To James Madison from Thomas Law, 11 July 1824
From Thomas Law
July 11th 1824.
Dear Sir,
I enclose a last effort that Mr. McLane the Chairman of the Comee. promised to report but had not time.1 Mr. Crawford has given a decided opinion under his hand in favor of the proposition to lend to the States at very low interest or to make a present to them of a Dollar per head on their population. Next year the Question of a National Currency will come regularly before Congress.
That you may continue to enjoy health & to have the satisfaction of witnessing your Countrys prosperity to which you have so much contributed is my sincere desire.
If I live to return from the visit I am about to pay to my friends on the other side of the Atlantic, I will do myself the honor of paying my respects to you, from whom I received in Washington so many kindnesses. With sincere respect esteem & regard
T Law
RC (DLC). Docketed by JM.
1. The enclosure was the Memorial of Thomas Law, Walter Jones, and Elias B. Caldwell: A Committee Appointed at a Meeting of the Inhabitants of the City of Washington, to Memorialize Congress on the Subject of a National Currency; April 16, 1824. Read, and Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means (Washington, 1824; 18886).