Letters : Green Spring, Va., to James Madison, and Messrs. Ritchie & Gooch, 1826 July 6 and 25.

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Letters : Green Spring, Va., to James Madison, and Messrs. Ritchie & Gooch, 1826 July 6 and 25.

Mason asks on 6 July 1826 if Madison is the author of a certain political paper he has in his possession and would like to publish. On 25 July he writes to Ritchie & Gooch, Richmond, Va., about documents and written comments he submitted for publication on the origins of the memorial and bill establishing religious freedom and refers to a controversy about its origins involving Mason, Jefferson, and Madison.

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Madison, James, 1751-1836

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James Madison (1751-1836) was the fourth president of the United States, born in Port Conway, Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia legislature from 1776 to 1780 and from 1784 to 1786, and the Continental Congress from 1780 to 1783. His proposals at and management of the Constitutional Convention in 1787 earned him title "father of the U.S. Constitution." He cooperated with Alexander Hamilton and Jay in writing a series of papers (pub. 1787-88 under title of The Federalist) explaining the ne...

Mason, George, 1797-1870.

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Ritchie & Gooch

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