To James Madison from Joseph Delaplaine, 11 October 1820
From Joseph Delaplaine
Philadelphia 11 Octobr 1820
Dear sir,
At the request of the author,1 I have the honour of transmitting to you, for your kind acceptance, a volume of poetry,2 for your good opinion of which, I know he would feel much gratified.
An elementary book for the use of schools,3 new in its design & arrangement, will be issued from the press by the same author, in a fee [sic] months; at which time I shall have the pleasure of sending to you a copy. With very high regard, I am, dear sir, your very obed. St,
Joseph Delaplaine
RC (DLC). Addressed by Delaplaine to JM. Docketed by JM.
1. Charles Mead was the principal of the Franklin Academy of Philadelphia (Albert Picket and John W. Picket, The Academician, Containing the Elements of Scholastic Science and the Outlines of Philosophic Education [New York, 1820], 143).
2. Charles Mead, Mississippian Scenery; A Poem, Descriptive of the Interior of North America (Philadelphia, 1819; 48656).
3. Charles Mead, The School Exercise, Containing a Course of Lessons, in Which the Various Branches of Education are Introduced as Subjects for Reading in Schools (Philadelphia, 1820). An extract of JM to Delaplaine, 12 Feb. 1822, was included among the “recommendations” in the second edition of this work (Philadelphia, 1823; Shoemaker 13275).