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Title: Monroe, James to James Madison, 1786 November; No. 949 James Monroe to James Madison
Identifier(s): text:353636
Description: Commits to his care papers [not present] "for negotiating further engagements on the Mohawk [River]" and instructs him to take necessary steps.; Includes a later notation regarding the letter.
Creator: Monroe, James, 1758-1831et al
Subject: Madison, James, 1751-1836
Date: 1786-11; 2023

Title: Commission to Peter Muhlenberg as Major in the 31st regiment of infantry
Identifier(s): text:191210
Source: Muhlenberg family papers, 1769-1866 (Mss.B.M891); https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.M891-ead.xml
Subject: Madison, James, 1751-1836; United States. Army
Date: 1815-02-01

Title: Commission to Peter Muhlenberg as Captain in the 6th regiment of Infantry
Identifier(s): text:191207
Source: Muhlenberg family papers, 1769-1866 (Mss.B.M891); https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.M891-ead.xml
Subject: Madison, James, 1751-1836; United States. Army
Date: 1811-05-01

Title: United States, President James Madison; No. 873 United States, President James Madison
Identifier(s): text:353741
Description: Passport for a vessel; countersigned by R[obert] Smith, Secretary of State.; Printed form; blank
Subject: Passports; Madison, James, 1751-1836; Smith, Robert, 1757-1842
Date: 1809-1817; 2023

Title: James Madison’s Dilemma – And Ours
Identifier(s): video:1294; 2014_11_018
Description: Professor Rakove muses on the difference between the constitution and law: how James Madison saw the dilemma and how that can instruct the future.
Subject: Early American History; Original Meanings.; Madison, James, 1751-1836; APS Meeting Videos
Date: 2014-11-08

Title: John Page to James Madison, 1777 July 7
Identifier(s): text:190899
Description: Concerning his observation of the transit of Venus of 1769.
Source: American Philosophical Society Archives (APS.Archives); https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/APS.Archives-ead.xml
Subject: Page, John, 1744-1808; Madison, James, 1751-1836; Venus (Planet)--Transit
Date: 1777-07-07

Title: Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel to Dr. Benjamin Rush, 1789 June 25; No. 989 John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg to Dr. Benjamin Rush
Identifier(s): text:353417
Description: Inquires about his opinion regarding [James] Madison's propositions for amending the Constitution; discusses debates over various bills in Congress, the interpretation of the Constitution as it relates to the power of removal of officials, and the balance of power between the branches of government; mentions money that is due [William] "McClay" [Maclay] from the trustees of Franklin College, [Lancaster, Pa.].
Creator: Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, 1746-1807et al
Subject: Constitutions--United States; Separation of powers; Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813; Madison, James, 1751-1836; Maclay, William, 1737-1804
Date: 1789-06-25; 2023

Title: Les Presidents Des Etats-Unis.
Identifier(s): graphics:5012; APSimg3846; Graphics Number: M42-13-27
Description: Garvan Coll., No. 601.
Source: Print Collection (Garvan);
Subject: Portraits ; Washington, George, 1732-1799; Adams, John, 1735-1826; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826; Madison, James, 1751-1836; Monroe, James, 1758-1831; Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.
Date: n. d.

Title: Les Presidents Des Etats-Unis.
Identifier(s): graphics:5529; APSimg3846; Graphics Number: M42-13-27
Description: Black and white lithograph group portrait of the first six Presidents of the United States above an eagle.; Garvan Coll., No. 601.
Source: Print Collection (Garvan);
Subject: Portraits; Washington, George, 1732-1799; Adams, John, 1735-1826; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826; Madison, James, 1751-1836; Monroe, James, 1758-1831; Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.
Date: n. d.

Title: Manuscript subscription list put forward by Jefferson to support a proposed scientific expedition under Andre Michaux, 1793.; Subscription list for proposed exploration of the American West.
Identifier(s): graphics:4751; local: APSimg1138; local: 728.001
Description: This stunning document, the body of which is in the hand of Thomas Jefferson, gives instructions to Michaux "to explore the interior country of North America from the Mississippi along the Missouri and Westwardly to the Pacific Ocean . . ." Those subscribing money for this venture have signed below, with their pledges noted. Included are: John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Robert Morris. This expedition was never undertaken, and it is only one instance of Jefferson's continuing interest in exploring the western territory, culminating in the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804-1806.; Provenance: Discovered in the vault in Philosophical Hall in 1979; accessioned, 1980; see Committee on Library Report, Year Book (1979): 158-160.
Subject: Early American history; Washington, George, 1732-1799; Adams, John, 1735-1826; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826; Madison, James, 1751-1836; Michaux, André, 1746-1802.
Date: 1793

Title: James Madison to James Kirke Paulding, April 1831.
Identifier(s): APSimg7941; APSimg7941
Description: David Library Item Number: 871; Description from Guide to the Sol Feinstone Collection of the David Library of the American Revolution.
Creator: Madison, James, 1751-1836
Source: The Sol Feinstone Collection of the American Revolution, ca. 1760s-1850s (Mss.B.F327);
Subject: Early American history; Madison, James, 1751-1836; Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860; Historians; Washington, George, 1732-1799; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Date: 1831 April