Correspondence on the subject of the convention, written while it was in session, was not extensive, but some unpublished letters throwing light upon contemporaneous opinion have been found and are quoted in the notes.
The editor desires to record his obligation for assistance in preparing these volumes to his friend, Montgomery Blair, Esq., of Silver Spring, Md.
Gaillard Hunt.
Cherry Hill Farm, Va.,
September, 1902.
CHRONOLOGY OF JAMES MADISON.
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