Annual Message to Congress (1809)
President’s message. Herald office. Dec. 3, 9 o’clock. P. M. We this moment received by express a copy of the President’s message- which we hasten to lay before the public. […]
Inaugural Address (1813)
James Madison, Inaugural Address Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/204113 About to add the solemnity of an oath to the obligations imposed by […]
Inaugural Address (1809)
James Madison, Inaugural Address Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/204053 Unwilling to depart from examples, of the most revered authority, I avail myself […]
Notes on Debates in Congress
“Notes on Debates, 28 January 1783,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/kuho. On the motion of Mr. Madison the whole proposition was new-modeled as follows;That it is the opinion of Congress that […]
Letter from James Madison to Thomas Jefferson (1788)
“To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 8 December 1788,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/v849. Dear Sir This will be handed to you by Mr. Governeur Morris who will embark in a […]
Letter from James Madison to Thomas Jefferson (1788): Bill of Rights
Source: From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 17 October 1788 (Founders Online), https://goo.gl/4o765p. For ease of reading, we have added paragraph divisions. . . . The little pamphlet herewith enclosed […]
Letter from James Madison to Thomas Jefferson (1786)
“From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 19 June 1786,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/x347. Since my last which was of the 18th of May I have recd. your very agreeable favor […]
Letter from James Madison to Thomas Jefferson (1788)
“To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 24 July 1788,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/k9lb. DEAR SIR Your two last unacknowledged favors were of Decr. 20. and Feby. 6. They were received […]
Letter from James Madison to Thomas Jefferson (1788)
“From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 22 April 1788,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/gzda. The proposed Constitution still engrosses the public attention. The elections for the Convention here are but just […]
“If we cannot secure all our rights, let us secure what we can”: Madison and Jefferson Discuss the Constitution
“From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 17 October 1788,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://goo.gl/pYa9C3; “From Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 15 March 1789,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/tcqf. Madison to […]