Read James Madison: A Life Reconsidered Online
Authors: Lynne Cheney
Statute for Religious Freedom,
6
western land claims of,
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–67,
85
–86,
210
,
393
Virginia Assembly,
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,
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,
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,
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104
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105
–10,
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280
–81
House of Delegates,
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,
64
,
123
,
184
,
280
,
281
,
282
–84
Virginia Convention (1776),
55
–62,
72
declaration of rights,
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,
58
,
59
,
63
–64,
108
–9
and state constitution,
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,
60
–62
Virginia Declaration of Rights,
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,
58
,
59
,
63
–64,
108
–9,
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Virginia Herald,
185
Virginia ratifying convention,
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–67,
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–78,
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,
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,
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,
347
Virginia Resolutions,
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–58,
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,
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–77,
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,
282
–83,
351
,
437
,
445
,
446
Wadsworth, Jeremiah,
201
–2
Walker, Betsey,
309
War Department, creation of,
190
War of 1812,
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,
379
–404,
405
–21,
429
assessments of,
420
–21
Congreve rockets in,
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,
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,
418
declaration of war,
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land battles in,
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–82,
386
–87,
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,
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–92,
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–94,
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–95,
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–8,
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opponents of,
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,
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–81,
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–83,
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,
395
–96,
415
,
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,
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peace negotiations,
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,
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,
414
,
419
steps toward,
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,
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,
370
–71,
372
–78
Tenth Military District,
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,
405
–6
U.S. invasion of Canada,
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–74,
381
–82,
386
U.S. naval victories in,
383
–84,
385
–86,
388
,
392
,
420
Washington City as target in,
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,
398
–400,
403
–4,
405
–12
and western expansion,
419
–20
Washington, Bushrod,
173
Washington, George:
birthday celebrated,
253
as Cincinnatus,
179
and Constitutional Convention,
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,
119
–20,
125
–28,
136
–37,
138
,
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,
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,
156
and Continental army,
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,
56
,
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,
63
,
66
,
75
,
95
,
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and Continental Congress,
77
death of,
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–82
estate of,
452
Farewell Address of,
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,
266
,
438
and
The Federalist,
158
and foreign relations,
89
,
240
–42,
247
,
257
,
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inaugural address of,
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,
187
–88,
438
and Jay Treaty,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
269
and land speculation,
115
Madison’s assistance to,
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,
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,
227
,
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,
242
,
244
Madison’s correspondence with,
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,
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,
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Madison’s eulogy for,
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–82
and military expansion,
278
–79
at Mount Vernon,
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,
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,
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,
184
–85,
266
,
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papers of,
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personal traits of,
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,
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–93,
281
–82
and political parties,
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,
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,
247
and Potomac River,
113
presidency of,
8
,
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,
178
–79,
182
,
185
,
186
–88,
238
,
242
and prisoners of war,
69
and ratification,
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,
166
,
167
,
172
,
174
,
178
and Revolution,
49
,
63
,
64
–65,
66
,
78
,
90
–91,
115
and right of assembly,
251
–52
and Second Congress,
227
and Society of the Cincinnati,
119
–20
statesmanship of,
156
and Whiskey Rebellion,
250
,
251
,
252
Washington, George Steptoe,
250
Washington, Lucy Payne,
250
Washington City:
burned by British,
8
,
409
,
411
,
416
–17
early days of,
295
–97
Madisons’ move to,
295
–97
Patent Office building,
414
reestablishing the government in,
410
–12,
414
,
415
social life in,
253
,
306
–7,
313
–16,
354
–56,
385
–86
and War of 1812,
8
,
390
,
392
,
398
–400,
402
–4,
405
–12,
418
White House in,
411
Wellington, Duke of,
420
–21
Wesley, John,
38
West Florida,
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,
310
,
323
,
329
,
331
,
367
–68
Wilkins, William,
249
Williamson, Hugh,
148
Willis, John,
331
Wilson, James,
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,
133
,
134
,
136
,
139
,
143
–44
Winder, Levin,
399
Winder, William,
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–401,
403
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405
–7,
410
,
417
Wirt, William,
266
,
338
,
347
,
414
,
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Witherspoon, John,
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,
25
,
27
–30,
42
Wythe, George,
70
,
107
,
129
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176
,
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Yates, Robert,
133
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: Courtesy of the Library of Congress, LC-USZC4-4099
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: Louis S. Glanzman
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: Excerpt courtesy of the Newspaper and Periodicals Division of the Library of Congress
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: Photograph © 2014 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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:
George Washington
(oil on canvas), Stuart, Gilbert (1755–1828) / Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA / The Bridgeman Art Library
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: Charles Willson Peale,
James Madison,
from the collection of Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma
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: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Gift of Mrs. George S. Robbins
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: White House Historical Association (White House Collection)
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: Courtesy of The Montpelier Foundation, James Madison’s Montpelier, and Partsense, Inc.
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: Courtesy of The Montpelier Foundation, James Madison’s Montpelier, and Partsense, Inc.
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: Courtesy of The Montpelier Foundation, James Madison’s Montpelier, and Partsense, Inc.
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: © National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello
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: Collection of The New-York Historical Society, negative #6227
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: Courtesy of the Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-1804
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: © Fundación Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid
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: Gilbert Charles Stuart,
Marquis de Casa Yrujo,
1804. Collection of Thomas R. and Susan McKean; photograph courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
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: Gilbert Charles Stuart,
Marchioness de Casa Yrujo,
1804. Collection of Thomas R. and Susan McKean; photograph courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
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: Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington
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: White House Historical Association (White House Collection)
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: Gilbert Stuart, 1944.15. Virginia Historical Society
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: Wood, Joseph (1778–1830), (attributed to).
John Payne Todd.
ca. 1817. Watercolor on ivory, 2 ⅝ x 2
1
⁄
16
in. (6.7 x 5.26 cm). Gift of Miss Mary Madison McGuire, 1936 (36.73). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, U.S.A. Image copyright © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image source: Art Resource, NY
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: Naval History & Heritage Command, Washington, DC
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: Naval War College Museum Collection
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:
John Armstrong
by Rembrandt Peale, from life, c. 1808. Courtesy of Independence National Historical Park
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: © Bettmann/Corbis
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: White House Historical Association (White House Collection)
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: Armed Forces History Division, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
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: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, photograph by Carol M. Highsmith, LC-HS503-5367
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: White House Historical Association (White House Collection)
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: Joseph Wood, 1967.14. Virginia Historical Society
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: Joseph Wood, 1967.13. Virginia Historical Society
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: Photograph by Kenneth Wyner. Courtesy of The Montpelier Foundation, James Madison’s Montpelier
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: Photograph by Philip Beaurline. Courtesy of The Montpelier Foundation, James Madison’s Montpelier
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: Courtesy of The Montpelier Foundation, James Madison’s Montpelier