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Montpelier plantation, but the Adams administration's unpopular Alien and Sedition Acts brought him back to the public stage, where he would remain. Painting by James Sharples Sr., 1796–1797. (From Independence National Historical Park.)

    Madison and longtime friend James Monroe split when Monroe ran against him for president, but Thomas Jefferson brought the pair back together. Monroe was Madison's secretary of state and succeeded him in the White House. Painting attributed to Felix Sharples, ca. 1807–1811. (From Independence National Historical Park.)

    Thomas Jefferson and Madison were longtime friends; Jefferson made Madison secretary of state. Madison succeeded Jefferson as president, and the two remained close all of their lives. Painting by Charles Willson Peale, 1791–1792. (From Independence National Historical Park.)

    The Madisons frequently visited Richmond, Virginia, seen here in an 1808 painting completed just before Madison's inauguration, and they often stayed there for weeks. Watercolor on paper by J. L. Bouqueta de Woiseri, 1882. (From Virginia Historical Society [1953.2].)

    This map, drawn shortly after the American Revolution ended, shows the United States during Madison's lifetime. Map by John Wallis, 1783. (From the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Museum Purchase.)

    Independence Hall, in Philadelphia, was the setting for the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution. Photograph by Carol M. Highsmith, ca. 1980–2006. (From the Library of Congress.)

    James Madison was the driving force at the US Constitutional Convention. Painting by Thomas Pritchard Rossiter, 1872. (From Independence National Historical Park.)

Madison, Dolley. Dolley Madison Digital Edition. Edited by Holly C. Shulman. Charlottesville: University of Virginia, 2004–.
    Washington, George. The Writings of George Washington . Edited by John C. Fitzpatrick. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1932.
    BOOKS
    Abernathy, Tom. The South in the New Nation, 1789–1819 . Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1961.
    Adams, Abigail. The New Letters of Abigail Adams, 1788–1801 . Edited by Stewart Mitchell. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1947.
    Adams, Henry. History of the United States during the First Administration of James Madison . Condensed vol. New York: Literary Classics of the United States, Library of America, 1986.
    â€”——. John Randolph . Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1898. Reprint, Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1996.
    Adams, John Quincy. The Diary of John Quincy Adams, 1794–1845: American Diplomacy and Political, Social and Intellectual Life, from Washington to Polk . Edited by Allan Nevins. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing, 1928.
    â€”——. Lives of Celebrated Statesmen . New York: W. H. Graham, 1846.
    Allgor, Catherine. A Perfect Union: Dolley Madison and the Creation of the American Nation . New York: Henry Holt, 2006.
    Ambler, Charles. Thomas Ritchie: A Study in Virginia Politics . Richmond: Bell, Book and Stationary, 1913.
    Ames, Seth. The Works of Fisher Ames . 2 vols. Boston: Little, Brown, 1854.
    Ammon, Harry. James Monroe: The Quest for National Identity . New York: McGraw-Hill, 1971.
    Annals of the Congress of the United States, 1789-1824 . Washington, DC: US Government Printing House, 1834–1856.
    Anthony, Katherine. Dolley Madison: Her Life and Times . Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1949.
    Arnett, Ethel. Mrs. James Madison: The Incomparable Dolley . Greensboro, NC: Piedmont Press, 1972.
    Bagot, Mary. Exile in Yankeeland: The Journal of Mary Bagot, 1816–1819 . Edited by David Hosford. Washington, DC: Historical Society of Washington, DC, 1984.
    Banning, Lance. The Sacred Fire of Liberty: James Madison and the Founding of the Federal Republic . Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1995.
    Barnard, Daniel. Lecture on the Character and Services of James Madison, Delivered before the “Young Men's Association for Mutual