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[here-a-lee-there-a-lee]

[digitalyarbs]

Did you know that James Madison's original hair color was chestnut brown? However, most portraits of him as a young man show him with his hair powdered white, as was the custom of his day.

In 1783, a young James Madison gave a locket with a portrait of himself to a young woman as a token of love, attaching a braided lock of his hair to the back. This braided lock is now in the Library of Congress.

In October 1825, sculptor John Henri Isaac Browere visited both James and Dolley Madison, creating life masks of their heads and upper torsos. The life masks were accurate likenesses of the Madisons, as evidenced by James Madison's statement: 'Per request of Mr. Browere, busts of myself and of my wife, regarded as exact likenesses, have been executed by him in plaster, being casts made from the molds formed on our persons, of which this certificate is given under my hand at Montpelier, 19 October 1825.'

In 1828, Margaret Bayard Smith, seeing Madison for the first time in ten years, noted, 'His little blue eyes sparkled like stars from under his bushy grey eyebrows amidst the deep wrinkles of his poor thin face.'

While de-aged portraits of life masks cannot guarantee accuracy like the raw life mask itself, this AI and Photoshop rendering of Madison's life mask shows how he might have looked as a young man with his chestnut brown hair."

[silliestcolressfan]

I really wanna visit Montpelier, it looks so cool ^_^

[macaron-n-cheese]

I just went to Montpelier :)

It was amazing. They also have the best exhibit explaining slavery that I've seen.

[whencyclopedia]

James Madison

James Madison (1751-1836) was a statesman, diplomat, and a Founding Father of the United States, who served as the fourth US president from 1809 to 1817. He played an important role in the drafting of the United States Constitution and the implementation of the Bill of Rights, while his presidency was largely characterized by the War of 1812 against Britain.

Early Life

James Madison was born on 16 March 1751 on his grandmother's plantation, Belle Grove, in the British colony of Virginia. He was the oldest of twelve children born to James Madison Sr. and his wife Eleanor, of whom only seven would survive to adulthood. The elder Madison was one of the largest landowners in Virginia's Piedmont region, owning a 5,000-acre tobacco plantation later referred to as Montpelier, which was worked by approximately 100 slaves. Between the ages of 11 and 16, the young Madison was privately tutored in preparation for a college education. A serious and intellectually curious boy, Madison developed a fondness for studying and was particularly interested in the subjects of mathematics, geography, and languages, becoming proficient in Latin.

In 1769, Madison enrolled in the College of New Jersey (modern Princeton University), choosing it over the more local College of William and Mary because the New Jersey air was deemed better for his health. He underwent an intense study program – often sleeping less than five hours a night – and completed his undergraduate degree in only two years, graduating in 1771; because of this academic exertion, he became seriously ill and was unable to attend his commencement ceremony. He remained at Princeton for another year, studying Hebrew and political philosophy under the college's president, John Witherspoon (and a future signer of the Declaration of Independence). He returned to Montpelier in 1772 and was tasked by his father to tutor his younger siblings.

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[hiidkwhatimdoing7525]

My second day at Yorktown for Lafayette's bicentennial anniversary of his tour (as an American friends of lafayette member) part 2/? - IT'S YORKTOWN BRITISH SURRENDER DAY!!!

first I went on the bus provided to the French soldiers grave for a memorial and wreath laying

Then it's back on the buses to the French soldiers memorial plus more wreath laying

Then we went to the parade!!! I was there with the AFL, infact, I got to hold the big American flag! (mark schneider had the French one)

the parade is HUGE!!! the AFL is almost to the last and we waited for like 20 minutes PEOPLE JUST KEPT SPAWNING WTF!!!!

Then we went to the Yorktown monument for the 'patriotic exercises' (why they call it that?), a BEAUTIFUL reenactment of lafayette reunited with James Armistead Lafayette and some speeches! I actually met 2 direct decedents of James, it was SO COOL!!! I kinda learned in this 'patriotic exercises' if anyone mentions lafayette, i along with the rest of AFL start cheering sand yelling vive lafayette, every time benedict arnold mention, we boo him.

