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Edward Coles Papers

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Identifier: Mss. 39.2 C68
Scope and Contents Typescript copies of letters and extracts, written by Edward Coles (1786-1868), who held the positions of secretary to President James Madison and Governor of Illinois. Subjects covered by the letters include James Madison and the War of 1812; Madison's not emancipating his slaves at his death; the claiming of public lands by individual states; the estate of James Monroe; Andrew Jackson; Thomas Jefferson's authorship of the Ordinance of 1787; and Jefferson's relationship with John Adams....
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Hugh Blair Grigsby Papers

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Identifier: SC 01769
Scope and Contents Letters written to Grigsby by L. S. Joynes, Thomas R. Joynes and Benjamin S. Ewell concerning a professorship for Edward S. Joynes and the Grammar School at the College of William and Mary. Includes constitution, 1854, of the Jamestown Society, Washington, D. C. and one issue of the newspaper, the Richmond Standard, 29 May 1880, which had an article on the Henry family of Virginia (descended from John Henry and Sarah Winston Syme. Letter written from New York by George Bancroft,...
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Dolley P. Madison Letter to Mrs. John Page

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Identifier: SC 01292
Scope and Contents Letter, n.y. January 14, Dolley P. Madison [Richmond, Va.] to Margaret Lowther Page (Mrs. John Page), Rosewell, York [County, Va.]. Written before John Page's death in 1808. James Madison served in the Virginia House of Delegates in 1799 and 1800 and the letter is postmarked Richmond. Discusses her disappointment that she and her husband missed seeing the Pages and the Bishop James Madison. Entreats the Pages to spend the next summer with the Madisons in Orange; hopes Mrs. McClane will...
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James Madison, Sr. Papers

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Identifier: Mss. 39.2 M26
Scope and Contents Dates; 1792-1831, 1931; document and correspondence (some are copies). Includes letters between James Madison, Sr. (1723-1801) and his son President James Madison, Jr., his brother Bishop James Madison, Josiah Quincy, Robert Walsh, and others. Also includes engravings and prints of Madison and a "Report of the Overseers of Harvard University" commenting of the new constitution recently submitted to the people of Virginia. Letters discuss politics, family life in Virginia, religion, and other...
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John Marshall Letters

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Identifier: SC 00134
Scope and Contents A Collection of two letters. Letter, 1833, replies to Lee’s criticisms of the two-volume condensed edition of Marshall’s Life of Washington published in 1832. Battle of Bunker Hill occurred before George Washington took command. Regrets that Champe’s affair was omitted. The statement of Henry Lee (1756-1818) refutes the malignant remark of Thomas Jefferson. Did not have letter of George Washington to Henry Lee, Sr. Changed the account of Hobkirk’s Hill (South...
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Nicholas Fitzhugh Commission

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Identifier: SC 01587
Scope and Contents

Commission of Nicholas Fitzhugh as assistant Circuit Court judge for the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.). It is signed by U. S. President Thomas Jefferson and Secretary of State James Madison. The collection also includes a contemporary copy of the document.

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James M. Owens Collection of Madison Family Material

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Identifier: Mss. 65 Ow2
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes, typescripts, and genealogical charts of James M. Owens concerning genealogy of the Madison family of Virginia with emphasis on President James Madison and Bishop James Madison. Includes photocopies of letters of President James Madison and Bishop James Madison; and two original letters, 1804 and 1832, of James Madison and one, 1846, of John Quincy Adams.

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American Revolution--Veterans 1
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Jamestown Society--Washington, (D. C.)--History--19th century 1
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Mecklenburg Affair 1
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Orange County (Va.)--History--18th century 1
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Ordinance of 1787. 1
Photographs 1
Plantation life 1
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United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 1
United States--History--War of 1812 1
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United States. Constitution. 1
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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 3
Madison, James, 1749-1812 3
Madison, James, Jr., 1751-1836 3
Madison, Dolley P., 1768-1849 2
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 1
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Adams, John, 1735-1826 1
Bancroft, George, 1800-1891 1
Cabell, Joseph C. (Joseph Carrington), 1778-1856 1
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 1
Davie, William Richardson, 1756-1820 1
Fitzhugh, Nicholas 1
Gallatin, Albert (1761-1849) 1
Gerry, Elbridge, 1744-1814 1
Grigsby, Hugh Blair, 1806-1881 1
Henry family 1
Henry, John 1
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 1
Joynes, L. S. 1
Joynes, Thomas R. (Robinson), 1789-1859 1
Joynes, Thomas R., 1789-1859 1
Lawrence, John L. 1
Lee, Henry, 1756-1818 1
Lee, Henry, 1787-1837 1
Madison, James, Sr., 1723-1801 1
Marshall, John, 1755-1835 1
Owens, James M. 1
Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 1746-1825 1
Quincy, Josiah 1
Rives, William C. (William Cabell), 1793-1868 1
Rutledge, Edward 1
Syme, Sarah Winston 1
Taylor, Tazewell, 1810-1875 1
Turner, Mrs. Taylor Fitzhugh 1
Tyler, Samuel 1
Walsh, Robert, 1784-1859 1
Washington, George, 1732-1799 1
Woodhull, Nathaniel, 1722-1776 1
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