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Giants of America

The Founding Fathers

James Madision

JAMES MADISON

The Home of James Madison

SYDNEY HOWARD GAY

ARLINGTON HOUSE New Rochelle, N.Y.

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I.The Virginia Madisons[1]
II.The Young Statesman[15]
III.In Congress[28]
IV.In the State Assembly[45]
V.In the Virginia Legislature[61]
VI.Public Disturbances and Anxieties[73]
VII.The Constitutional Convention[84]
VIII."The Compromises"[94]
IX.Adoption of the Constitution[110]
X.The First Congress[122]
XI.National Finances—Slavery[144]
XII.Federalists and Republicans[164]
XIII.French Politics[185]
XIV.His Latest Years in Congress[207]
XV.At Home—"Resolutions of '98 AND '99"[225]
XVI.Secretary of State[242]
XVII.The Embargo[254]
XVIII.Madison As President[272]
XIX.War With England[290]
XX.Conclusion[309]
Index [325]

ILLUSTRATIONS

James Madison [Frontispiece]

From the painting by Sully in the Corcoran Gallery of Art,
Washington, D. C.

Autograph from a MS. in the New York Public Library, Lenox
Building.

The vignette of "Montpelier," Madison's home at Montpelier, Va.,
is from a photograph.

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Charles Cotesworth Pinckney facing [98]

From the original painting by Gilbert Stuart in the possession of
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, D. D., LL. D., Charleston, S. C.

Autograph from a MS. in the New York Public Library, Lenox
Building.

Fisher Ames facing [162]

From the miniature painted by John Trumbull in 1792, now in the
Art Gallery of Yale University.

Autograph from the Chamberlain Collection, Boston Public Library.

Dolly P. Madison facing [222]

From a miniature in the possession of Dr. H. M. Cutts,
Brookline, Mass.

Autograph from a letter kindly loaned by Dr. Cutts.

Battle of Lake Erie facing [310]

From the painting by W. H. Powell in the Capitol at Washington.