After that I got some ice cream in this place that have the best decorations

got some stuff

i also got a tour calendar, a tote bag and a shirt with basically left me bankrupt 🥲 BUT i always wanted these and online they are more expensive plus shipping so it's worth it!

At the end I went to the AFL member dinner and I even got to take home some wine bottles!

(i like to collect glass bottles and put random stuff and paint brushes in them) (i already have a colonial willamsburg and Montpelier(james madison house idk how to spell it) and one not glass bottle from monticello)

here is a post i made about my first day (welcome lafayette to yorktown) :)

once again HAPPY YORKTOWN DAY EVERYONE!!!! the battle that lead the colonies one step closer to independence

[gracehosborn]

What's the itinerary? 👀

Hi, Anon! Happy to share.

My dream American Revolution trip itinerary, just including my must-sees, and a rough idea of transportation (still working on food stops and slipping in other points of interest):

Day 1:

Early morning flight to Boston, MA

Stay in Boston for 3 nights, 4 days

Rental car for Day 2 and 3

Boston Massacre Site

Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum

Bunker Hill Museum and Monument

Old North Church & Historic Site

Day 2:

Paul Revere House

Lexington Battle Green Tour, Lexington MA

Drive from Boston

Old North Bridge, Concord MA

Drive from Lexington

Day 3:

Adams National Historic Park, Quincy MA

Drive from Boston

General Nathaniel Greene Homestead, Coventry RI

Drive from Adams NHP

Day 4:

Early morning train/bus to Albany, NY

Stay in Albany 2 nights, 3 days

Rental car for Day 4 and 5

Saratoga National Historical Park, Stillwater NY

Drive from Albany

Fort Ticonderoga, Ticonderoga NY

Drive from Saratoga NHP

Day 5:

Schuyler Mansion tour

Washington’s Headquarters State Historic Site, Newbrugh NY

Drive from Albany

John Jay Homestead, Katonah NY

Drive from Washington Headquarters Newbrugh

Day 6:

Early morning train from Albany to New York City, NY

Stay in New York City for 4 nights, 5 days

Hamilton Grange National Memorial

Morris-Jumel Mansion

Day 7:

City Hall Park

Federal Hall

Fraunces Tavern Museum

Trinity Church & Cemetary

Day 8:

Museum of the City of New York

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Day 9:

Van Cortlandt House Museum

Central Park

New York Historical Society Museum & Library

Weehawken Dueling Grounds/Hamilton Park, Weehawken, NJ

Take ferry to and from

Day 10:

Train/bus to Princeton, NJ

Stay in Princeton 2 nights, 3 days

Rental car for Day 11

Princeton Battlefield State Park

Day 11:

Monmouth Battlefield State Park, Manalapan, NJ

Drive from Princeton

Morristown National Historical Park, Morristown NJ (Includes: Ford Mansion/Washington’s Headquarters, Schuyler-Hamilton House, Jockey Hollow)

Drive from Monmouth Battlefield Park

Day 12:

Early train/bus to Trenton, NJ

Old Barracks Museum

Washington Crossing Park, Washington Crossing, PA

Train/bus from Trenton

Train/Bus from Washington Crossing to Philadelphia PA

Stay in Philadelphia 3 nights, 4 days

Rental car for Day 15 and 16

Day 13:

Independence Hall

Liberty Bell Center

First Bank of the United States

Carpenter’s Hall

Day 14:

Museum of the American Revolution

Elfreth’s Alley Museum

Day 15:

Valley Forge National Historical Park

Drive from Philadelphia

Moland House (Washington Headquarters), Warwick Township PA

Drive from Valley Forge NHP

Peter Wentz Farmstead (Washington Headquarters), Lansdale PA

Drive from Moland House

Day 16:

Cliveden of the National Trust (Chew House)

Drive from Philadelphia

Brandywine Battlefield (park), Chadds Ford PA

Drive from Cliveden

Afternoon or evening train from Philadelphia to Alexandria, VA

Stay in Alexandria for 2 nights, 3 days

Rental car for Day 18

Day 17:

