Congressional Series | Volume 10 (27 May 1787–3 March 1788) | Documents
Madison at the Federal Convention, 27 May–17 September 1787 [Editorial Note]James Madison to James Madison, Sr., 27 May 1787James Madison to Edmund Pendleton, 27 May 1787James Madison to Joseph Jones, 27 May 1787The Virginia Plan, 29 May 1787Establishment of a National Government, [30 May] 1787Proportional Representation in the Legislature, [30 May] 1787Popular Election of the First Branch of the Legislature, [31 May] 1787Election of the Senate, [31 May] 1787Powers of the National Legislature, [31 May] 1787Powers of the Executive, [1 June] 1787Term of the Executive, [1 June?] 1787Removal of the Executive, [2 June] 1787Power of the Executive to Veto Laws, [4 June] 1787Revisionary Power of the Executive and the Judiciary, [4 June] 1787Method of Choosing the Judiciary, [5 June] 1787Method of Ratifying the Constitution, [5 June] 1787Establishment of Inferior Courts, [5 June] 1787James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 6 June 1787James Madison to William Short, 6 June 1787Popular Election of the First Branch of the Legislature, [6 June] 1787Revisionary Power of the Executive and the Judiciary, [6 June] 1787Joseph Jones to James Madison, 7 June 1787Election of the Senate, [7 June] 1787Power of the Legislature to Negative State Laws, [8 June] 1787James Madison to James Monroe, 10 June 1787Reverend James Madison to James Madison, 11 June 1787John Dawson to James Madison, [12 June] 1787Term of the First Branch of the Legislature, [12 June] 1787Salaries for Members of the First Branch of the Legislature, [12 June] 1787Term of the Senate, [12 June] 1787James Madison to Ambrose Madison, 13 June 1787Edward Carrington to James Madison, 13 June 1787Method of Choosing the Judiciary, [13 June] 1787Power of Originating Money Bills in the Legislature, [13 June] 1787Reply to the New Jersey Plan, [19 June] 1787Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 20 June 1787Relationship between Federal and State Governments, [21 June] 1787Election of the First Branch of the Legislature, [21 June] 1787Term of the First Branch of the Legislature, [21 June] 1787Philip Mazzei to James Madison, 22 June 1787Salaries for Members of the First Branch of the Legislature, [22 June] 1787Members of the First Branch of the Legislature Barred from Federal Offices, [22 June], [23 June] 1787Term of the Senate, [26 June] 1787Salaries for Members of the Senate, [26 June] 1787James Madison to Joseph Jones, 26 June 1787Rule of Representation in the First Branch of the Legislature, [28 June] 1787Joseph Jones to James Madison, 29 June 1787Rule of Representation in the First Branch of the Legislature, [29 June] 1787Rule of Representation in the Senate, [29 June], [30 June] 1787Rule of Representation in the Legislature, [5 July] 1787Joseph Jones to James Madison, 6 July 1787Rule of Representation in the Legislature, [7 July], [9 July] 1787James Madison, Sr. to James Madison, 9 July 1787Apportionment of Representatives in the First Branch of the Legislature, [10 July] 1787Ambrose Madison to James Madison, 10 July 1787Apportionment of Representatives in the Legislature, [11 July] 1787John Dawson to James Madison, 14 July 1787Rule of Representation in the Senate, [14 July] 1787Power of the Legislature to Negative State Laws, [17 July] 1787Term of the Executive, [17 July] 1787James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 18 July 1787James Madison to Ambrose Madison, 18 July 1787James Madison to Edward Carrington, ca. 18 July 1787Method of Appointing the Executive, [19 July] 1787Impeachment of the Executive, [20 July] 1787Revisionary Power of the Executive and the Judiciary, [21 July] 1787Method of Choosing the Judiciary, [21 July] 1787Joseph Jones to James Madison, 23 July 1787Method of Ratifying the Constitution, [23 July] 1787Edward Carrington to James Madison, 25 July 1787Method of Appointing the Executive, [25 July] 1787Qualifications for Holding National Office, [26 July] 1787James Madison to James Madison, Sr., 28 July 1787James Madison to James McClurg, ca. 28 July 1787James Madison to Jacquelin Ambler, 30 July 1787Reverend James Madison to James Madison, 1 August 1787William Short to James Madison, 1 August 1787James Madison to John Pendleton, 2 August 1787Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 2 August 1787John Dawson to James Madison, 5 August 1787Lafayette to James Madison, 5 August 1787James McClurg to James Madison, 5 August 1787Philip Mazzei to James Madison, 6 August 1787Suffrage Qualifications for Electing the House of Representatives, [7 August] 1787Note on Suffrage, [7 August?] 