James Madison to James Breckinridge, 25 January 1820

To James Breckinridge

Dcr. [January] 25. 1820

Dear Sir

I have recd your two favors of the 16 & 17th and am glad that no inconvenience will result from what has happened in the case of the Clover seed. I would have greatly preferred yours to that which I have substituted, not liking altogether the appearance of the latter, and on that account having enlarged the quantity which is to be sown. Friendly respects & best wishes

James Madison

RC (owned by Marshall B. Coyne, Washington, D.C., 1980). JM incorrectly dated the letter “Dcr. 25. 1820”; date corrected here on the basis of Breckinridge to JM, 16 and 17 Jan. 1820.

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Title: James Madison to James Breckinridge, 25 January 1820
Author: Madison, James
Recipient: Breckinridge, James
Date: 25 January 1820

Reference

Cite as: “James Madison to James Breckinridge, 25 January 1820,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/04-01-02-0541. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Retirement Series, vol. 1, 4 March 1817 – 31 January 1820, ed. David B. Mattern, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, and Anne Mandeville Colony. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2009, pp. 589–590.]

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