the Library and Athenaeum Companies.