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The
James Madison Papers

The James Madison Papers consist of approximately 12,000
items captured in some 72,000 digital images. They document
the life of the man who came to be known as the "Father
of the Constitution" through correspondence, personal
notes, drafts of letters and legislation, an autobiography,
legal and financial documents, and miscellaneous manuscripts.
Correspondence and notes trace his two terms as the fourth
president of the United States, illuminating the origins
and course of the War of 1812, including copies of letters
written by Madison to Secretary
of War John Armstrong.

Examples of documents from the War of 1812 in the Madison
Papers include the following:

• A chronology
  of events in the War of 1812.
• A special
  message to Congress regarding the war dated
  December 7, 1813.
• Madison's observations from August 24, 1814, on the
  capture
  of Washington, D.C., by British troops.
• A letter from Madison to Thomas Jefferson on March
  12, 1815, which discusses a congressional report
  on the causes of the war.

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Madison's papers to find additional documents related
to the War of 1812.