James Madison: A Life Reconsidered (80 page)

as subject of gossip,
345
–46,
361

and War of 1812,
400
,
402
,
404
,
408
–12,
417
,
418
,
421

and Washington City,
295
–96,
390
,
400
,
404
,
410
,
411
,
414
,
457

Madison, Frances (grandmother),
12
–15,
16
–17,
19
,
20
–21,
56
,
293
,
453

Madison, Frances “Fannie” (sister),
265
,
271
,
439

Madison, Francis (brother),
17

Madison, James:

anonymous writings of,
95
–97,
109
,
157
–58,
168
,
187
–88,
242
,
243
,
343

autobiography of,
52
,
425

and bill of rights,
8
,
160
,
183
–84,
191
,
195
,
196
,
200
,
458

biographers of,
9
,
65
,
425

birth of,
16
–17

in boardinghouses,
2
,
7
,
69
,
80
–81,
97
,
101
,
106
,
111
,
117
,
123
,
155
,
220
,
243
,
282

books of,
32
,
36
–37,
45
,
71
,
104
,
117

and British provocations,
246
–47,
254
,
342
,
343
–44

and Burr trial,
337

and capital city location,
201
–2,
217
–19

childhood of,
17
–20

childlessness of,
271

and Congress,
see
Congress, U.S.

and Constitution,
see
Constitution; Constitutional Convention

and Continental army,
79
,
86
,
92
,
93
,
96
,
209

in Continental Congress,
2
,
6
,
73
,
75
,
76
–77,
84
,
85
–86,
97
,
101
,
120
–22

correspondence with Jefferson,
77
,
90
,
97
–98,
102
,
103
,
107
,
110
,
112
–13,
154
,
158
–60,
179
–80,
182
–84,
191
,
203
,
206
–8,
251
–52,
274
,
285
,
289
,
301
,
367
,
369
,
374
–75

creative genius of,
5
,
7
–8,
60
,
68
,
70
–71,
123
,
452
–53,
458

death of,
453

despondency of,
35
–38

and diplomacy,
69
,
82
–84,
93
,
95
,
106
,
118
,
122
–23

and Dolley,
see
Madison, Dolley Payne

estate of,
14
,
451
–52,
455
–56

family background of,
11
–18

as “father of the Constitution,”
153

and father’s estate,
293
–94

and
The Federalist,
8
,
157
–66,
179
,
208
,
221
,
224
,
228

finances of,
29
,
81
,
94
,
104
,
114
–16,
293
,
305
–6,
345
,
439
–41

general health of,
2
,
38
–40,
71
,
113
–14,
175
,
178
,
217
,
225
,
266
,
282
,
292
,
293
,
300
,
347
–49,
348
–49,
371
,
390
–92,
451
–53

government envisioned by,
see
government

grave of,
453
,
458

and Hamilton,
235
,
237
–38

history studied by,
6
–7,
60
,
62
,
105
,
117
,
123
,
164

and Jay Treaty,
254
–57,
258
–62

Jefferson’s friendship with,
3
,
64
,
69
–73,
100
,
102
,
114
,
158
–60,
170
,
179
–80,
206
–8,
288
,
442
–43

and Kitty Floyd,
99
–100,
101
–2

and land speculation,
86
,
115
–16,
210
–11,
324
–27

law studies of,
41

leadership skills of,
97
,
105
,
169
,
175
,
177
–78,
181
,
189
–90,
200
–201

legacy of,
9
,
429

letter to the states,
95
–97

Marbury v. Madison,
311
–13

“Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments,”
168

and Mississippi River navigation,
84
–85,
111
,
120
–21,
122
,
182
,
259
–60,
304
–5

and Montpelier,
see
Montpelier

at Nassau Hall (Princeton),
23
–33

national bank and,
220
,
221
–22,
226
,
227
,
440

National Gazette
essays by,
231
,
233
,
234
,
235

natural history interest of,
104

“Notes on Ancient and Modern Confederacies,”
123

and nullification,
445
–48

and Orange County Committee of Safety,
46
,
47
,
48
–49,
55

papers of,
9
–10,
21
,
32
–33,
448
–49,
455
,
457

personal traits of,
2
–4,
9
,
69
–72,
81
,
113
,
181
,
190
,
284
–85,
321
,
371
,
424
–25

