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Selections From The Private Correspondence Of James Madison, From 1813 To 1836

Selections From The Private Correspondence Of James Madison, From 1813 To 1836

Madison, James

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Letters & EssaysGeneral World HistoryRevolutionary Period (1775-1800)

ISBN10: 9354509339
ISBN13: 9789354509339
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 20 2021
Pages: 422
Weight: 1.36
Height: 0.94 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Step behind the public speeches and into the quiet rooms where policy was weighed, alliances tested, and doubts admitted. The Republic speaks in ink. Selections From The Private Correspondence Of James Madison, From 1813 To 1836 gathers his later letters into a historical letters collection of rare immediacy, spanning the early republic era and the United States 1813-1836. It is the workshop of a President, set down without ceremony. More than a political correspondence anthology, these primary source documents reveal Madison as elder statesman, constitutional thinker, and attentive observer of early american politics after the founding moment. They trace the everyday mechanics of government - appointments, party tensions, foreign affairs, and the slow work of preserving republican institutions. In their margins sits the pressure of precedent, and the way ideas migrate from private note to public doctrine. Readers encounter the texture of american constitutional history as it was lived: arguments over federal power, civic virtue, and the meaning of the Union, alongside the long-running constitutional interpretation debates that shaped a nation. For american history students, it is a dependable research reference edition; for general readers, it is intimate, surprising, and sharply human. Collectors of founding fathers letters and admirers of thomas jefferson letters will recognise the same disciplined prose and private candour that define the era. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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