James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Thomas L. McKenney, 17 February 1821

From Thomas L. McKenney

Weston—Heights of Geo Town—Feby, 17. 1821.

Sir,

I hope I may be excused for troubling you with the enclosed pamphlet.1 I am prompted to enclose it to you, Sir, by other considerations than those which relate to its merits.

I avail myself of the occasion to make a tender of my remembrance to Mrs. Madison, in which I am join’d by Mrs. McKenney; and to assure you of my Sincere & respectful regards.

Tho: L: McKenney

RC (DLC). Docketed by JM.

1. This was probably Letter from the Superintendent of Indian Trade, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, Communicating a Report in Relation to Indian Trade. December 13, 1820 (Washington, 1820; Shoemaker 3860).

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    To James Madison from Thomas L. McKenney, 17 February 1821
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    McKenney, Thomas L.
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    Madison, James
    Date
    17 February 1821

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    “To James Madison from Thomas L. McKenney, 17 February 1821,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/04-02-02-0213. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Retirement Series, vol. 2, 1 February 1820 – 26 February 1823, ed. David B. Mattern, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, and Anne Mandeville Colony. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2013, p. 254.]

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