Letters, 1828-1838, to James and Dolley Madison and John C. Payne.

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Letters, 1828-1838, to James and Dolley Madison and John C. Payne.

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Letters from Rives and his wife Judith to James and Dolley Madison and Dolley's brother, John C. Payne, on a variety of topics including Madison and Rives's work on behalf of the University of Virginia, Madison's death, and Rives's efforts to acquire Madison's copies of the debates of the Constitutional Convention for the Library of Congress. Also included are a pamphlet of Rives's speech to the House on 20 Feb. 1827,and an annotated, signed clipping from the Richmond Enquirer of Rives's article "Mr. Madison and the tariff".

1 v. (56 items) ; 37 cm.

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