The Declaration, the Constitution, the life of every signer, and every President's inaugural from Washington to Pierce — the patriotic shelf of an American parlor of 1855, complete in one volume.

Madison's First Annual Message, November 29, 1809

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Madison's First Annual Message, November 29, 1809

Fellow-Citizens of the Senate, and House of Representatives: AT the period of our last meeting, I had the satisfaction of communicating an…

Madison's First Annual Message, November 29, 1809: Congress

With France, the other belligerent, whose trespasses on our commercial rights have long been the subject of our just remonstrances, the…

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