From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 24 March 1793
To Thomas Jefferson
Alexanda. Mar: 24: 93
Dear Sir
I wrote at Baltimore, but the letter being too late for the mail, I have suppressed it. It contained nothing of consequence. We1 arrived here to day (2 OC) and shall proceed to Colchester tonight. Our journey has been successful; tho’ laborious for the horses. The roads bad generally from Head of Elk; on the North of Baltimore, and thence to George Town, excessively so. I am just told by Mr. R. B. Lee here, that Rutherford is elected, so is Griffin, Nicholas,2 & New.3 The other elections are unknown here.4 Yrs. always & affey.
Js. Madison Jr
RC (DLC). Docketed by Jefferson, “recd. Mar. 30.”
1. James Monroe was JM’s traveling companion.
2. John Nicholas (ca. 1764–1819), brother of George and Wilson Cary Nicholas, served as a Republican congressman, 1793–1801, from the district composed of Culpeper, Fauquier, and Stafford counties. He became JM’s political ally in the Third and Fourth Congresses (Manning J. Dauer, “The Two John Nicholases,” American Historical Review, 45 [1939–40]: 340–41).
3. Anthony New (1747–1833) was a Republican congressman from the district including King and Queen, King William, Essex, Middlesex, and Caroline counties, 1793–1805 ( , p. 1466; , 13:332).
4. On the Virginia congressional elections held on 18 Mar., see Madison in the Third Congress, 2 Dec. 1793–3 Mar. 1795.