James Madison Letter 1825

Location of collection:

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

University of Virginia

P.O. Box 400110

160 McCormick Rd

Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110

Contact for questions and access:

POC: Brenda Gunn

Email: bg9ba@virginia.edu

Phone: (434) 924-1037

Phone: (434) 243-1776

Fax: (434) 924-4968

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Summary

Creator:

Language:

English

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of an one page matted autograph letter, July 19, 1825, from James Madison, Montpellier, Virginia, to Ashbury Dickins(1780-1861), thanking Dickins in the third person form for sending him a copy of his oration given on the fourth of July. Madison praises the work highly, "J.M. had previously an opportunity of reading it in the newspapers. But it well deserves a place among the select of those anniversary discourses in the more conservative form now given to it." A copy of Dickins' Oration, delivered in the Capitol in the city of Washington, on the Fourth of July, 1825, by Asbury Dickins, and printed in Washington by Gales & Seaton, can be found in the Madison Collection of the Rare Books Division, University of Virginia Library (AC901.M33v.12, no.6).

Acquisition information:

This letter was purchased by the University of Virginia Library on September 20, 1995.

Physical location:

Physical description:

1 item