The writings of James Madison, comprising his public papers and his private correspondence, including numerous letters and documents now for the first time printed. |
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TO J. Q. ADAMS. |
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TO J. Q. ADAMS.
MAD. MSS.
Montpellier June 7, 1819
Dear Sir I have duly received your letter of
the 1st: instant. On recurring to my papers for the
information it requests, I find that the speech of
Col: Hamilton in the Convention of 1787,[152]
in the
course of which he read a sketch of a plan of Government
for the U. States, was delivered on the 18th
of June; the subject of debate being a resolution
439
Confederation ought to be revised and amended
so as to render the Government of the U. States
adequate to the exigencies, the preservation, and
the prosperity of the Union." I pray you accept,
Sir, assurances of my great consideration and esteem.
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