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The writings of James Madison,

comprising his public papers and his private correspondence, including numerous letters and documents now for the first time printed.
Madison, James (1751-1836)
 
THE WRITINGS OF JAMES MADISON VOLUME IX. 1819–1836
 
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CONTENTS OF VOLUME IX.
 
NOTE.
 
CHRONOLOGY OF JAMES MADISON. 1819–1836.

 
TO ROBERT WALSH.
 
TO THOMAS HERTELL.
 
TO CLARKSON CROLIUS.
 
TO NOAH WEBSTER.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO C. D. WILLIAMS.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO J. Q. ADAMS.
 
TO JACOB DE LA MOTTA.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO MARQUIS DE LA FAYETTE.
 
TO FRANCIS CORBIN.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO RICHARD RUSH.
 
TO SPENCER ROANE.
 
TO PETER S. DU PONCEAU.
 
TO SPENCER ROANE.
 
TO JOSEPH GALES.
 
TO JOHN G. JACKSON.
 
JONATHAN BULL & MARY BULL (1821).
 
TO HEZEKIAH NILES.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO EDWARD LIVINGSTON.
 
TO W. T. BARRY.
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TO THOMAS RITCHIE.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
TO EDWARD EVERETT.
 
TO EDWARD EVERETT.
 
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS CONCERNING SLAVERY. [1823].
 
TO WILLIAM EUSTIS.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO GEORGE HAY
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO RICHARD RUSH
 
TO WILLIAM TAYLOR.
 
TO EDWARD EVERETT.
 
TO JAMES BARBOUR.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
TO ROBERT S. GARNETT.
 
TO THOMAS COOPER.
 
TO JOHN CARTWRIGHT.
 
TO HENRY CLAY.
 
TO EDWARD LIVINGSTON.
 
TO HENRY LEE.
 
TO HENRY WHEATON.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO PETER S. DUPONCEAU.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
TO A. B. WOODWARD
 
TO MRS. MADISON.
 
TO FREDERICK BEASLEY.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
TO HENRY LEE.
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TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
TO NICHOLAS BIDDLE.
 
TO BENJAMIN WATERHOUSE.
 
TO FRANCES WRIGHT.
 
TO FREDERICK BEASLEY.
 
TO THOMAS RITCHIE.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
REMARKS ON AN EXTRACT FROM HAMILTON'S REPORT PUBLISHED IN THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
 
TO MORRIS ANTHONY.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
TO NOAH WEBSTER.
 
TO N. P. TRIST.
 
TO GEORGE MASON.
 
TO HENRY COLMAN.
 
TO MARTIN VAN BUREN.
 
TO SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH.
 
TO MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE.
 
TO THOMAS COOPER.
 
TO SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH.
 
TO JONATHAN ELLIOT.
 
TO HENRY WHEATON.
 
TO J. K. PAULDING.
 
TO MARTIN VAN BUREN.
 
TO JOSEPH C. CABELL.
 
TO NICHOLAS BIDDLE.
 
TO THOMAS J. WHARTON.
 
TO JONATHAN ELLIOT.
 
TO GEORGE MASON.
 
TO JARED SPARKS.
 
TO THOMAS S. GRIMKE
 
TO N. P. TRIST
 
TO MARQUIS DE LA FAYETTE.
 
TO WILLIAM WIRT.
 
TO MARTIN VAN BUREN.
 
TO THOMAS LEHRE.
 
TO JOSEPH C. CABELL.
 
TO JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
 
TO JOSEPH C. CABELL.
 
TO THOMAS S. HINDE.
 
TO JOSEPH C. CABELL.
 
OUTLINE.
 
SPEECH IN THE VIRGINIA CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
 
TO GEORGE McDUFFIE.
 
TO JAMES HILLHOUSE.
 
TO M. L. HURLBERT.
 
TO MARTIN VAN BUREN.
 
TO MARTIN VAN BUREN.
 
TO EDWARD EVERETT.
 
