From James Madison to Asher Robbins, August 1827

To Asher Robbins

Montpr. Aug. 1827

J. Madison presents his respects to Mr. Robbins with many thanks for the copy of his oration delivered on the 4th. of July last.1 Less can not be said of it, than that it has taken very interesting views of well chosen topics, and given an instructive example of condensed and vigorous eloquence.

Draft (NjP: Jasper E. Crane Collection of James and Dolley Madison).

1. Asher Robbins, Oration, Delivered on the Fourth of July, A.D. 1827, at Newport, R.I. (Providence, 1827; Shoemaker description begins Richard H. Shoemaker, comp., A Checklist of American Imprints for 1820–1829 (11 vols.; New York, 1964–72). description ends 30464).

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Title: From James Madison to Asher Robbins, August 1827
Author: Madison, James
Recipient: Robbins, Asher
Date: 1–31 August 1827

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Cite as: “From James Madison to Asher Robbins, August 1827,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/04-04-02-0464. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Retirement Series, vol. 4, 3 March 1826–29 February 1828, ed. Armin Mattes, David B. Mattern, J. C. A. Stagg, Anne Mandeville Colony, Ellen D. Goldlust, Mary Parke Johnson, Katherine E. Harbury, and Mary K. Wigge. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2023, pp. 486–487.]

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