Madison, James, 1749-1812
Person
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Bishop James Madison Letter to James Breckenridge
Collection
Identifier: 01/Mss. Acc. 2000.16
Scope and Contents
Letter; 20 December 1805, Bishop James Madison, Williamsburg, to James Breckenridge, Botetourt County, Va. Concerns defending Madison against a claim to deprive him of land surveyed near Guyandot Falls by Breckinridge. Asks Breckinridge to discount fee at next College [of William and Mary] settlement. Also concerns Madison's Map of Virginia (1807) and a new method of taking latitudes.