1. Ralph Randolph Gurley (1797–1872) was a Yale graduate who became an agent for the American Colonization Society in 1822, and subsequently its secretary, vice president, and life director. Although Gurley lived in Washington, his duties led him to travel widely and lecture in the United States, England, and Liberia. For more than twenty-five years he edited the African Repository, the journal of the society. As JM became more involved with the society in the 1830s, he exchanged a number of letters with Gurley and left $2,000 to the society in his will (McCoy, Last of the Fathers, 165, 299, 301).

2. Ralph Randolph Gurley, A Discourse, Delivered on the Fourth of July, 1825 (Washington, 1825; Shoemaker description begins Richard H. Shoemaker, comp., A Checklist of American Imprints for 1820–1829 (11 vols.; New York, 1964–72). description ends 20773). JM’s copy, with cover inscription, is in the Madison Collection, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library.