BIB_ID
124653
Accession number
MA 364.54
Creator
Madison, James, 1749-1812.
Display Date
1781 July 21.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 21.3 cm
Notes
Address panel to "Mr. William Madison / Botetourt."
It is likely that the recipient is the William S. Madison, brother of James Madison.
Part of a 12-volume collection of Autographs and Manuscripts of Bishops of The Protestant Episcopal Church (MA 364-375). The arrangement of the collection is by Bishops in the order of their consecration and chronological within their portion of the collection. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
The home of the President of the College became the headquarters for Lord Cornwallis when the British troops occupied Williamsburg in 1781.
It is likely that the recipient is the William S. Madison, brother of James Madison.
Part of a 12-volume collection of Autographs and Manuscripts of Bishops of The Protestant Episcopal Church (MA 364-375). The arrangement of the collection is by Bishops in the order of their consecration and chronological within their portion of the collection. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
The home of the President of the College became the headquarters for Lord Cornwallis when the British troops occupied Williamsburg in 1781.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1901, possibly from the estate of Bishop William Stevens Perry of Iowa.
Summary
Concerning his need to evacuate from Williamsburg; saying "The College is entirely broke up, all Business in my Way at an End, & of Course, not a Farthing to be made. But where or how shall I move?"; discussing the need to move "the few Negroes we have, as I know, Nothing but a lucky Accident prevented most of them from joining the Enemy;" saying that he will send these enslaved individuals by water to Hanover Town; asking for his correspondent's help but saying that if he cannot perhaps his neighbors might and they would be well paid; adding that he does not want to be a burden to his friends but that "These are miserable Times to most of us down here--We know not that any Thing we have is safe for a week--tho' I have suffered nothing material as yet."
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