Research Catalog

Title

The papers of James Madison. Secretary of state series / edited by Robert J. Brugger [and others].

Author

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Publication

Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, 1986-<2021>

Supplementary Content

Book review (H-Net)

Items in the Library & Off-site

Holdings

Location

• Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121

Call Number

• II 87-2816

Library Has

• 1-12-

Details

Additional Authors

• Brugger, Robert J.
• Kreider, Angela
• Stagg, J. C. A. (John Charles Anderson), 1945-
• Johnson, Mary Parke
• Colony, Anne Mandeville
• Harbury, Katharine E., 1950-

Description

volumes <1-12>; 24 cm

Summary

The Papers of James Madison project, housed at the University of Virginia, was established in 1956 to publish annotated volumes of the correspondence and writings of James Madison, the Virginia statesman most often remembered for his public service as "Father of the Constitution" and as fourth president of the United States. The published volumes provide accurate texts of Madison's incoming and outgoing correspondence, informative notes on textual and subject matters, and comprehensive indexes. They are incomparably rich sources for students of Madison's life and valuable research tools for those interested in the general history of the period in which Madison lived (1751-1836). The project has collected more than 27,000 copies of documents related to Madison's life, including letters, essays, notes, diaries, account books, ledgers, wills, legal papers, and inventories. The project serves the public by translating into print these decaying and often nearly illegible manuscripts, thereby preserving them for future generations and making them easier to use. The published volumes also make the contents of Madison-related documents the originals of which are housed in some 250 archives worldwide easily accessible to libraries and interested individuals anywhere books travel. The Secretary of State Series documents Madison's diplomatic and political career in the two administrations of Thomas Jefferson, 1801-9, during which he oversaw the negotiations for the Louisiana Purchase and the integration of those territories into the United States and attempted to maintain a viable neutrality for the United States vis-à-vis warring France and Great Britain. As secretary of state, Madison presided over one of the busiest offices in Washington. He was responsible for the Patent Office, issued all federal commissions, saw that the public laws were put into print, and served as the official liaison between the president and the governors of states and territories. Most important for these volumes, Madison was the addressee of diplomatic pouches and letters from five ministers and over fifty consuls worldwide, as well as about a dozen commissioners. -- Publisher.

Subject

• Madison, James, 1751-1836 > Correspondence
• Madison, James, 1751-1836
• 1801-1809
• Diplomatic relations
• Politics and government
• United States > Foreign relations > Sources. > 1801-1809
• United States > Politics and government > Sources. > 1801-1809
• United States > History > Sources. > 1801-1809
• United States
• Politics

Genre/Form

• History.
• Personal correspondence.
• Sources.

Note

• Editors vary; subsequent editors include: Angela Kreider, J.C.A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Anne Mandeville Colony, Katharine E. Harbury.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Vol. 1: 4 March-31 July 1801 -- Vol. 2: 1 August 1801-28 February 1802 -- Vol. 3: 1 March-6 October 1802 -- Vol. 4: 8 October 1802-15 May 1803 -- Vol. 5: 16 May-31 October 1803 -- Vol. 6: 1 November 1803-31 March 1804 -- Vol. 7: 2 April-31 August 1804 -- Vol. 8: 1 September 1804-31 January 1805; with a supplement, 1776-23 June 1804 -- Vol. 9: 1 February 1805-30 June 1805 -- Vol. 10: 1 July 1805-31 December 1805 -- Vol. 11: 1 January 1806-31 May 1806 -- Vol. 12: 1 June 1806-31 October 1906 --

Call Number

II 87-2816

ISBN

• 0813910935
• 9780813910932
• 0813914035
• 9780813914039
• 0813915414
• 9780813915418
• 0813917476
• 9780813917474
• 081391941X
• 9780813919416
• 0813921201
• 9780813921204
• 0813923530
• 9780813923536
• 0813926351
• 9780813926353
• 9780813930985
• 0813930987
• 9780813935713
• 0813935717
• 9780813939711
• 0813939712
• 9780813946122
• 0813946123
• 9788139236510 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

85029516

OCLC

12977000

Author

Madison, James, 1751-1836, author.

Title

The papers of James Madison. Secretary of state series / edited by Robert J. Brugger [and others].

Imprint

Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, 1986-<2021>

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Connect to:

Digital Edition.

Book review (H-Net)

Chronological Term

1801-1809

Indexed Term

Politics.

United States.

Added Author

Brugger, Robert J., editor.

Kreider, Angela, editor.

Stagg, J. C. A. (John Charles Anderson), 1945- editor.

Johnson, Mary Parke, editor.

Colony, Anne Mandeville, editor.

Harbury, Katharine E., 1950- editor.

Other Form:

Online version: Madison, James, 1751-1836. Papers of James Madison. Secretary of state series. Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, 1986-<2007> (OCoLC)682511564

Research Call Number

II 87-2816