1831 Letters

Washington, DC - 0 January 1831

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS letter to J. C. CALHOUN...Mr. Crawford did not state to me the purpose of his inquiries, nor was I aware that any previous correspondence in relation to the subject had taken place.

Washington, MD - 0 January 1831

I was much gratified to hear from you; and to learn, after so many arrangements, you were fixed so much to your satisfaction, and had recommenced your studies with so much sperit.

Montpelier, VA - 5 January 1831

Dolly Madison letter to neice Mary...you must help her in every way you can, keep her room quiet, and herself free from the slightest agitation or uneasiness.

Washington, MD - 11 January 1831

It is with unfeigned regret, that I am again constrained to trouble you on any subject that relates to myself

Washington, DC - 12 January 1831

J. C. CALHOUN letter to John Quincy Adams...This step on his part has, of course, removed the delicacy which I at first felt, and which then prevented me from addressing you.

Washington, MD - 13 January 1831

Mr Crawford's correspondence with Mr Adams and Mr Crowninshield placed the opponents of the administration in possession of the knowledge of the correspondence between us, and their policy has been to force it out.

Troy, NY - 13 January 1831

I have this moment returned from our prayer meeting which since the day before our 4 days meeting has commenced at the dawn of day...

Washington, MD - 27 January 1831

It is with extreme regret, that I intrude on your retirement, but events have occurred, since the date of my letter to you last Spring

Washington, MD - 27 January 1831

I am much obliged to you for your suggestions, as to the shape that ought to be given to my call on you.

Baltimore, MD - 29 January 1831

Tis said that Van Buren & Calhoun have kissed & made up their dispute it is a fact that Calhoun has dined with Mr Van Buren

Washington, MD - 29 January 1831

I deem it important, as a means of vindicating my character against an attack on my course in the deliberations of the Cabinet on the Seminole affair, to obtain a statement of Mr Crawford's course on the same occasion

Washington, DC - 30 January 1831

B. W. CROWNINSHIELD letter to ...I do not pretend to know one word of what was said or done at any subsequent meeting

Washington, MD - 3 February 1831

will proceed to state the point mainly at issue between Mr Crawford and myself, relative to what occurred in the deliberation of the Cabinet on the Seminole question

Washington, MD - 4 February 1831

I find mine to which your's is an answer by being too concisely expressed in the part that refers to my course towards Gen'l. Jackson has lead you very naturally into an error, as to the information I desired.

Washington, MD - 6 February 1831

I was at Salisbury after I saw you, and gave directions about the farm. I think it best to put an end to separate interests there as soon as convenient. I suppose you have by this time obtained your license to sell.

Troy, NY - 7 February 1831

To day little Mary has been afflicted with a croup - but it has yielded to the usual treatment & we hope will soon leave her

Philadelphia, PA - 8 February 1831

It is obvious that a great effort will be made to array the influence of the Executive & all his party against the Bank.

Philadelphia, PA - 10 February 1831

I have had the pleasure of receiving your letter of the 8th : inst. inclosing a letter from Mr. Green, expressing his wish to borrow from the Bank twenty thousand dollars.

Litchfield, CT - 11 February 1831

On no subject are they so important to me, as when the all absorbing Subject of Religion is under Consideration.

Washington, MD - 16 February 1831

I have been compelled very reluctantly to place before the publick my correspondence with Gen'l. Jackson on my course in the Cabinet, on the Seminole subject.

Philadelphia, PA - 28 February 1831

It is deeply to be regretted that the President has taken this course, and we must endeavor as much as possible to counteract its effect.

Philadelphia, PA - 2 March 1831

I believe that nine tenths of the errors of men arise from their ignorance and that the great security of all our institutions is in the power, the irresistible power, of truth.

Washington, MD - 9 April 1831

Guess until you are tired, my dear Louise, and you will not hit on the cause of my summons to this place. An offer is made to me of a place that would be the object of the highest ambition to every politician

Washington, MD - 9 April 1831

We wish to see you here at the earliest practicable moment, on an affair of deep interest.

York, NY - 14 April 1831

Is there no way in which, without doing violence to whatever opinions or feelings you may have as respects masonry, or without offending that institution, you could conciliate to a fair and reasonable extent the good will of Anti-Masons

New York, NY - 26 April 1831

I am persuaded a removal will add to your happiness, and that of your family. You will find as much professional employment as you may wish to engage in ; and you will find yourself surrounded by warm friends, who estimate you, as you deserve to be e

Philadelphia, PA - 4 May 1831

The President has undertaken to say of the Bank that which is wholly without foundation & to denounce the institution.