George Washington’s Mount Vernon

Train/bus from Alexandria, VA

National Archives Museum, Washington DC

Train/bus from Alexandria, VA

Day 18:

James Madison’s Montpelier, Montpelier Station, VA

Drive from Alexandria, VA

Evening train from Alexandria to Williamsburg, VA

Stay in Williamsburg 2 nights

Day 19:

Colonial Williamsburg

Day 20:

Yorktown Battlefield

American Revolution Museum at Yorktown

Train/bus/taxi from Williamsburg

Day 21:

Fly from Williamsburg to Charleston, SC

Stay in Charleston for 4 nights, 5 days

Rental car for Days 22-24

South Carolina Historical Society Museum

Day 22:

Savannah History Museum, Savannah GA

Battlefield Park Heritage Center, Savannah GA

Drive from Charleston

Day 23:

Cowpens National Battlefield, Cowpens SC

Drive from Charleston

Eutaw Springs Battlefield Park, Eutawville SC

Drive from Cowpens

Day 24:

Magnolia Plantation and Gardens

Mempkin Abbey (site of Laurens family graves)

Day 25:

Fly home from Charleston SC

[pub-lius]

Hi! I’m in the (slow, but going) process of working on a historical fiction series revolving around Hamilton’s life (written from his POV in the style of a posthumous tell-all memoir), and in starting to plan out Volume III and IV, I realized that I am a bit stumped as to where to start with good secondary sources on James Madison. I was wondering if you had any personal favorites? Or anything specifically cantering on Madison’s and Hamilton’s relationship?

My apologies if that’s quite long. Absolutely love your blog—your posts both provide me with lots of laughter and information and this is my favorite combination. Keep it up, it’s amazing.

OMG THATS AWESOME be sure to lmk the name bc i will 100% check it out

now i haven’t done much reading on madison, my only book about him is The Three Lives of James Madison by Noah Feldman, which i HIGHLY recommend, and i have used it for my own historical fiction about him. what i like about it is the focus on his relationship with hamilton. because it focuses on his relationships in general, you get a lot of detail about their friendship, their falling out, and their rivalry. i HIGHLY recommend this for your situation

im sure you know about chernow, but i use his biography of hamilton just as often for madison and hamilton’s relationship, though feldman does a much better job with it

i also of course just recommend using Montpelier’s website’s resources. the estate has a lot of information on madison and his family, and my visit there a few years ago was very helpful. however, my favorite museum is by far mount vernon, and their website tends to be more extensive (and does center some things around madison as he was close with washington for a time)

since madison was a president, there are a lot of government sites (library of congress, the white house, national park service, etc.) that have a lot of information on him, and i highly recommend checking those out

im so glad you like my blog!! and don’t worry about your ask being too long, because, as i always say, size does not matter especially when it’s academic. i hope this was helpful and lmk if you have any follow up questions!!

[theworstfoundingfathers]

Who is the worst founding father? Round 3: James Madison vs Benedict Arnold

James Madison Jr. (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836) was an American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father. He served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. Madison is hailed as the “Father of the Constitution” for his pivotal role in drafting and promoting the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights.

During the early 1790s, Madison opposed the economic program and the accompanying centralization of power favored by Secretary of the Treasury Hamilton. Alongside Thomas Jefferson, he organized the Democratic–Republican Party in opposition to Hamilton's Federalist Party.

Madison was elected president in 1808. Motivated by the desire for acquiring land held by Britain, Spain, and Native Americans, and after diplomatic protests with a trade embargo failed to end British seizures of American shipped goods, he led the United States into the War of 1812. 

By treaty or through war, Native American tribes ceded 26,000,000 acres (11,000,000 ha) of land to the United States under Madison’s presidency.

