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Madison, James, 1751-1836. Papers of James Madison [manuscript], 1765-1836, n.d.

Title: Papers of James Madison [manuscript], 1765-1836, n.d.

ArchivalResource: 305 items.

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Madison, James, 1751-1836. Correspondence of James Madison [manuscript], 1801-1842.

Title: Correspondence of James Madison [manuscript], 1801-1842.

The correspondence includes a letter, 1801 May 17, from James Monroe to Madison concerning James Thomson Callender, arrested under the Alien and Sedition laws, and his release by Thomas Jefferson; and a letter, 1818 December 23, from Monroe to Madison concerning the Convention of 1818 between Great Britain and the United States. Also included: 14 letters, 1801-1822, from John George Jackson, Richard Forrest and Thomas Ritchie to Madison regarding the Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807, and Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia; and 7 letters, 1811-1841, from David Bailie Warden, Sarah Coles Stevenson, George Tucker and Joseph Cabell to Dolley Madison. Also included: 3 letters, 1812, 1816 and n.d., from Dolley Madison to Mrs. Stevenson, Edward Coles, and John Payne Todd; 3 letters, 1815, from John Payne Todd to David Bailie Warden concerning garden seeds for Jefferson and other matters; and 2 letters, 1842, from Eli Hawley Canfield to W.S. Canfield and Zadlock H. Canfield. The second letter contains an attack on Jefferson.

ArchivalResource: 48 items.

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Forrest, Richard, fl. 1818-1819. Richard Forrest letter, 1819.

Title: Richard Forrest letter, 1819.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Mercer, John Francis, 1759-1821,. Letters to John Francis Mercer, 1783-1814.

Title: Letters to John Francis Mercer, 1783-1814.

Political and personal correspondence of John Frances Mercer. Correspondents include: James Colquhoun, Richard Forrest, Thomas Peabody Grosvenor, John Marshall, Battaile Muse, Richard Dobbs Spaight, and Henry Tazewell. The letters from Henry Tazewell, Richard Dobb Spaight, Richard Forrest, and Thomas P. Grosvenor discuss state and national politics, including payments to officers of the Virginia revolutionary armed forces, the 1783 peace negotiations, Quasi-War with France, presidential elections of 1800-1801, War of 1812, and the policies of the Madison administration. The petition of Aug. 25, 1809 signed by members of prominent Maryland families urges John F. Mercer to run for a seat in Maryland General Assembly. John Marshall's letter describes his legal practice in Richmond. The letters from John F. Mercer's agents Muse Battaile and John Colquhon concern with the financial and legal matters, including the lands in Kentucky.

ArchivalResource: 10 pieces.

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