1787Citizenship Qualifications for Senators, [9 August] 1787Power to Regulate Elections to the Legislature, [9 August] 1787Power to Establish Property Qualifications for Members of the Legislature, [10 August] 1787Edward Carrington to James Madison, 11 August 1787Location of the National Government, [11 August] 1787James Madison to James Madison, Sr., 12 August 1787Edmund Pendleton to James Madison, 12 August 1787Citizenship Qualifications for Representatives, [13 August] 1787Power to Originate Money Bills in the Legislature, [13 August] 1787Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 15 August 1787James Madison to William Grayson, ca. 15 August 1787Power of Congress to Tax Exports, [16 August] 1787Tench Coxe to James Madison, 18 August 1787Power to Regulate the State Militia, [18 August] 1787James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 19 August 1787Defining the Crime of Treason against the United States, [20 August] 1787Power of Congress to Tax Exports, [21 August] 1787James McClurg to James Madison, 22 August 1787Power to Regulate the State Militia, [23 August] 1787Power of Congress to Prohibit the Slave Trade, [25 August] 1787James Madison to James McClurg, ca. 25 August 1787Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, [27 August] 1787Power of Congress to Regulate Commerce, [29 August] 1787William Grayson to James Madison, 31 August 1787Method of Ratifying the Constitution, [31 August] 1787James Madison to James McClurg, ca. 1 September 1787James Madison to James Madison, Sr., 4 September 1787James McClurg to James Madison, 5 September 1787James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 6 September 1787Impeachment of the President, [8 September] 1787James McClurg to James Madison, 10 September 1787Power of Congress to Overrule the Executive Veto, [12 September] 1787Joseph Jones to James Madison, [ca. 13 September] 1787Suspension of Impeached Officials, [14 September] 1787James Madison to John Blair, 15 September 1787Power of Congress to Regulate Commerce, [15 September] 1787Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 17 September 1787James Madison to Edmund Pendleton, 20 September 1787Edward Carrington to James Madison, 23 September 1787Ambrose Madison to James Madison, 24 September 1787John Dawson to James Madison, 25 September 1787Samuel McDowell to Virginia Delegates, 25 September 1787Tench Coxe to James Madison, 27 September 1787Tench Coxe to James Madison, 28 September 1787James Madison to Edmund Randolph, ca. 28 September 1787James Madison to James Madison, Sr., 30 September 1787James Madison to George Washington, 30 September 1787Edmund Randolph to James Madison, 30 September 1787James Madison to Tench Coxe, 1 October 1787Reverend James Madison to James Madison, [ca. 1 October] 1787James Madison to Edmund Randolph, 7 October 1787James Madison to Joseph Jones, 7 October 1787Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 8 October 1787Edmund Pendleton to James Madison, [8 October] 1787George Washington to James Madison, 10 October 1787James Madison to Ambrose Madison, 11 October 1787James Monroe to James Madison, 13 October 1787James Madison to George Washington, 14 October 1787James Madison to George Washington, 18 October 1787John Dawson to James Madison, 19 October 1787James Madison to Edmund Randolph, 21 October 1787Tench Coxe to James Madison, 21 October 1787Archibald Stuart to James Madison, 21 October 1787George Washington to James Madison, 22 October 1787James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 24 October 1787James Madison to William Short, 24 October 1787Ambrose Madison to James Madison, ca. 25 October 1787James Madison to Tench Coxe, 26 October 1787James Madison to Joseph Jones, 26 October 1787James Madison to Edmund Pendleton, 28 October 1787James Madison to George Washington, 28 October 1787Daniel Carroll to James Madison, 28 October 1787Joseph Jones to James Madison, 29 October 1787Edmund Randolph to James Madison, 23 [ca. 29] October 1787James Madison to Archibald Stuart, 30 October 1787James McClurg to James Madison, 31 October 1787James Madison to the Reverend James Madison, November–December? 