To James Madison from the Right Reverend James Madison, 18 February 1807 (Abstract)
From the Right Reverend James Madison, 18 February 1807 (Abstract)
§ From the Right Reverend James Madison. 18 February 1807. “I shall certainly write to Mr Randolph, as you propose, by the next Stage; & should have done so by this, had not our public Examinations entirely engross’d me.
“I should have sent you a Copy of that Part of your former Letter [not found], which contains that Extract from the Conn. des Temps1 had I not supposed, that I was imposing a Trouble almost unnecessary, as Mr Ferran is engaged in those Calculations. However, I had rather have an indigenous than foreign lead in this Respect, & therefore will return them by next Post.
“I will also then express an Idea, which has occurred to me, & which may afford you some Employment, in your Retreat.”
RC (DNA: RG 59, ML). 1 p. Docketed by a State Department clerk.
1. Madison referred to the Connaissance des temps, an “astronomical ephemeris, or collection of tables giving the positions of celestial bodies at regular intervals,” published annually in Paris beginning in 1679 (Encyclopaedia Britannica Online, s.v. “Picard, Jean”).