Letters of James Madison, 1772-1775.

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Letters of James Madison, 1772-1775.

Seven letters, 1772-1775, from James Madison to William Bradford, discuss Bradford's education, literature, the Boston Tea Party, religious tolerance and freedom in Virginia, hostilities between Native Americans and colonists, the possibility that war between the U.S. and Great Britain may be avoided, H.H. Brackenridge's poetry, raising a force to defend Virginia against invasion, and Moses Allen. Madison also compares civilization in Virginia and Philadelphia, Pa., and gives an excerpt of chief Logan's speech to Lord Dunmore, regarding the colonists' treatment of the Shawnee.

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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...

Allen, Moses, 1776-1801

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Brackenridge, H. H. (Hugh Henry), 1748-1816

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John Blair Smith, Princeton Class of 1773. From the description of Father Bombo's pilgrimage to Mecca : wherein is given a true & faithful account of the occasion of his journey and the innumerable ills & disasters which befell him in the course of his travels 'till he returned once more to his native country : manuscript, [1772] / by Hugh Henry Brackenridge and Philip Freneau. (Peking University Library). WorldCat record id: 49367792 Hugh Henry Brackenridge, born in...

Logan, -1812

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Wallace, John William, 1815-1884

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Lawyer, author, and librarian. From the description of John William Wallace correspondence, 1863 June 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981298 John William Wallace is best remembered as the final reporter of United States Supreme Court reports to privately publish the Court's decisions (1863-1875). He was born in Philadelphia, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1833, was admitted to the bar in 1836, but chose a career as law librarian over one of practicing ...

Bradford, William, 1755-1795

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U.S. attorney general, lawyer, and jurist. From the description of William Bradford papers, 1772-1794. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452642 William Bradford, Princeton Class of 1772, was a Continental officer and second Attorney General of the United States. From the description of A common-place book, 1770. (Peking University Library). WorldCat record id: 49366702 American jurist, attorney general of Pennsylvania, and U.S. Attorney General. ...

Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1732-1809

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Appointed governor of Virginia in 1771. From the description of Correspondence, 1771-1778. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 26923951 Lord Dunmore was the British governor of the Virginia Colony, from September 25, 1771 until his departure to New York on New Years Eve, 1776. From the guide to the Land Grant to Ambrose Gatewood, 1773 June 15, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) Governor of New York (1...