Sir We received with due respect your letter of the 21st inst. and have this new assurance of the sincere desires of the President of the US to preserve the
We go on in Congress as when you left us. Three days since October only have nine States been on the Floor. Eight are now here, when we shall have
I have gone into these few details merely to elucidate one position, viz., that all the money now at our command, and which we may expect from the States for
The inefficacy of our government becomes daily more and more apparent. Our treasury and our credit are in a sad situation; and it is probable that either the wisdom or
A convention is in Contemplation, and I am glad to find your name among those of its intended members. To me the policy of such a Convention appears questionable. Their
“From James Madison to Edmund Randolph, 8 April 1787,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/nieb. I am glad to find that you are turning your thoughts towards the business of May next.
“To James Madison from Edmund Randolph, 27 March 1787,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-09-02-0181. I have turned my mind somewhat to the business of may next: but am hourly interrupted. At present
“Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Law, 13 June 1814,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/w119. Dear Sir,—The copy of your Second Thoughts on Instinctive Impulses, with the letter accompanying it, was received just
“Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, 28 October 1813,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/ucb0. Dear Sir-According to the reservation between us, of taking up one of the subjects of our correspondence at
Major General Banks, Yours of the 22nd. Inst. is just received. In the proclamation of Dec. 8, and which contains the oath that you say some loyal people wish
