Item 8: Letter from James Madison in the handwriting of Dolley Madison Payne to Ferdinand L. Claiborne, (removed to Legal Box #1), 1809 August 22
Item — Box: 9, Folder: 9
Dates
- Created: 1809 August 22
Creator
- Madison, James, 1751-1836 (Person)
Access:
All series and subseries within this collection are open for research, with the exception of a few files within the Academia series that are restricted. The Academia series contains financial and sensitive institutional records from Wilkes College, and financial report records from Princeton University that will remain restricted for 80 years upon creation.
Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Letter.
Condition Note:
Okay. Some browning of the paper present.
Measurements:
11 ⅛ in. x 8 ½ in.
Title:
N/A
Description:
This letter regards the Mississippi territory. The letter is signed by James Madison, however the letter has the penmanship of his wife, Dolley Madison.
Transcription:
Sir Montpellier Augst. 22. 1809
To the inclosed letter, which you will be pleased to communicate to the House of Representatives of the Mississippi Territory, I feel pleasure in adding my acknowledgements for the friendly sentiments exposed in your transmission of the address of that Body; praying you at the same time, to accept in return, assurance of my esteem and of my best wishes.
James Madison
Ferdinand L. Claiborne, Esq.
Location:
Montpellie
Creator
- Madison, James, 1751-1836 (Person)
- Madison, Dolley Payne Todd, 1768-1849 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository
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84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu