To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 14 August 1804
From James Madison
Aug. 14. 1804
Dear Sir
I submit to your perusal the inclosed letter as the most ready mode of explaining the wish of Bishop Madison with respect to Mr. Mansfield. If you can furnish me with any information proper for an answer, you will oblige me by so doing. It is not improbable that the Bishop may take Monticello in his way as he proceeds Westward. In this case you will be saved the trouble otherwise imposed.
Yrs always with respectful affectn
James Madison
RC (DLC); endorsed by TJ as received from the State Department at Orange on 16 Aug. and so recorded in SJL with Madison’s letters of 13 and 16 Aug. (see those letters for notations); also endorsed by TJ: “Mansfield.” Enclosure: Bishop James Madison to Madison, Williamsburg, 2 Aug., discussing his interest in employing Jared Mansfield as professor of mathematics at the College of William and Mary and asking for information on whether Mansfield is inclined to accept the position; Bishop Madison is setting out on a “Western Journey” and hopes to visit Montpelier on his return (Madison, Papers, Sec. of State Ser., 7:551-2; see also Vol. 42:366-7, 539).