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JAMES MADISON BUILDER A New Estimate of a Memorable Career BY ABBOT EMERSON SMITH Assistant Professor and Fellow in History at Bard College, Columbia University ILLUSTRATED NEW YORK WILSON-ERICKSON INCORPORATED 1937 COPYRIGHT, 1937, BY WILSON-ERICKSON, INC. DESIGNED BY GEO. E. NETJHEDEX PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE COLONIAL PRESS INC., CLINTON, MASS. 7 81 JAMES MADISON AS PAINTED BY STUART Courtesy of Bowdoin College Library CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I YOUTH THE VIRGINIA CONSTITUTION . . 1 II IN THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS .... 24 III VIRGINIAN AFFAIRS 47 IV TOWARD A NEW CONSTITUTION 71 V A NEW CONSTITUTION 93 VI RATIFICATION THE FIRST ELECTIONS . . . 121 VII quot A MORE PERFECT UNION quot 148 VIII THE OPPOSITION 173 IX FOREIGN AFFAIRS MARRIAGE 196 X AT HOME THE VIRGINIA RESOLUTIONS . . 217 XI SECRETARY OF STATE 236 XII THE PRESIDENCY 262 XIII NEUTRAL SOVEREIGNTY 276 XIV WAR AND PEACE 305 XV MONTPELIER 332 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE 351 REFERENCES 353 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE James Madison As Painted By Stuart Courtesy of Bowdoin College Library Frontispiece Thomas Jefferson 32 George Mason 66 Patrick Henry 106 Alexander Hamilton 148 Dolly Madison v 192 James Monroe 224 The City of Washington In 1804 258 John Marshall 290 Montpelier, The Home of Madison 328 vu NOTE TO READER The superior numbers throughout the text of this book refer to various authentic records and volumes from which these details were assembled. The items to which these numbers refer are listed in a separate chapter REFERENCES in back of book. JAMES MADISON BUILDER

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