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4914. MADISON (James), Jefferson's bequest to.—

I give to my friend, James Madison, of Montpelier, my gold-mounted walking-staff
of animal horn, as a token of the
cordial and affectionate friendship, which, for
nearly now an half-century, has united us
in the same principles and pursuits of what
we have deemed for the greatest good of our
country.—
Jefferson's Will. Washington ed. ix, 514. Ford ed., x, 395.
(March. 1826)