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James Madison

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James Madison

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Auction Date:2012 Feb 15 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Unsigned booklet, entitled “Message from the President of the U. States, recommending an Immediate Declaration of War, against Great Britain,” 12 pages, 5 x 8.5, printed by Roger C. Weightman, 1812. The complete text of Madison's June 1, 1812, message to Congress recommending a declaration of war. In part: “Whether the United States shall continue passive under these progressive usurpations and accumulating wrongs; or, opposing force to force in defense of their national rights, shall commit a just cause into the hands of the Almighty Disposer of events… is a solemn question, which the Constitution wisely confides to the legislative department of the government. In recommending [a declaration of war] to their deliberations, I am happy in the assurance, that the decision will be worthy of the enlightened and patriotic councils of a virtuous, a free, and a powerful nation.” In very good condition, with scattered toning and foxing, vertical crease along left edge and fragile string binding.