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4915. MADISON (James), Jefferson's friendship for.—

My friendship for Mr.
Madison, my confidence in his wisdom and
virtue, and my approbation of all his measures,
and especially of his taking up at length the
gauntlet against England, is known to all with
whom I have ever conversed or corresponded
on these measures.—
To Thomas Leiper. Washington ed. vi, 465. Ford ed., ix, 521.
(M. 1815)