| System Details |
Mode of access via the Library of Congress American Memory web site. |
| Note |
Title from title screen (viewed on Apr. 5, 2005). |
| Summary |
Consists of approximately 12,000 items housed in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division, captured in some 72,000 digital images, including correspondence, personal notes, drafts of letters and legislation, an autobiography, legal and financial documents, and miscellaneous manuscripts. Highlights include a copy of Thomas Jefferson's notes from the Continental Congress of 1776, including Jefferson's copy of the Declaration of Independence as amended by Congress. Among Madison's correspondents were Jefferson, Dolly Madison, James Monroe, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and Noah Webster. |
| Subject |
Madison, James, 1751-1836 -- Archives.
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| Added Author |
Library of Congress. Manuscript Division.
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| Gpo Item No. |
0785-R-02 (online) |
| Sudoc No. |
LC 1.54/3-2:J 23 |
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