Upon becoming president, Madison said the federal government’s duty was to convert Native Americans by the “participation of the improvements of which the human mind and manners are susceptible in a civilized state”. In September 1809, Governor Harrison invited several tribes to a meeting in Fort Wayne. During the negotiations, Harrison promised large subsidies and direct payments to the tribes if they would cede the lands under discussion. Madison agreed to the Treaty of Fort Wayne, negotiated and signed by Indiana Territory’s Governor Harrison. In the treaty, the American Indian tribes were compensated $5,200 ($109,122 in 2020) in goods and $500 in cash ($10,900 in 2020), with $250 in annual payments ($5,450 in 2020), in return for the cession of 3 million acres of land (approximately 12,140 square kilometers) with incentivized subsidies paid to individual tribes for exerting their influence over less cooperative tribes.

Angered by the treaty, eventually hostilities broke between Shawnee leader Tecumseh’s followers and American settlers. Tensions continued to rise, leading to the Battle of Tippecanoe during a period sometimes called Tecumseh’s War. Tecumseh was defeated and Indians were pushed off their tribal lands, replaced entirely by white settlers.

Madison did not believe American Indians could be fully assimilated to the values of Euro-American culture. He believed that Native Americans may have been unwilling to make “the transition from the hunter, or even the herdsman state, to the agriculture”. Madison feared that Native Americans had too great an influence on the settlers they interacted with, who in his view were “irresistibly attracted by that complete liberty, that freedom from bonds, obligations, duties, that absence of care and anxiety which characterize the savage state”.

When Madison moved to Washington, D.C. in 1801, he brought slaves from Montpelier. He also hired slaves from other slave holders in Washington, D.C.. During Madison’s presidency, his White House slaves included John Freeman, Jennings, Sukey, Joseph Bolden, Jim, and Abram. By 1801, Madison’s slave population at Montpelier was slightly over 100. During the 1820s and 1830s, Madison sold land and slaves to repay debts. In 1836, at the time of Madison’s death, he owned 36 taxable slaves. Madison did not free any of his slaves either during his lifetime or in his will.

Benedict Arnold (14 January 1741 [O.S. 3 January 1740] – June 14, 1801) was an American-born military officer who served during the Revolutionary War. He fought with distinction for the American Continental Army and rose to the rank of major general before defecting to the British side of the conflict in 1780. General George Washington had given him his fullest trust and had placed him in command of West Point in New York. Arnold was planning to surrender the fort there to British forces, but the plot was discovered in September 1780, whereupon he fled to the British lines. In the later part of the conflict, Arnold was commissioned as a brigadier general in the British Army, and placed in command of the American Legion. He led the British army in battle against the soldiers whom he had once commanded, after which his name became, and has remained, synonymous with treason and betrayal in the United States.

Historians have identified many possible factors contributing to Arnold’s treason, while some debate their relative importance. According to W. D. Wetherell, he was:

[A]mong the hardest human beings to understand in American history. Did he become a traitor because of all the injustice he suffered, real and imagined, at the hands of the Continental Congress and his jealous fellow generals? Because of the constant agony of two battlefield wounds in an already gout-ridden leg? From psychological wounds received in his Connecticut childhood when his alcoholic father squandered the family’s fortunes? Or was it a kind of extreme midlife crisis, swerving from radical political beliefs to reactionary ones, a change accelerated by his marriage to the very young, very pretty, very Tory Peggy Shippen?

[autodidactprofessor]

Architects of America: James Madison

Early Life and Education James Madison was born on March 16, 1751, in Port Conway, Virginia, to a prominent planter family. His father, James Madison Sr., was a successful tobacco planter and owned Montpelier, a large estate in Orange County, Virginia. His mother, Nelly Conway Madison, came from a wealthy and influential family. Growing up in this affluent environment, Madison was afforded…

[here-a-lee-there-a-lee]

[digitalyarbs]

The REAL face of James Madison based upon his 1825 life mask cast by John Henry Isaac Browere. The reconstructed life mask has been placed on a period dress body. Madison stated of his life mask,  Per request of Mr. Browere, busts of myself and of my wife, regarded as exact likenesses, have been executed by him in plaister, being casts made from the moulds formed on our persons, of which this certificate is given under my hand at Montpelier, 19, October, 1825.” yarbs.net

[valkyries-things]

