Manuscripts

James Madison and Dolley P. Madison indenture with Nelly Conway Madison :

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Description: Deed of land transfer from James Madison and his wife, Dolley Madison, to their niece, Nelly Conway Madison, for land in Orange County, Virginia. Signed by James Madison and Dolley Madison. Witnessed by Robert, Frances, and Milley Taylor. Certified February 7, 1804 by Reynolds Chapman.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1803 September 21.
Call number: mssHM 1855
Creator: Madison, James ((1751-1836))(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of November 1938.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

James Madison, Washington, D.C., letter to Caesar A. Rodney, Wilmington, Delaware :

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Letter by Secretary of State James Madison to U.S. Attorney General Caesar A. Rodney regarding the treason trial of Aaron Burr; he requests that Mr. La Trobe be immediately summoned to Richmond as a witness and mentions other trial matters.

mssHM 25460

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James Madison, Philadelphia, letter to Major General Baron von Steuben, New York :

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Madison writes that he has not heard anything about Baron von Steuben's land in Virginia.

mssHM 4686

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James Madison, Montpelier, Virginia, letter to James Barbour :

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Regarding the University of Virginia and its vacancy for the position of professor for ancient languages. Madison mentions searching in Great Britain, job duties, and salary.

mssHM 23086

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James Madison correspondence with Alexander James Dallas

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This collection primarily contains political correspondence between James Madison and Alexander James Dallas, 1815-1816. Letters concern the organization of a peacetime military establishment; economic and financial affairs, including the Second Bank of the United States; U.S. relations with Great Britain, France, Russia, Algeria; and an astronomical observatory. Correspondence also pertains to relationships with Native Americans following the War of 1812, especially in Michigan territory (see letters from May 1815). Persons mentioned in correspondence include Jacob Jennings Brown, Andrew Jackson, Winfield Scott, Thomas Sidney Jessup, Joseph Bonaparte, William Jones, James Monroe, and Albert Gallatin. This collection also contains a small number of letters from Alexander James Dallas to other recipients, including Andrew Jackson.

mssMD

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James Madison, Montpelier, Virginia, letter to Martin Van Buren :

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Madison provides opinions on several political matters at Van Buren's request, including: rules for the appropriation of money, grants to lighthouses and improvements for harbors and rivers, refusing appropriations for internal improvements until the national debt is paid, and objections against subscriptions to stock of private companies by the United States.

mssHM 23070

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James Madison, Montpelier, Virginia, letter to Alexander James Dallas

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Autograph letter signed. With addressed cover; franked by Madison. Endorsed by Dallas. (1 page)

MD 25

James Madison and Dolley P. Madison indenture with Nelly Conway Madison :

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