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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.
Madison, James (1751-1836)
 
THE WRITINGS OF JAMES MADISON VOLUME IX. 1819–1836
 
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CONTENTS OF VOLUME IX.
 
NOTE.
 
CHRONOLOGY OF JAMES MADISON. 1819–1836.

 
TO ROBERT WALSH.
 
TO THOMAS HERTELL.
 
TO CLARKSON CROLIUS.
 
TO NOAH WEBSTER.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO C. D. WILLIAMS.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO J. Q. ADAMS.
 
TO JACOB DE LA MOTTA.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO MARQUIS DE LA FAYETTE.
 
TO FRANCIS CORBIN.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO RICHARD RUSH.
 
TO SPENCER ROANE.
 
TO PETER S. DU PONCEAU.
 
TO SPENCER ROANE.
 
TO JOSEPH GALES.
 
TO JOHN G. JACKSON.
 
JONATHAN BULL & MARY BULL (1821).
 
TO HEZEKIAH NILES.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO EDWARD LIVINGSTON.
 
TO W. T. BARRY.
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TO THOMAS RITCHIE.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
TO EDWARD EVERETT.
 
TO EDWARD EVERETT.
 
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS CONCERNING SLAVERY. [1823].
 
TO WILLIAM EUSTIS.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO GEORGE HAY
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO RICHARD RUSH
 
TO WILLIAM TAYLOR.
 
TO EDWARD EVERETT.
 
TO JAMES BARBOUR.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
TO ROBERT S. GARNETT.
 
TO THOMAS COOPER.
 
TO JOHN CARTWRIGHT.
 
TO HENRY CLAY.
 
TO EDWARD LIVINGSTON.
 
TO HENRY LEE.
 
TO HENRY WHEATON.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO PETER S. DUPONCEAU.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
TO A. B. WOODWARD
 
TO MRS. MADISON.
 
TO FREDERICK BEASLEY.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
TO HENRY LEE.
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TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
TO NICHOLAS BIDDLE.
 
TO BENJAMIN WATERHOUSE.
 
TO FRANCES WRIGHT.
 
TO FREDERICK BEASLEY.
 
TO THOMAS RITCHIE.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
REMARKS ON AN EXTRACT FROM HAMILTON'S REPORT PUBLISHED IN THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
 
TO MORRIS ANTHONY.
 
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
 
TO NOAH WEBSTER.
 
TO N. P. TRIST.
 
TO GEORGE MASON.
 
TO HENRY COLMAN.
 
TO MARTIN VAN BUREN.
 
TO SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH.
 
TO MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE.
 
TO THOMAS COOPER.
 
TO SAMUEL HARRISON SMITH.
 
TO JONATHAN ELLIOT.
 
TO HENRY WHEATON.
 
TO J. K. PAULDING.
 
TO MARTIN VAN BUREN.
 
TO JOSEPH C. CABELL.
 
TO NICHOLAS BIDDLE.
 
TO THOMAS J. WHARTON.
 
TO JONATHAN ELLIOT.
 
TO GEORGE MASON.
 
TO JARED SPARKS.
 
TO THOMAS S. GRIMKE
 
TO N. P. TRIST
 
TO MARQUIS DE LA FAYETTE.
 
TO WILLIAM WIRT.
 
TO MARTIN VAN BUREN.
 
TO THOMAS LEHRE.
 
TO JOSEPH C. CABELL.
 
TO JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
 
TO JOSEPH C. CABELL.
 
TO THOMAS S. HINDE.
 
TO JOSEPH C. CABELL.
 
OUTLINE.
 
SPEECH IN THE VIRGINIA CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
 
TO GEORGE McDUFFIE.
 
TO JAMES HILLHOUSE.
 
TO M. L. HURLBERT.
 
TO MARTIN VAN BUREN.
 
TO MARTIN VAN BUREN.
 
TO EDWARD EVERETT.
 
TO MARGARET B. SMITH.
 
TO THOMAS W. GILMER.
 
TO JARED SPARKS.
 
TO HENRY CLAY.
 
TO ANDREW STEVENSON.
 
TO JAMES K. TEFFT.
 
TO REYNOLDS CHAPMAN.
 
TO CHARLES J. INGERSOLL.
 
TO THEODORE SEDGWICK, JR.
 
TO C. E. HAYNES.
 
TO JAMES ROBERTSON.
 
TO JARED SPARKS.
 
TO J. K. PAULDING.
 
TO JAMES MONROE.
 
TO JARED SPARKS.
 
TO TENCH RINGGOLD.
 
TO MATTHEW CAREY.
 
TO JARED SPARKS.
 
TO R. R. GURLEY.
 
TO N. P. TRIST.
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TO HENRY CLAY.
 
TO N. P. TRIST.
 
TO N. P. TRIST.
 
TO C. E. HAYNES.
 
TO REV.—ADAMS
 
TO ANDREW STEVENSON
 
TO N. P. TRIST.
 
TO JOSEPH C. CABELL.
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TO ALEXANDER RIVES.
 
TO THOMAS R. DEW.
 
TO JOHN TYLER.
 
TO WILLIAM CABELL RIVER.
 
TO HENRY CLAY.
 
TO BENJAMIN F. PAPOON.
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TO——.
 
TO THOMAS S. GRIMKE.
 
TO HENRY LEE.
 
TO WILLIAM COGSWELL.
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TO JOHN M. PATTON.
 
TO EDWARD COLES.
 
TO WILLIAM H. WINDER.
 
TO MANN BUTLER.
 
TO DANIEL DRAKE.
 
MADISON'S WILL.
 
TO W. A. DUER.
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TO CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.
 
TO CHARLES J. INGERSOLL.
 
SOVEREIGNTY.
 
NOTES ON NULLIFICATION.
 
TO——

 
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF LETTERS AND PAPERS PRINTED IN THESE VOLUMES (EXCEPT VOLUMES III. AND IV.).
 
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TO JACOB DE LA MOTTA.

MAD. MSS.
Montpellier, Aug., 1820

Sir,—I have received your letter of the 7th inst.
with the Discourse delivered at the Consecration of
the Hebrew Synagogue at Savannah, for which you
will please to accept my thanks.

The history of the Jews must forever be interesting.
The modern part of it is, at the same time so little
generally known, that every ray of light on the
subject has its value.

Among the features peculiar to the Political

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system of the U. States, is the perfect equality of
rights which it secures to every religious Sect. And
it is particularly pleasing to observe in the good
citizenship of such as have been most distrusted
and oppressed elsewhere, a happy illustration of
the safety & success of this experiment of a just &
benignant policy. Equal laws protecting equal
rights, are found as they ought to be presumed, the
best guarantee of loyalty & love of country; as well
as best calculated to cherish that mutual respect
& good will among Citizens of every religious denomination
which are necessary to social harmony
and most favorable to the advancement of truth.
The account you give of the Jews of your Congregation
brings them fully within the scope of these
observations.

I tender you, Sir, my respects & good wishes
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