DOLLEY MADISON // FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES

‼️CONTROVERSIAL FIGURE‼️

“She was the wife of James Madison, the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. She was noted for holding Washington social functions in which she invited members of both political parties, essentially spearheading the concept of bipartisan cooperation. Previously, founders such as Thomas Jefferson would only meet with members of one party at a time, and politics could often be a violent affair resulting in physical altercations and even duels. Madison helped to create the idea that members of each party could amicably socialize, network, and negotiate with each other without violence. By innovating political institutions as the wife of James Madison, Dolley Madison did much to define the role of the President's spouse, known only much later by the title First Lady—a function she had sometimes performed earlier for the widowed Thomas Jefferson. Madison also helped to furnish the newly constructed White House. When the British set fire to it in 1814, she ordered her personal slave, Paul Jennings, to save Gilbert Stuart’s classic 1796 portrait of George Washington. In widowhood, she often lived in poverty aggravated by her son John Payne Todd's alcoholism and mismanagement of their Montpelier plantation. To relieve her debts, she sold off the plantation, its remaining enslaved people, and her late husband's papers.”

[theoutsiderview]

ANNOUNCEMENT - WORLD TOUR!!🔥🔥

Bandy McBand is coming straight to you in ButtFACE Tour 2024!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Tour Dates

Albany - New York 3/11

Annapolis - Maryland 4/11

Atlanta - Georgia 5/11

Augusta - Maine 7/11

Austin - Texas 10/11

Baton Rouge - Louisiana 13/11

Berlin - Germany 14/11

Bismarck - North Dakota 15/11

Boise - Idaho 16/11

Boston - Massachusetts 17/11

Carson City - Nevada 23/11

Charleston - West Virginia 69/11

Cheyenne - Wyoming 42/12

Columbia - South Carolina 420/69

Columbus - Ohio 17/7

Concord - New Hampshire 1/3

Denver - Colorado 5/4

Des Moines - Iowa 99/990

Dover - Delaware 8008135/2222

Frankfort - Kentucky 090/2

Harrisburg - Pennsylvania ???/2222

Hartford - Connecticut %44/22/

Helena - Montana 23/23/23

Honolulu - Hawaii 777/777/777

Indianapolis - Indiana 8008/tehehe

Jackson - Mississippi 9853/53

Jefferson City - Missouri 9i/44

Juneau - Alaska (can you find your birthday?) 9/10

Lansing - Michigan 5/6

Lincoln - Nebraska 1/1

Little Rock - Arkansas 2/9

London - UK 6/6

Los Angeles - California 3/3, 5/3, 7/4, 6/7 (we will stay multiple months in LA)

Madison - Wisconsin 31/1

Montgomery - Alabama 25/5

Montpelier - Vermont 9/7

Nashville - Tennessee 8/8

Oklahoma City - Oklahoma 14/10

Olympia - Washington 10/9

Paris - France 000/111

Phoenix - Arizona 4/12

Pierre - South Dakota 4/6

Providence - Rhode Island 9/6

Raleigh - North Carolina 10/2

Richmond - Virginia 18/2

Sacramento - California 30/4

Salem - Oregon 19/4

Salt Lake City - Utah 17/6

Santa Fe - New Mexico 19/12

Springfield - Illinois 11/3

St. Paul - Minnesota 4/7

Sydney - Australia (this will be cancelled) 21/11

Tallahassee - Florida 11/10

Tokyo - Japan 9/7

Topeka - Kansas 26/4

Toronto - Canada 13/3

Trenton - New Jersey 9/12

SUPER PUMPED TO VISIT THE COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[dixiedrudge]

Why Is Marxism—But Not Madison—Being Taught at Montpelier?

Help Dixie Defeat Big-Tech Censorship! Spread the Word! Like, Share, Re-Post, and Subscribe! There’s a lot more to see at our main page, Dixie Drudge! Montpelier’s Emphasis on Marx Over Madison Spurs Consternation (Daily Signal) – James Madison is the Father of our Constitution, and the Robert H. Smith Center for the Constitution at Madison’s Montpelier provides educational programming for…