Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 24 March 1823

To James Madison

Monticello Mar. 24. 23.

Dear Sir

Mr Dodge, our Consul at Marseilles, wishing to pay his respects to you on his way to Richmd and apprehending that altho presented to you some half dozen years ago, you may not now recollect him, requests me to give him a line of re-introduction. you will find him a person of very general information and good sense, and particularly familiar with the affairs of Southern Europe.

We shall hope to see mrs Madison & yourself some time before the 7th prox. I hope you recieved mine of the 14th inclosing the recommendatory papers of a mr O’Flaherty to be returned at your convenience that I may restore them to him. ever and affectionately yours

Th: Jefferson

RC (MoSHi: Lewis F. Linn Papers). Recorded in SJL (brackets in original) as a letter to “Madison James [intrody of Dodge].”

In a letter dated Salem, Massachusetts, 30 Oct. 1815, William Bentley had presented Joshua Dodge to President Madison (Madison, Papers description begins William T. Hutchinson, Robert A. Rutland, John C. A. Stagg, and others, eds., The Papers of James Madison, 1962– , 43 vols.: Congress. Ser., 17 vols.: Pres. Ser., 11 vols.: Retirement Ser., 3 vols.: Sec. of State Ser., 12 vols. description ends , Presidential Ser., 10:16–7).

Index Entries

Bentley, William (of Massachusetts); recommends J. Dodge search
Dodge, Joshua; TJ introduces search
Dodge, Joshua; W. Bentley introduces search
Jefferson, Thomas; Correspondence; letters of introduction from search
Madison, Dolley Payne Todd (James Madison’s wife); TJ invites to Monticello search
Madison, James (1751–1836); as member of University of Virginia Board of Visitors search
Madison, James (1751–1836); letters of introduction to search
Madison, James (1751–1836); letters to search
Madison, James (1751–1836); TJ invites to Monticello search
O’Flaherty, Thomas John; seeks professorship search
Virginia, University of; Faculty and Curriculum; faculty applicants search

You Are Looking At

Source Project: Jefferson Papers
Title: Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 24 March 1823
Authors: Jefferson, Thomas
Dodge, Joshua
Recipient: Madison, James
Date: 24 March 1823

Reference

Cite as: “Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 24 March 1823,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-19-02-0366. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 19, 16 September 1822 to 30 June 1823, ed. J. Jefferson Looney et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022, p. 483.]