To James Madison from E. D. Withers, 19 November 1823
From E. D. Withers
Fred. Nov. 19. 1823
D Sir
Having recd. the agency of the E Review1 and seeing you are a subscriber, I have thought it advisable to send you the last number. You will please inform me if you wish it continued—and if you wish to take the Quarterly or North American Review Yours Res.
E. D. Withers2
RC (DLC). Docketed by JM. Written at the foot of a broadside from Withers’s “Book & Stationery Store,” 1 Oct. 1823, which informs “his friends, and the public generally, that he has purchased the entire Stock of Books and Stationery belonging to Mr. William F. Gray, of Fredericksburg,” and that he “pledges himself to pay strict attention to business, and every exertion on his part shall be used for the benefit of those who may favor him with their patronage.”
1. Edinburgh Review.
2. Ezekiel Daniel Withers (b. ca. 1800) held this agency until mid-1825, when William F. Gray bought it back (Earl C. and May Miller Frost, comps., DeJarnette and Allied Families in America [1699–1954] [San Bernadino, Calif., 1954], 239, 240; Gray to JM, 12 Aug. 1825 [DLC]).