The republic of letters : the correspondence between Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, 1776-1826
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison have been called the two greatest philosopher statesmen of the American Enlightenment.
letters (correspondence)
3 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780393036916, 039303691X
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v. 1. 1776-1790
v. 2. 1790-1804
v. 3. 1804-1836. v. 1. 1770
1790 :
ch. 1. Parallel lives: Jefferson, Madison, and the revolutionary crisis, 1773-1775
ch. 2. Getting acquainted: Jefferson, Madison, and the Virginia House of Delegates, 1776
ch. 3. The beginnings of friendship: Governor Jefferson and Councillor Madison, 1779
ch. 4. "A most melancholy crisis," 1780-1781
ch. 5. Wartime cooperation: the Congressman and the Governor, 1781
ch. 6. From friendship to partnership, 1782-1783
ch. 7. From war to peace, 1783
ch. 8. "The justlings of states": the partners change places, 1783-1784
ch. 9. "The dark side of our commercial affairs": the Minister to France and the Virginia Legislator, 1784-1785
ch. 10. State and national reforms: the Virginia Legislator and the Minister to France, 1785-1786
ch. 11. Miracle in Philadelphia, 1787
ch. 12. The Constitution and the movement for a Bill of Rights, 1788-1789
ch. 13. "The Great Rights of Mankind": the adoption of the Bill of Rights, 1789
ch. 14. The Congressman and the Secretary of State, 1790. v. 2. 1790
1804 :
ch. 15. The battle with Hamilton, 1790-1791
ch. 16. Party conflicts, 1791-1792
ch. 17. The French connection and American neutrality, 1793
ch. 18. "Pinching British commerce," 1793-1794
ch. 19. Dolley, domesticity, and the Whiskey Rebellion, 1794-1795
ch. 20. The Jay Treaty, 1795-1796
ch. 21. The election of 1796
ch. 22. The Vice President and the farmer: the partners trade places again, 1797
ch. 23. Crisis in freedom: the XYZ Affair and the Alien and Sedition Acts, 1798
ch. 24. The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions and American civil liberties, 1798-1799
ch. 25. The Resolutions renewed, 1799
ch. 26. The Election of 1800 and the crisis of succession
ch. 27. The Revolution of 1800
ch. 28. An interlude of peace, 1801-1802
ch. 29. "This Affair of Louisiana," 1803
ch. 30. "The Empire for Liberty," 1803-1804. v. 3. 1804
1836 :
ch. 31. Foreign-policy priorities, 1804-1805
ch. 32. The perils of neutrality, 1805-1806
ch. 33. A conspiracy at home and a bad treaty abroad, 1806-1807
ch. 34. Embargo: the rights of neutrals and "the wrongs of the belligerents," 1807-1808
ch. 35. The end of the embargo, 1808-1809
ch. 36. Madison takes over, 1809
ch. 37. The Macon Bills, 1810: "Better than nothing"
ch. 38. The politics of neutrality, 1811
ch. 39. War or submission: 1812
ch. 40. The War of 1812: a few victories but more defeats, 1812-1813
ch. 41. The critical Year: 1814
ch. 42. Mr. Madison's war ends: 1815
ch. 43. A joint retirement project: the origins of the University of Virginia, 1816-1817
ch. 44. Founding the University of Virginia, 1818-1819
ch. 45. Liberty and learning, 1820-1822
ch. 46. Reminiscing about the Revolution and the Republic, 1823
ch. 47. Recruiting a faculty, 1824
ch. 48. The University opens, 1825
ch. 49. Jefferson's last year, 1826
ch. 50. "Take care of me when dead": Madison's final years, 1826-1836