Boston, MA - 14 June 1831

It is our intention to set off on Thursday morning for Boscawen, by way of Nashua village. Weather being favorable, we may be expected Thursday afternoon at Nashua

Litchfield, CT - 18 June 1831

I notice your remarks about Stone fruit. I think by the appearance of ours that our plumbs will entirely fail. Our Cherries will mostly fall off & of peaches we which shall have but few.

Philadelphia, PA - 29 June 1831

I have heard various accounts of Mr. Blairs connection with the Office, such as his being indebted & settling his ac count by paying ten per cent of the principal

Fort Hill, SC - 27 August 1831

The heavy rains and great rise in the Water courses must of course make you solicitous to hear about your planting interest in this quarter.

Quincy, MA - 7 September 1831

I have availed myself of both these occasions to lay before our countrymen throughout the Union, the opinions which I have constantly entertained upon the doctrine of Nullification

Fort Hill, SC - 10 September 1831

Your letter gave me the first information of the extent of my loss at Bath. That added to my loss here, which is literally everything, except about 50 acres of cotton, renders it a calamitous year to me.

Montpelier, VA - 18 September 1831

Dolly Madison letter to neice Mary...Your Uncle Madison still wears the bead ring you placed on his finger, and I see him look at it every now and then without saying anything.

Philadelphia, PA - 19 October 1831

He had come to Phil'a principally for the purpose of conversing with me after he had seen the President.

Boston, MA - 31 October 1831

Daniel Webster letter to Henry Clay... Mr. Everett was kind enough to show me your letter to him, stating the results of the Kentucky election.

Fort Hill, SC - 16 November 1831

Should the administration be decidedly beaten in the State Van Buren will be compelled to retire and the administration, as a party, will dissolve, which would change the whole aspect of the political horizon

Philadelphia, PA - 21 November 1831

As we have already claimed your services whenever we could obtain them, & I hope we will long continue to enjoy them

Montpelier, VA - 0 December 1831

Dolly Madison letter to neice Mary...I have been the most disconsolate of persons these three or four days, and all because of a violent toothache.

Philadelphia, PA - 1 December 1831

It is much fitter for a President's message than the President's message itself & I wish with all my heart that the writer of it was President.

Washington, MD - 7 December 1831

it is his deliberate opinion and advice that a renewal of the Charter ought not to be pressed during the present session

Washington, MD - 15 December 1831

Have you come to any decision about an application to Congress at this Session for the renewal of your Charter?

Washington, MD - 17 December 1831

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Washington, MD - 18 December 1831

The state of my health & the severity of the weather have prevented me, since my arrival here, from being much abroad.

Washington, MD - 20 December 1831

I had some talk with my companion, the Senator, who seems disposed to give all the aid he can, tho he hangs in doubt as to the policy of starting the application now

Washington, MD - 21 December 1831

I yesterday reported my arrival. I have had this morning a long & frank conversation with Mr McLane. He says positively that the President will reject the Bill

Washington, MD - 22 December 1831

I yesterday gave you the ideas of Mr McLane & have to day had a conference with Mr McDuffie.

Philadelphia, PA - 23 December 1831

I inclose a paper of which I have no other copy which therefore you will have the goodness to send back

Washington, MD - 23 December 1831

Gen. Smith entirely goes with the administration in his objections to the agitation of the question at this Session

unknown - 23 December 1831

The railroad and the canal have a controversy, and I am going down in aid of the railroad.

Philadelphia, PA - 24 December 1831

If Mr. McDuffie could insure a reference to the Committee of Ways & Means, & a favorable report of that Committee, I would not hesitate to try it

Washington, MD - 25 December 1831

I have had much talk with Mr Webster (who is now at Annapolis)

Washington, MD - 25 December 1831

The weather has been exceedingly severe, more so than I have ever known both for the intensity and duration of the cold.

Washington, MD - 26 December 1831

My yesterdays Letter gave my ideas as to the modus operandi in the H. of R. if now to go on.

Washington, MD - 26 December 1831

Mr Peter R. Livingston (Brother of the Secy : of State, in whose House he is living) came to see me last Eve.

Washington, MD - 30 December 1831

I do not know, that I ought to censure you for your aversion to writing, as I believe it is in some degree hereditary