James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Charles P. Harrison, 7 February 1813 (Abstract)

§ From Charles P. Harrison

7 February 1813, Philadelphia. “Desirous of engaging the patronage of the enlightened and most distinguished men of our country, I submit to you the accompanying annunciation for a subscription list,1 which I am anxious to render as honourable to the patriotism of the present period in our annals, as contributory to the advancement of the Fine Arts in the United States: arts which have ever flourished, and always attained the acmé of glory and perfection in a republic.”

RC and enclosure (DLC: Madison Collection, Rare Book Division). RC 1 p.; printed, with date, address, and signature in Harrison’s hand. For enclosure, see n. 1.

1. Harrison, a Philadelphia copperplate printer, enclosed a one-page printed prospectus, headed “ADDRESS,” for a “subscriptive Print” of The American Tar. Emphasizing the influence of the fine arts on the “elevation of national greatness,” Harrison hoped that a nation that supported the arts would not fail to support the relief of seamen’s widows and orphans, the beneficiaries of his print sales (Paxton, Philadelphia Directory and Register, for 1813 [Shaw and Shoemaker description begins R. R. Shaw and R. H. Shoemaker, comps., American Bibliography: A Preliminary Checklist for 1801–1819 (22 vols.; New York, 1958–66). description ends 29456]).

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    To James Madison from Charles P. Harrison, 7 February 1813 (Abstract)
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    Harrison, Charles P.
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    Madison, James
    Date
    7 February 1813

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    “To James Madison from Charles P. Harrison, 7 February 1813 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, last modified June 29, 2017, http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-05-02-0557. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 5, 10 July 1812–7 February 1813, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Martha J. King, Ellen J. Barber, Anne Mandeville Colony, Angela Kreider, and Jewel L. Spangler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2004, p. 657.]