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To James Madison from Montesquieu, 12 September 1797

¶ From Montesquieu

Letter not found. 12 September 1797. Calendared as a three-page letter in the lists probably made by Peter Force (DLC, series 7, container 2); however, no correspondence has been located between JM and Charles Louis, baron de Montesquieu (1749–1824), grandson of the famous French philosopher.

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    To James Madison from Montesquieu, 12 September 1797
    Author
    Montesquieu
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    Madison, James
    Date
    12 September 1797

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    “To James Madison from Montesquieu, 12 September 1797,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-17-02-0032. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, vol. 17, 31 March 1797–3 March 1801 and supplement 22 January 1778–9 August 1795, ed. David B. Mattern, J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne K. Cross, and Susan Holbrook Perdue. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1991, p. 46.]