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The writings of James Madison,

comprising his public papers and his private correspondence, including numerous letters and documents now for the first time printed.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The life-sized marble medallion bust of James
Madison was made in Philadelphia in 1792, when
Madison was forty-one years of age, by the Italian
sculptor, Giuseppe Ceracchi. It hung on the walls
of Montpelier until after Madison's death and was
considered by his contemporaries to be the most
faithful of the likenesses of him. It was purchased
from Mrs. Madison's estate by the late J. C. McGuire.
Esq., of Washington, and purchased from the McGuire
estate for the Department of State by Secretary
Thomas F. Bayard.