To James Madison from George Graham, 31 March 1827
From George Graham
Washington March 31st. [1827]
Dear Sir
Beleiving that you would be surprized to find my official conduct impeached, I now forward the Report of the Committee with the accompanying documents, which have been printed only within a few days.1 I also enclose a Copy of a Letter from your old Friend Mr Tiffin,2 which I did not deem necessary to publish with the documents, but which is as honorable a testimonial of his goodness of heart, as it is creditable to myself. With feelings of most affectionate respect for Mrs. Madison & yourself yours sincere[l]y
Geo: Graham
RC and enclosure (DLC). RC docketed by JM. Year not indicated; conjectural year assigned based on JM’s docket. For enclosure, see n. 2.
1. John Wilson against George Graham: February 27, 1827, Mr Whipple, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to Which Was Referred Sundry Charges against George Graham […] (Washington, D.C., 1827; 31346). JM’s copy is in the Madison Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress.
2. The enclosure is a copy of Edward Tiffin to Graham, 17 Feb. 1827 (2 pp.), datelined Chillicothe, Ohio, expressing his “astonishment and indignation” at John Wilson’s charges against Graham. Tiffin went on to write that “the duties of Commissioner of the General Land Office has [sic] never been discharged with greater fidelity, ability and circumspection in guarding the public interests and in infusing into all the subordinate authorities under your control the same vigilence &c. manifested by the Chief of the General Land office.”