The Papers of James Madison

Cited in BCL3 . The third volume of James Madison's papers, covering the particularly hot political year of 1811. The documents chronicle Madison's decision to force commercial restriction against Britain and their refusal to buckle under pressure, leading to his Congressional request to prepare for war in November. The year's correspondence also records the disintegration of the Spanish colonial empire, consequences arising from the annexation of West Florida, Madison's decision to dismiss Secretary of State Robert Smith and replace him with James Monroe, and the growing hostility between American settlers and Native Americans in the northwestern and southern frontiers. The documents are amply notated. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.