1787Archibald Stuart to James Madison, 2 November 1787Virginia Delegates to Edmund Randolph, 3 November 1787George Washington to James Madison, 5 November 1787James Madison to Philip Mazzei, 5 November 1787James Madison to Ambrose Madison, 8 November 1787Archibald Stuart to James Madison, 9 November 1787John Dawson to James Madison, [ca. 10 November] 1787Caleb Wallace to James Madison, 12 November 1787James Madison to Edmund Randolph, 18 November 1787James Madison to George Washington, 18 November 1787James Madison to Lawrence Taliaferro, ca. 18 November 1787Joseph Jones to James Madison, 22 November 1787Virginia Delegates to Edmund Randolph, 22 November 1787Madison’s Authorship of The Federalist, 22 November 1787–1 March 1788 [Editorial Note]The Federalist Number 10, [22 November] 1787Edmund Randolph to Virginia Delegates, 24 November 1787James Madison to Archibald Stuart, 25 November 1787Adam Stephen to James Madison, 25 November 1787Horatio Gates to James Madison, 26 November 1787Additional Memorandums on Ancient and Modern Confederacies, [ante 30 November] 1787James Madison to George Washington, 20 [30] November 1787The Federalist Number 14, [30 November] 1787James Madison to Edmund Randolph, 2 December 1787Archibald Stuart to James Madison, 2 December 1787James Monroe to James Madison, 6 December 1787Benjamin Hawkins to James Madison, ca. 6 December 1787James Madison to George Washington, 7 December 1787Henry Lee to James Madison, 7 December 1787George Washington to James Madison, 7 December 1787The Federalist Number 18, [7 December] 1787The Federalist Number 19, [8 December] 1787James Madison to André Limozin, 8 December 1787James Madison to Philip Mazzei, 8 December 1787James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 9 December 1787James Madison to Horatio Gates, 11 December 1787George Lee Turberville to James Madison, 11 December 1787Virginia Delegates to Edmund Randolph, 11 December 1787The Federalist Number 20, [11 December] 1787Samuel S. Smith to James Madison, 12 December 1787James Madison to Archibald Stuart, 14 December 1787James Madison to George Washington, 14 December 1787Hardin Burnley to James Madison, 15 December 1787Lawrence Taliaferro to James Madison, 16 December 1787Joseph Jones to James Madison, 18 December 1787James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 20 December 1787James Madison to George Washington, 20 December 1787Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 20 December 1787Henry Lee to James Madison, [ca. 20 December] 1787James Madison to Philip Mazzei, 20 December 1787Philip Mazzei to James Madison, 21 December 1787William Short to James Madison, 21 December 1787Andrew Shepherd to James Madison, 22 December 1787James Madison to George Washington, 26 December 1787Edmund Randolph to James Madison, 27 December 1787Tench Coxe to James Madison, 28 December 1787James Madison to Tench Coxe, 3 January 1788Edmund Randolph to James Madison, 3 January 1788Rufus King to James Madison, 6 January 1788James Madison to Edward Carrington, 7 January 1788George Lee Turberville to James Madison, 8 January 1788James Madison to Edmund Randolph, 10 January 1788André Limozin to James Madison, 10 January 1788George Washington to James Madison, 10 January 1788The Federalist Number 37, [11 January] 1788The Federalist Number 38, [12 January] 1788James Madison to George Washington, 14 January 1788Henry Lee to James Madison, 14 January 1788Archibald Stuart to James Madison, 14 January 1788Tench Coxe to James Madison, 