Letters and resolutions concerning the death of James Madison [manuscript], 1836-1842.

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Letters and resolutions concerning the death of James Madison [manuscript], 1836-1842.

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The correspondence contains three letters of condolence, 1836, on the death of James Madison, and a request that proceeds from a mill and land bequeathed to the American Colonization Society be delivered. Correspondents include W. McLain and James Laurie for The American Colonization Society, Joseph Tate and John H. Pleasants for the citizens of Richmond, and Alexander Paddack, William A. Jones and A. Sidney Griggs for the Henry Literary Society of the Ohio Mechanics Institute.

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Madison, Dolley, 1768-1849

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Dolley Madison, the fourth First Lady of the United States, is widely remembered as the most lively of the early First Ladies. As a prominent entertainer and hostess, she helped shape the role of First Lady and served as the model for every future First Lady to come. Dolley Payne was born on May 20, 1768, in Guilford County, North Carolina. She was the fourth of eight children born to John and Mary Payne. The family moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1783. In 1790, Dolley Payne married la...

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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...

Tate, Joseph, fl. 1836,

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Laurie, James, fl. 1836,

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Griggs, A. Sidney, fl. 1836,

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American colonization society

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The American Colonization Society was founded in 1817 in Washington, D.C. for the purpose of transporting freeborn and emancipated American blacks to Africa and helping them start a new life there. From the description of List of emigrants for Liberia, 1867 Nov. 17. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32144821 The American Colonization Society was an organization dedicated to transporting freeborn blacks and emancipated slaves to Africa, to what is n...

Jones, William G., fl. 1835-1840.

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McLain, W., fl. 1842,

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Ohio Mechanics' Institute. Henry Literary Society.

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