James Madison, Jr. (March 16, 1751– June 28, 1836) is the “Father of the
Constitution,” author of the Bill of Rights, and the fourth president of the United States. He has been called
the chief architect of the most important political experiment in human
history. George F. Will once wrote that if we truly
believed that the pen is mightier than the sword, our nation’s capital
would have been called “Madison, D.C.”, instead of Washington, D.C.
Madison also wrote over a third of the
Federalist Papers, a
series of 85 newspaper articles published throughout the 13
states that explained to the public how the proposed Constitution would
work.
Thomas Jefferson referred to the
Federalist Papers as “the
best commentary on the principles of government, which ever was
written.” The
Federalist Papers are still the primary source today for jurists and legal
scholars interested in the original understanding of the Constitution.
James
Madison signs this
Military Commission appointing Edward Webber a Second
Lieutenant in the 6th Regiment of the Infantry. Measures 15 3/4" x 18
1/2".
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Peter Augustus Jay, son of John
Jay, First Chief Justice of the U.S., was a director of the
Mohawk and Hudson RR. While in Paris, he was entrusted with the
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