TO MARGARET B. SMITH.
 
TO THOMAS W. GILMER.
 
TO JARED SPARKS.
 
TO HENRY CLAY.
 
TO ANDREW STEVENSON.
 
TO JAMES K. TEFFT.
 
TO REYNOLDS CHAPMAN.
 
TO CHARLES J. INGERSOLL.
 
TO THEODORE SEDGWICK, JR.
 
TO C. E. HAYNES.
 
TO JAMES ROBERTSON.
 
TO JARED SPARKS.
 
TO J. K. PAULDING.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO JARED SPARKS.
 
TO TENCH RINGGOLD.
 
TO MATTHEW CAREY.
 
TO JARED SPARKS.
 
TO R. R. GURLEY.
 
TO N. P. TRIST.
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TO HENRY CLAY.
 
TO N. P. TRIST.
 
TO N. P. TRIST.
 
TO C. E. HAYNES.
 
TO REV.—ADAMS
 
TO ANDREW STEVENSON
 
TO N. P. TRIST.
 
TO JOSEPH C. CABELL.
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TO ALEXANDER RIVES.
 
TO THOMAS R. DEW.
 
TO JOHN TYLER.
 
TO WILLIAM CABELL RIVER.
 
TO HENRY CLAY.
 
TO BENJAMIN F. PAPOON.
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TO——.
 
TO THOMAS S. GRIMKE.
 
TO HENRY LEE.
 
TO WILLIAM COGSWELL.
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TO JOHN M. PATTON.
 
TO EDWARD COLES.
 
TO WILLIAM H. WINDER.
 
TO MANN BUTLER.
 
TO DANIEL DRAKE.
 
MADISON'S WILL.
 
TO W. A. DUER.
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TO CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.
 
TO CHARLES J. INGERSOLL.
 
SOVEREIGNTY.
 
NOTES ON NULLIFICATION.
 
TO——

 
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF LETTERS AND PAPERS PRINTED IN THESE VOLUMES (EXCEPT VOLUMES III. AND IV.).
 
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TO WILLIAM TAYLOR.

CHIC. HIST. SOC. MSS.
Montpr. Nov 22 1823

Dear Sir,—I have recd. your favor of the 15th
inst. which affords me an oppy. of thanking you at
the same time for your letter from Mexico, valuable
both for the facts stated in it, & for the prophetic
remarks which events confirmed.

Mexico must always have been made interesting
by its original history, by its physical peculiarities,
and by the form & weight of its colonial yoke. The
scenes thro' which it has latterly passed, and those
of which it is now the Theatre, have given a new

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force to the public feeling, and this is still further
enlivened by the prospect before it, whether left
to itself or doomed as it probably is to encounter
the interference of the powerful Govts. confederated
agst. the rights of man and the reforms of nations.
With the U. S. Mexico is now connected not only
by the ties of neighbourhood & of commercial interests
but of political affinities & prudential calculations.
We necessarily therefore turn an anxious
eye to everything that can effect its career and its
destiny.

These observations make it needless to say that
the communications you offer, whilst stationed in
that country will be recd. with a due sense of your
kindness. I feel some scruple nevertheless in saying
so of a correspondence which on one side must be
passive only. The scruple would be decisive if I
did not trust to your keeping in mind that the mere
gratification of a private friend is lighter than a
feather when weighed agst. your private business or
your official attentions.

Your friends in this quarter wd. have recd. much
pleasure from a visit if you cd. have conveniently
made it. They are all, I believe, in good health,
with the exception of Mrs. J. Taylor, who has laboured
under a tedious complaint which appears to have
very nearly finished its fatal task.

I am glad to learn that the President has given
you so acceptable a proof of the value he sets on your
services. It augurs a continuance of his friendly
attention as far as may consist with his estimates

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of other public obligations. In whatever circumstances
you may be placed I wish you health &
success; in which Mrs. M. joins, as she does in the
esteem & regard of which I beg you to be assured.

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