Lot 651
Madison, James ((1751-1836) 4th President of the United States (1809-1817). Autograph letter signed, one page, 7¾ x 7¾", Montpellier, May 4, 1833. Minor soiling, else fine.
"I recd. in due time your letter of the 17th ult: with the copy of your two volumes entitled "Year in Europe." I have made some progress in the perusal of them; eno' to satisfy me that the objects & observations which they present well merit the entire perusal I have in view. But as I may be much retarded in it by the feeble state to which age & desease have reduced me and by other claims on my time, I will not postpone the acknowledgement of your kind communication; and I make it with my own hand as you seem to wish; tho in the habit now, required by the effect of Chronic Rheumatism on my fingers, of substituting as much as possible, a borrowed pen. A further effect of the same cause, is that what I now write, is in a character essentially different from what it was in middle life, and even from what it was at the latest date of my healthy condition.
Mrs. Madison is gratified by the interest you express in her health which is generally good, & joins me in tendering the respects & friendly salutations which I pray you to accept. James Madison."
Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000.
Joseph L. Baldwin Collection; purchased from Gary Hendershott, October 12, 1991.
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