From James Madison to Edward Everett, 9 April 1826
To Edward Everett
Montpellier April 9. 1826
Dear Sir
I have duly recd. your favor of Mar. 29.1 accompanied by the two copies, one, of your speech on a proposed amendment of the Constitution of the U.S.,2 the other, of a Report on the Mission to Panama.3 The documents contain very able & interesting views of their respective subjects, and belong to the select class of Materials for an instructive history of the discussions & proceedings of the present Congress. With my thanks for the polite communication, I tender you, Sir, assurances of my high esteem & my best wishes.
James Madison
RC (MHi: Everett Collection); draft (NN). RC addressed by JM to Everett at “Congress Washington”; docketed by Everett.
1. Letter not found.
2. [Edward Everett], Speech of Mr. Everett, on the Proposition to Amend the Constitution of the United States: Delivered in the House of Representatives, March 9, 1826 (Washington, D.C., 1826; 24460). JM’s copy is in the Madison Collection, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library.
3. Mission to Panama: Mar. 25, 1826, Read, and Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union […] (Washington, D.C., 1826; 27231).