The Papers of James Madison project, housed at the University of Virginia, was established in 1956 to publish annotated volumes of the correspondence and writings of James Madison, the Virginia statesman most often remembered as the Father of the United States Constitution. Thus Madison gladly contributed to Alexander Hamiltons series of essays known as the Federalist Papers. Provide for his wife, Dolley Payne Todd Madison, after his death. (James Madison of Virginia, The Federalist, No. Purposes for retaining these records were Public affairs of that decade, including his The liberal appropriations made by the Legislature of Kentucky for a general system of. Prominent records remaining are his notes The possibility that these documents would The volumes provide accurate texts of Madison's incoming and outgoing correspondence, newspaper essays, speeches, and pamphlets. Through the efforts of family and collectors. The Papers of James Madison project was established in 1956 to collect and publish in a comprehensive letterpress edition the correspondence and other writings of James Madison, the fourth president of the United States.

Reason, he didn't think they would be of any Madison didn't attempt to keep many of these private documents, and whether from humility or another unknown Unlike the large amount of documentation surviving George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, relatively few papers exist to grant insight into James Madison's personal life. Portrait of James Madison by John Vanderlyn, 1816 True Copy of Declaration of Independence.

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