The James Madison Papers
Document Type
Website
Abstract
This site consists of approximately 12,000 items housed in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division, captured in some 72,000 digital images, including correspondence, personal notes, drafts of letters and legislation, an autobiography, legal and financial documents, and miscellaneous manuscripts. Highlights include a copy of Thomas Jefferson’s notes from the Continental Congress of 1776, including Jefferson’s copy of the Declaration of Independence as amended by Congress. Among Madison’s correspondents were Jefferson, Dolly Madison, James Monroe, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and Noah Webster.
Publication Date
2005
Recommended Citation
Library of Congress, "The James Madison Papers" (2005). AALL Legal Website of the Month. 255.
https://ir.law.utk.edu/aall_websites/255