From James Madison to John Quincy Adams, 20 December 1826
To John Quincy Adams
Montpellier Decr. 20. 1826
Dear Sir
The copy of your Message to Congress transmitted under your cover,1 having arrived during an absence at our University from which I am but just returned, a regretted delay has taken place in acknowledging the favor. I now offer my thanks for it, with an expression of the due sense I have of the increased interest given to the topics embraced in the Communication, by the eloquent and impressive form in which they are presented. With the highest esteem & respect
James Madison
RC (MHi: Adams Papers).
1. [John Quincy Adams], Message from the President of the United States to Both Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the Second Session of the 19th Congress, Dec. 5, 1826 (Washington, D.C., 1826; 27216).