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		Volume 1, March - 30 September 1809 Volume 2, 1 October 1809 - 2 November 1810 Volume 3, 3 November 1810 - 4 November 1811 Volume 4, 5 November 1811 - 19 October 1811 Volume 5, 10 July 1812 - 7 February 1813
		Volume 1: March - 30 September 1809
		Edited by Robert A. Rutland and Thomas A. Mason Presidential style is an important attribute for holders of the nation's highest office, but the first volume of James Madison's presidential papers indicate that he was a reserved and unpretentious man concerned more with the substance than the style of the office. As the 1809 letters show, President Madison was besieged by office seekers and eccentric citizens who expected the chief executive to show concern for their personal problem. Ravenous politicians sought jobs for themselves and relatives. Madison personally answered at length the many testimonials from citizens' rallies and political gatherings. The domestic side of White House life--the decorating and improvement of the President's House--also forms an important segment of the documentary record. The multiplicity of presidential concerns revealed in the volume add a new perspective to our historic view of the nation's highest office. 414 pages • 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 cloth • 1984 ISBN 0-8139-0-991-0 • $70.00
		Volume 2: 1 October 1809 - 2 November 1810
		Edited by J.C.A. Stagg, Jeane Kerr Cross, and Susan Holbrook Perdue The thirteen months between October 1809 and September 1910 were dominated by foreign policy problems as Madison labored to protect American neutral rights from the aggressions of France and Great Britain. The published papers record the president's difficulties in negotiating with the British diplomat Francis James Jackson as well as his struggle to persuade Congress to persevere with policies of economic coercion against the European belligerents. Equally important was Madison's response to changes in Spanish America, and the editorial annotation of the documents here casts new light on his decision to annex parts of Spanish West Florida to the United States in October 1810. The volume also illuminates the range of Madison's executive activities on the domestic front--from dealing with Congress to supervising the construction of the public buildings in Washington, D.C., and conducting diplomacy with increasingly restless Indians on the frontier. Of considerable interest, too, is the material on Madison's relationships with his cabinet colleagues, particularly his controversial secretary of state, Robert Smith. These papers show a president constantly involved in the daily business of government, and they will enable scholars to develop fresh perspectives on the growth of the executive branch. 681 pages • 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 cloth • 1992 ISBN 0-8139-1345-4 • $70.00
		Volume 3: 3 November 1810 - 4 November 1811
		Edited by J.C.A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, and Susan Holbrook Perdue This carefully annotated and indexed volume sheds new light on many of the domestic and foreign tensions that were soon to culminate in the War of 1812. The twelve-month period covered in this volume was dominated by foreign policy concerns, as Madison sought ways to compel Great Britain to respect America's neutral rights. The documents chronicle the consequences of Madison's decision to impose non-intercourse against Great Britain to force a repeal of the orders in council following Napoleon's claim that he had repealed French trade restrictions. British doubts that the French appeal was valid--shared by many Americans and possibly even Madison himself--are amply documented. The apparent failure of the diplomacy of commercial restrictions increasingly brought Madison under pressure at home to change his policies, and by November 1811 he was ready to request Congress to prepare for war. Madison's attention was also occupied during the year by the continuing disintegration of the Spanish colonial empire. His correspondence addresses the consequences arising from the annexation of West Florida, and records America's first diplomatic contacts with other rebellious Spanish-American colonies. On the domestic front, this volume illuminates Madison's painful decision to dismiss Secretary of State Robert Smith and replace him with James Monroe. 648 pages • 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 cloth • 1996 ISBN 0-8139-1632-1 • $70.00
		Volume 4: 5 November 1811 - 9 July 1812, with a supplement 5 March 1809 - 19 October 1811
		Edited by J.C.A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, Jewel L. Spangler, Ellen J. Barber, Martha J. King, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Susan Holbrook Perdue This fourth volume covers events in James Madison's first administration between 5 November 1811 and 9 July 1812, corresponding almost exactly with the duration of the first session of the Twelfth Congress. Madison's two most important presidential decisions buttress this volume: his advocacy of preparedness in November 1811 and his request in June 1812 that Congress consider his case for war against Great Britain. The documents from the intervening months chart the difficulties of the path to war. On the diplomatic front, Madison worked to clarify French policy toward neutrals. On the domestic front, divided opinions over war are revealed in addresses from citizens an state legislatures. Madison planned offensive operations against Canada, imposed an embargo on shipping, and endured threats to his renomination for a second term. Finally, Madison delivered his "war message" to Congress in June 1812, accusing Great Britain of an accumulation of grievances that stretch back to 1803. This volume also includes a supplement of forty-five items of newly discovered material from March 1809 to October 1811. 720 pages • 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 cloth • 1999 ISBN 0-8139-1859-6 • $70.00
		Volume 5: 10 July 1812 - 7 February 1813
		Edited by J.C.A. Stagg, Martha J. King, Ellen J. Barber, Anne Mandeville Colony, Angela Kreider, Jewel L. Spangler Volume 5 of the Presidential Series covers the first seven months of the War of 1812, documenting the problems Madison faced as he led the United States in its first military conflict under the Federal Constitution. 768 pages • 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 cloth • Available July 2004 ISBN 0-8139-2258-5 • $70.00
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