To James Madison from Edward Coles, 10 December 1826
From Edward Coles
Vandalia Dec: 10. 1826
My dear Sir:
I have only time to enclose you my late Message to the Legislature1—and to say that I expect to setout in a day or two for Albemarle, and hope to have the pleasure of seeing you and Mrs. Madison about the 20th of January, when I trust I shall have the happiness of finding you both in good health. Your friend
Edward Coles
RC (ICHi). Cover docketed by JM; postmarked at Vandalia, Illinois, 14 Dec.
1. Coles’s valedictory message, delivered to the Illinois legislature on 5 December, was published in the Vandalia Illinois Intelligencer, 9 Dec. 1826. For a discussion of its contents, see Leichtle and Carveth, Crusade against Slavery, 144–45.