JAMES MADISON
A REGISTER OF ADDITIONS TO HIS PAPERS
IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Prepared by
Michael McElderry, 1979; David Mathisen, 1985
Revised and expanded by
Nan Thompson Ernst
Manuscript Division
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C. 1996
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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
The addition to the papers of James Madison (1751-1836),
delegate from Virginia to the Continental Congress, secretary of
state, U.S. representative from Virginia, and president of the
United States, consists of material received through gift and
purchase by the Library of Congress, 1970-1989.
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Readers interested in consulting any of the division's
collections are advised to write or telephone the
Manuscript Reading Room at (202) 707-5387 before visiting.
Many processed and nearly all unprocessed collections are
stored off site, and advance notice is needed to retrieve
these items for research use.
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Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 1
Approximate number of items: 400
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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
1751, Mar. 16 Born, Port Conway, King George County, Va. (5 Mar. 1750,
Julian calendar)
1771 Bachelor of Arts, College of New Jersey, Princeton, N.J.
1774 Member, Committee of Safety, Orange County, Va.
1776 Orange County delegate, Virginia Convention and General
Assembly, Williamsburg, Va.
1777-1779 Member, Virginia Council of State
1780-1783 Delegate from Virginia, Continental Congress
1784-1786 Orange County delegate, Virginia House of Delegates
Read law in Orange and Richmond, Va.
1786-1788 Delegate, Continental Congress
1787 Member, Constitutional Convention
1787-1788 Contributor to _The Federalist Papers_
1788 Delegate, Virginia ratifying convention to vote on federal
constitution
1789-1797 Representative, U.S. House of Representatives
1794 Married Dolley Payne Todd
1799-1801 Orange County representative, Virginia House of Delegates
1801-1809 Secretary of state
1809-1817 President of the United States
1812-1815 Commander-in-chief, War of 1812
1817 Retired to Montpelier estate, Orange County, Va.
1829 Delegate, Virginia Constitutional Convention
1836, June 28 Died, Montpelier, Va.
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SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
Additions to the James Madison Papers are arranged as Series 7, Addenda.
The series contains correspondence, transcripts, photocopies and abstracts of
correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other material dating from 1744 to
1845. Comprising previously undescribed parts of the original collection plus
subsequent additions, Series 7 is organized in subseries according to the year
the additional material was processed.
The 1979-1985 Addition is divided into three parts: Part A contains
original documents including correspondence, some with typed transcripts, a
receipt, a veto, a speech, and an index and catalog of James C. McGuire's
collection of Madison papers. Part B contains copies of documents including
family correspondence and other family papers, general correspondence, notes
on confederation and federal governments, and abstracts of letters and papers
of a political nature written by Madison's contemporaries. Part C includes
documents about Madison's papers and newspaper clippings.
The 1996 addition contains two photoreproductions of letters, one to
Albert Gallatin, dated 1812, and one to Madison's brother, William, dated
1811.
The James Madison Papers housed in the Library of Congress before 1965
were arranged in six series and microfilmed. Those papers are indexed and
described in _Index to the James Madison Papers_ published by the Library of
Congress in 1965. None of the papers in Series 7, Addenda, has been
microfilmed or indexed.
Microfilm of other James Madison material is also available for
consultation in the Manuscript Division including letters to Madison from
Jonathan Dayton and papers in the Andre De Coppet collection, both copied from
originals in the Princeton University Library. Dallas-Jones correspondence
was copied from originals at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in
Philadelphia, and a card index in the University of Virginia Library has also
been reproduced for the Library.
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CONTAINER LIST
Container Nos. Contents
SERIES 7. ADDENDA, 1744-1845, n.d.
Box 1 1979-85 Addition
Part A, original documents
Correspondence, 1780-1834 (some with transcripts)
Letter of (Bishop) James Madison, 3 Apr. 1781
General index to Madison letters
Receipt, 17 Apr. 1790
Veto of bonus bill, 3 Mar. 1817
Virginia convention speech, 1829
Washington-Madison Papers catalog, James C. McGuire
Collection
Part B, copies and abstracts
Photocopies
Family correspondence, 1803-1845
General correspondence, 1784-1830
Biographical writing about Dolley Madison
Indenture between Madison's parents James and Nelly
Madison and Francis Cowherd, 19 Aug. 1784
Account book of James Madison, Sr., 1744-60
Box 2 Miscellany
Notes on confederation and federal governments
Resolutions proposed by William Randolph in the
Constitutional Convention, 29 May 1787
Abstracts of letters and papers
Armstrong, John, 1804-23
Coles, Edward, 1812-37
Dayton, Jonathan, 1808-14
Jefferson, Thomas, John Adams, John Quincy Adams,
and others, 1783-1831
Jones, Joseph, 1780-1804
Madison, James, 1780-1830
Pendleton, Edmund, 1752-1792
Randolph, Edmund, 1781-1790
Rush, Benjamin, Richard Rush, and William C. Rives,
1790-1837
Washington, George, 1779-96
Part C, miscellany
"Extracts from The Madison Papers," draft essay, n.d.
List of letters sent and received by Madison,
1796-1836
Newspaper clippings, 1788-1833, n.d. _See Oversize_
1996 Addition
Photoreproductions of letters, 1811-12
OVERSIZE, 1788-1833, n.d.
Box OV 1 1979-85 Addition
Part C
Newspaper clippings, 1788-1833, n.d. (Container 2)
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