1James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 10 April 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Having been detained in Washington untill the 6 th inst. I did not reach home till Tuesday night, and of course too late to comply with the arrangement notified in yours of the 10 th March by Bizet . I take for granted that the other Visitors met, and that for the present at least my attendance will not be needed. As it has always been our purpose to pay a visit to Monticello at no distant day...
2James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 29 November 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I rec d some days ago yours of the 15 th and shall send my Palladio by the Stage of tuesday. It will probably arrive by the time you get back from Bedford . I send you the inclosed from M r Cooper , that it in case of the supposed miscarriage of his letter to you
3James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 1 January 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours by the bearer of this was safely delivered last evening. I return the letter to the Gov r which is well adapted to its object. The pencilled marks will merely suggest for your consideration, whether the term Monastic , tho’ the most significant that could be chosen, may not give umbrage to the Institutions to which it is applicable; and whether the idea of seeking professors abroad , may...
4James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 12 February 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I have rec d yours of the 6 th inclosing the letters to & from D r Cooper , and forward the former by this days mail, the first that has offered. The relinquishment of our claim on him was unavoidable, and but reasonable. and it could not have been made known to him in more suitable terms. RC ( DLC : Madison Papers); fragment; endorsed by TJ as received 17 Feb. 1818 and so recorded in SJL .
5James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 29 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
The day on which the first instalment for the Central College becomes due, being near at hand, I think it not amiss, as no conveyance of mine offers, to intimate, that it shall be paid on draft, or if requisite sent by a special hand. Y rs affectionately RC ( MoSHi : Lewis Fields Linn Papers, autograph scrapbook of Elizabeth Linn); endorsed by TJ as received 2 Apr. 1818 and so recorded in...
6James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 20 April 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the opportunity by Judge Holmes of sending my first Instalment for the Central College , which I beg the favor of you to have pai put into the proper hands. The only subscription to the lists I distributed is the inclosed one from Gen A. T. Mason . Is it worth while to avail ourselves of his solitary liberality in that distant quarter , which connects him so little with an institution...
7James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, [16 July 1818] (Jefferson Papers)
I have postponed the return of the two papers, to the present time, in consequence of your intimation , that you would not return from Bedford till about a week before the day of assembling at Rockfish , and I shall note that this letter is not to be forwarded from Monticello . RC ( ViU: TJP ); undated and possibly fragmentary; at foot of text: “M r Jefferson.” Recorded in SJL as a letter of...
8James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, [ca. 8 October 1818] (Jefferson Papers)
I was much gratified in learning from the President that you were so well recovering from the attack your health suffered beyond the mountains. I wish I could join you at the meeting of the visitors on monday, & attend also that of the Agricultural Society . But circumstances do not allow me that pleasure. RC ( ViU: TJP ); undated fragment; with a later attached slip in an unidentified hand...
9James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 12 February 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I have not been able to learn a tittle of your health since I saw you . It has, I hope, been entirely re-established; I congratulate you on the success of the Report to the Legislature on the subject of the University . It does not yet appear what steps have been taken by the Governor towards giving effect to the law . Will you be so good as to have the inclosed forwarded when convenient to M...
10James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 6 March 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Mar. 3. came safe to hand, with the seeds you were so kind as to send with it I return M r Cabell’s letter . I hope his fears exaggerate the hostility to the University ; tho’ if there should be a dearth in the Treasury , there may be danger from the predilection in favor of the popular Schools. I begin to be uneasy on the subject of Cooper . It will be a dreadful shock to him if...