1Notes on Ancient and Modern Confederacies, [April–June?] 1786 (Madison Papers)
As a member of Congress JM had worked tirelessly to strengthen the federal authority, a goal...
2From James Madison to James Monroe, 9 April 1786 (Madison Papers)
I am favoured with yours of the 18th. of March. My last answered your preceding one relating to...
3Notes on Buffon’s Histoire naturelle, [completed ca. May 1786] (Madison Papers)
Rural St. Thomas’s parish in Orange County, Virginia, was not totally isolated from the world of...
4From James Madison to Mr. Smith, [ca. 1 May] 1786 (Madison Papers)
J.M. Jr. asks the favor of Mr. Smith to procure & send him the following articles. About 200...
5From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 12 May 1786 (Madison Papers)
My last was of March 18. since which I have been favoured with yours of the 8. & 9th. of Feby....
6From James Madison to James Monroe, 13 May 1786 (Madison Papers)
I was favored a few days ago with yours of the 28th. ult. I am under great obligations for your...
7From James Madison to James Monroe, 4 June 1786 (Madison Papers)
At the date of my last I expected I should by this time have been on the Journey which promises...
8From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 19 June 1786 (Madison Papers)
Since my last which was of the 18th. of May I have recd. your very agreeable favor of the 28th....
9From James Madison to James Monroe, 21 June 1786 (Madison Papers)
Your favor of the 31th. ult. did not come to hand till two days ago. As I expect to see you in a...
10From James Madison to James Monroe, 11 July 1786 (Madison Papers)
I reached this yesterday afternoon, not without sensible effects of the extreme heat of the four...
11From James Madison to Ambrose Madison, 7 August 1786 (Madison Papers)
The business depending before Congress not permitting Jas. Monroe to make a trip up the North...
12From James Madison to James Monroe, 12 [11] August 1786 (Madison Papers)
I called at Hunts at Trenton but he had come a few days before to this City. On my arrival last...
13From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 12 August 1786 (Madison Papers)
My last of the 19th. of June intimated that my next would be from N. York or this place. I...
14From James Madison to James Monroe, 15 August 1786 (Madison Papers)
I inclose herewith a letter for Mr. Jefferson, in which I have communicated the matter agreed on...
15From James Madison to James Monroe, 17 August 1786 (Madison Papers)
I have your favor of the 14th. inst. The expedient of which you ask my opinion has recd. as it...
16From James Madison to James Monroe, ca. 31 August 1786 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. ca. 31 August 1786, Philadelphia. JM expressed his anxiety at being unable to...
17From James Madison to Ambrose Madison, 8 September 1786 (Madison Papers)
I came to this place a day or two ago, where I found two Commsrs only. A few more have since come...
18From James Madison to James Monroe, 11 September 1786 (Madison Papers)
I have two letters from you not yet acknowledged, one of the 1st the other of the 3d. inst....
19From James Madison to Charles Thomson, 25 September 1786 (Madison Papers)
I have been honoured with your favour of the 15th. instant inclosing a copy of the proceeding of...
20Survey of Mohawk Lands, [October?] 1786 (Madison Papers)
Extending the 2 longest lines each to 160 chs makes 953 acres extending lines 116 to 160 leaving...
21From James Madison to James Monroe, 5 October 1786 (Madison Papers)
I recd. yesterday your favour of the 2d. inst: which makes the 3d. for which my acknowledgments...
22From James Madison to James Madison, Sr., ca. 26 October 1786 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. ca. 26 October 1786, Fredericksburg. Concerning family affairs and articles to...
23From James Madison to James Monroe, 30 October 1786 (Madison Papers)
I drop you a few lines rather as a fulfilment of my promise than for the purpose of information,...
30 October 1786. JM moved that the House, on 2 November, elect with the Senate a governor of...
⟨J. M. In Virga. Legislature previous to Convention of 1787⟩ Genl. [Regns. neces]sary, whether...
26From James Madison to James Madison, Sr., 1 November 1786 (Madison Papers)
Jno. Lusher & Joe got down this forenoon, with the articles sent. I shall execute your...
27From James Madison to George Washington, 1 November 1786 (Madison Papers)
I have been here too short a time as yet to have collected fully the politics of the Session. In...
28Outline for Speech Opposing Paper Money, [ca. 1 November 1786] (Madison Papers)
JM had long anticipated that an emission of paper currency would be attempted in the October 1786...
29Notes for Speech Opposing Paper Money, [ca. 1 November] 1786 (Madison Papers)
Agst. Paper money. Novr. 1786 Virg: Assy. Ms ( DLC ). The one-page document is an expanded...
30From James Madison to Nicholas Lewis, 4 November 1786 (Madison Papers)
Letter not found. 4 November 1786. Mentioned in Nicholas Lewis’s letter of 26 November 1786 to JM...