political defeats of,
65
,
70
,
184
,
210

political evolution of,
221
,
423

and political parties,
224
,
228
–29,
231
,
232
–33,
235
–37

political skills of,
60
,
67
–68,
82
,
83
–84,
97
,
107
–8,
118
,
189
–90,
207
,
209
–10,
228
–29,
290
,
309
,
325
,
340
,
347
–48,
356
–57,
362
,
365
,
367
–71,
446
,
458

portraits of,
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–90,
321
–22,
435

posthumous statement of,
448

presidency of,
8
,
222
,
352
,
355
–58,
362
–63,
367
–71,
387
–92,
394
,
397
–400,
416
–18,
423
,
425
–26

and presidential elections,
236
–37,
262
–63,
265
,
278
,
284
,
289
–90,
291
–92,
317
,
319
,
335
,
344
–52,
385

as public speaker,
3
,
181
,
185
–86,
190

and ratification,
167
–69,
170
–78,
179
–80,
190

religious beliefs of,
39
–40,
41
–42,
453

and religious freedom,
59
–60,
63
–64,
108
–10,
168

Report of 1800,
282
–84

and Republican Party,
236
–37,
243

reputation of,
9
,
42
,
82
,
97
,
239
,
252

and retirement from U.S. Congress,
252
–53,
265
–66,
267

and retirement from public life,
429
–41,
445
–50

and Revolutionary War debt,
91
,
96
,
209
–11,
216

schooling of,
5
,
20
–23,
71

as secretary of state,
8
,
292
,
298
–99,
300
–302,
315
,
327
,
329
–30,
333
,
347
–48

and slavery,
13
–14,
19
,
41
,
72
,
94
–95,
115
,
212
–14,
225
,
271
–72,
441
,
449
,
451
–52

socializing,
104
,
181
,
203
,
306
,
314
–16,
354
,
355
,
434
–36,
437

“sudden attacks” of,
4
,
6
,
17
–18,
29
,
31
,
32
,
38
,
40
,
51
–52,
71
,
87
–88,
102
,
114
,
173
,
225
,
250
,
262
,
266
,
300
,
317
,
328
,
334
,
425

and threat of war with Britain,
261
–62

travels of,
113
–14,
223
–25

and University of Virginia,
436
–38

“Vices of the Political System of the United States,”
123
,
124
,
159
,
164

and Virginia Assembly,
6
,
63
,
104
,
105
–10,
280
,
282
–84

and Virginia Convention,
55
–57,
59
–62

in Virginia Council of State,
65
–67,
68
,
69
,
72
–73

and Virginia Resolutions,
276
–77,
282
–83,
445
,
446

and War of 1812,
see
War of 1812

Madison, Rev. James (cousin),
69
,
87
,
351

Madison, James senior (father),
15
–17,
20
,
22
,
26
,
37
,
42
,
87
,
126
,
166

death of,
293

estate of,
293
–94,
439
,
456

health of,
271
,
292

and Montpelier,
243
,
252
,
253
,
270
,
271
,
293
,
430

and Orange County Committee of Safety,
46
,
48
,
55

and young James’s finances,
29
,
94
,
104
,
114

Madison, John (great-grandfather),
12

Madison, John (great-great-grandfather),
11
–12

Madison, Nelly (mother),
16
–17,
42
,
270

children of,
17
,
22
,
47

death of,
450

illness of,
194
,
203

Madison, Nelly (sister),
36

Madison, Robert (nephew),
439
,
450

Madison, Sarah (sister),
36

Madison, William (brother),
37
,
44
,
105
,
294
,
439
,
456

Madison family:

background of,
11
–18,
21

estate of,
11
–12,
14
,
16
–17,
293
–94,
431
,
439
,
456
;
see also
Montpelier

library of,
9
,
15
,
17
,
36
–38

and Mount Pleasant,
16
–17,
22

slaves of,
13
–14,
15
,
19
,
36
,
94

Maffitt, Rev. William,
409

malaria,
390
–92

Malone, Dumas,
72
,
325

Malthus, Thomas,
452

Marathon, Battle of,
386

Marbury, William,
311
–13

Marbury v. Madison,
311
–13