16 January 1788Rufus King to James Madison, 16 January 1788The Federalist Number 39, [16 January] 1788Edward Carrington to James Madison, 18 January 1788The Federalist Number 40, [18 January] 1788The Federalist Number 41, [19 January] 1788James Madison to Edmund Randolph, 20 January 1788James Madison to George Washington, 20 January 1788Account with the Commonwealth of Virginia, [20 January] 1788Rufus King to James Madison, 20 January 1788James Madison to Tench Coxe, 20 January 1788Joseph Jones to James Madison, 21 January 1788The Federalist Number 42, [22 January 1788]James Madison to Rufus King, 23 January 1788Tench Coxe to James Madison, 23 January 1788Rufus King to James Madison, 23 January 1788The Federalist Number 43, [23 January] 1788Eliza House Trist to James Madison, 23 January 1788James Madison to George Washington, 25 January 1788The Federalist Number 44, [25 January] 1788James Madison to Joseph Jones, 25 January 1788André Limozin to James Madison, 26 January 1788The Federalist Number 45, [26 January] 1788James Madison to Edmund Randolph, 27 January 1788James Madison to Eliza House Trist, 27 January 1788Tench Coxe to James Madison, 27 January 1788Nathaniel Gorham to James Madison, 27 January 1788Rufus King to James Madison, 27 January 1788James Madison to George Washington, 28 January 1788The Federalist Number 46, [29 January] 1788Edmund Pendleton to James Madison, 29 January 1788James Madison to Tench Coxe, 30 January 1788Rufus King to James Madison, 30 January 1788James Madison, Sr. to James Madison, 30 January 1788The Federalist Number 47, [30 January] 1788William Moore to James Madison, 31 January 1788James Madison to George Washington, 1 February 1788The Federalist Number 48, [1 February] 1788The Federalist Number 49, [2 February] 1788James Madison to George Washington, 3 February 1788Rufus King to James Madison, 3 February 1788Philip Mazzei to James Madison, 4 February 1788George Washington to James Madison, 5 February 1788The Federalist Number 50, [5 February] 1788Tench Coxe to James Madison, 6 February 1788Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 6 February 1788Rufus King to James Madison, 6 February 1788The Federalist Number 51, [6 February] 1788Philip Mazzei to James Madison, 7 February 1788James Monroe to James Madison, 7 February 1788James Madison to George Washington, 8 February 1788The Federalist Number 52, [8 February] 1788Reverend James Madison to James Madison, 9 February 1788The Federalist Number 53, [9 February] 1788Edward Carrington to James Madison, 10 February 1788Daniel Carroll to James Madison, 10 February 1788John Fitch to James Madison, 10 February 1788James Madison to George Washington, 11 February 1788John Fitch to James Madison, 11 February 1788The Federalist Number 54, [12 February] 1788The Federalist Number 55, [13 February] 1788Benjamin Hawkins to James Madison, 14 February 1788Joseph Jones to James Madison, 14 February 1788James Madison to George Washington, 15 February 1788Tench Coxe to James Madison, 15 February 1788The Federalist Number 56, [16 February] 1788James Gordon, Jr. to James Madison, 17 February 1788Joseph Jones to James Madison, 17 February 1788John Dawson to James Madison, 18 February 1788James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 19 February 1788The Federalist Number 57, [19 February] 1788James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 20 February 1788James Madison to George Washington, 20 February 1788The Federalist Number 58, [20 February] 1788James Madison to Edmund Pendleton, 21 February 1788John Fitch to James Madison, 25 February 1788André Limozin to James Madison, 27 February 1788The Federalist Number 62, [27 February] 1788Joseph Spencer to James Madison, 28 February 1788Edmund Randolph to James Madison, 29 February 1788The Federalist Number 63, [1 March] 1788James Madison to George Lee Turberville, 1 March 1788Moustier to James Madison, 2 March 1788George Washington to James Madison, 2 March 1788James Madison to Edmund Pendleton, 3 March 1788James Madison to Edmund Randolph, 3 March 1788James Madison to George Washington, 3 March 1788 