To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 21 March 1796

From Thomas Jefferson

Mar. 21. 1796.

Th: Jefferson presents his friendly respects to mr. Madison & asks the favor of him to procure a safe conveyance for the inclosed letter to Colo. Monroe, which is of great importance public & private, as covering papers of consequence.

FC (DLC: Jefferson Papers). Enclosed Jefferson to Monroe, 21 Mar. 1796 (printed in Ford, Writings of Jefferson description begins Paul Leicester Ford, ed., The Writings of Thomas Jefferson (10 vols.; New York, 1892–99). description ends , 7:67–68).

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Title: To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 21 March 1796
Author: Jefferson, Thomas
Recipient: Madison, James
Date: 21 March 1796

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Cite as: “To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 21 March 1796,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-16-02-0180. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, vol. 16, 27 April 1795 – 27 March 1797, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Thomas A. Mason, and Jeanne K. Sisson. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1989, p. 269.]

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