James Madison correspondence with Alexander James Dallas

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.