183211James Madison to Nicholas P. Trist, 8 May 1833 (Madison Papers)
Yours of the 3d. came safe to hand, with that from Mrs. T. to Mrs. M. Inclosed is the answer of the latter. My hopes & wishes are much encouraged by the detailed view you give of your new destination. We count with assurance now on a visit from both Mrs. T. & yourself, and with a probability of that of Mrs. Randolph, at a day not very distant. Let us know the time when it shall be fixed on....
183212Frank Carr to James Madison, 8 May 1833 (Madison Papers)
It has given me great pleasure to comply with your request as far as was practicable; and I have enclosed the papers, as you desired to President Peers, with the exception of the ground plot of the Buildings of the University. The impression made by Mr. Brockenbrough has been entirely exhausted, and not one was to be procured. The two revisions of the laws of the university which have been...
183213Lyman C. Draper to James Madison, 8 May 1833 (Madison Papers)
I am contemplating the compilation of a work to be entitled "The Lives of the Presidents of the United States"; and as I am rather destitute of materials for writing a full and accurate account of the public and private lives of Mr. John Quincy Adams, yourself, and your Successor in office, I have been compelled to resort to the former personage himself; the Son-in-law of Mr. Monroe, P. M. at...
183214Thomas S. Grimké to James Madison, 10 May 1833 (Madison Papers)
I take the liberty of asking a few moments of your time, if it can be spared without serious inconvenience, for the bearer of this Mr Barnard, who brought me a letter of introduction from the Honble Gideon Tomlinson, one of the Senators of the U. S. from Connecticut and formerly Governor of that State. Mr B. is from Hartford Connecticut, and is desirous of seeing every thing that is most...
183215James Madison to Bernard Peyton, 11 May 1833 (Madison Papers)
Your letters of {2m#} & of {2m#} were duly recd. The articles referred to in the first were safely delivered & in every respect satisfactory. The sale of the 2 Hhds of Tobo. reported in the second, was as good as could be expected as it did not suit the taste of the Manufacturers; & brought the highest price of exported Tobo. On comparing it with a sample brought us by the Waggoner, of Mr...
183216Robley Dunglison to James Madison, 14 May 1833 (Madison Papers)
I have this day received a Communication from the Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the University of Maryland, informing me, that, at their meeting of the 9th Inst; they had unanimously appointed me Professor of Materia Medica, Therapeutics, Hygiene and Medical Jurisprudence in the Faculty of Physic in that Institution. In laying before you my resignation of the Chair I now hold in the...
183217Robley Dunglison to James Madison, 14 May 1833 (Madison Papers)
"Professor Davis begs of me to express to you officially his desire to occupy my Pavilion & grounds when I leave the University. May I beg of you to let his desire be placed before the Visitors at such time as you may think proper. It will be to my Interest, that he should take possession of it, but this ought not perhaps to be regarded." I have not heard for some time of your state of health:...
183218James Madison to John Hartwell Cocke, 16 May 1833 (Madison Papers)
I have just recd. from Doctr. Dunglison a letter of which the inclosed is a copy; and I lose no time in making it known to you, as I am doing to the other Visitors—The following is an extract of a private letter which he desires may also be placed before the Visitors. "Professor Davis begs me to express to you officially his desire to occupy my Pavilion and grounds when I leave the University....
183219James Madison to Thomas Jefferson Randolph, 16 May 1833 (Madison Papers)
I have just recd. from Doctr. Dunglison a letter of which the inclosed is a copy; and I lose no time in making it known to you, as I am doing to the other Visitors—The following is an extract of a private letter which he also desires may be placed before the Visitors. "Professor Davis begs me to express to you officially, his desire to occupy my Pavilion and grounds when I leave the...
183220James Madison to the Visitors of the University of Virginia, 16 May 1833 (Madison Papers)
I have just recd from Docr. Dunglison a letter of which the inclosed is a copy; and I lose no time in making it known to you, as I am doing to the other Visitors. The following is an extract of a private letter which he desires may also be placed before the Visitors " Draft (DLC) .