From James Madison to Edward Everett, 19 July 1825
To Edward Everett
Montpellier July 19. 1825
Dear Sir
I have duly received the copy of your Oration at Concord on the 19th. of April last;1 and have derived much pleasure from the excellent ideas with which it abounds, & the elegant language in which they are conveyed. You have given it particular value, by making it a record of interesting details which might otherwise have passed into oblivion. With great esteem & cordial respects
James Madison
RC (MHi: Everett Collection); draft (DLC). RC cover addressed and franked by JM; postmarked Orange Court House, 22 July; docketed by Everett.
1. Edward Everett, An Oration Delivered at Concord, April the Nineteenth, 1825 (Boston, 1825; 20441). JM’s copy, with a cover inscription, is in the Madison Collection, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library.