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New online: High-res color images of James Madison's notes from the Constitutional Convention. The documents were prepared in our James Madison Memorial Building, Washington D.C.'s national memorial to the 4th president. @JMU @JMMontpelier blogs.loc.gov/loc/2018/02/ne…
"I believe it's the only political science book to reference the Ninja Turtles, the Venture Brothers, quantum mechanics, and the films of the Coen brothers," Professor Tim Collins '10 says about his new book. #MustRead #OleAlumni #OleAchievers bit.ly/2i1Vssk
Stranger Things fans: Check out what Dustin is wearing in season 2, episode 1! Yes, we want one too. Working on it! #StrangerThings2
Read about Alexander #Hamilton & his newly digitized papers, which have almost as fascinating a story as he does blogs.loc.gov/loc/2017/08/ne…
Washington closes the letter (which you should read) with some levity—sincerely thanking Lafayette for the gift of donkeys.
#OTD 1787 Washington writes to Lafayette, very worried about "seeds of discontent in every part of this Union" founders.archives.gov/documents/Wash…
#OTD 1787: James Madison writes to his father, lamenting the lack of American help for Dutch refugees. founders.archives.gov/documents/Madi…
Jackson isn't great at the job. Vote counts are occasionally wrong, incomplete, and disorganized. But see Bilder: lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/cgi/viewconten…
Hamilton nominates William Jackson, one of Washington's personal secretaries (the guy in the middle, in red). Jackson wins in a 5-2 vote.
Here's what Richard Beeman (2009) says about Temple Franklin (p. 69).
For Convention Secretary, James Wilson nominates Ben Franklin's grandson, William Temple Franklin (at right).
Washington is unanimously chosen. Morris and John Rutledge escort him to the head table. He thanks everyone for the honor.
With Franklin not in attendance (kidney stones), Robert Morris instead gets to nominate Washington to serve as Convention President.
#OTD in 1787: Eleven days late, the Constitutional Convention has a quorum: 7 states with 27 delegates. loc.gov/resource/mjm.2…
The first thing in Madison's letter to Jefferson? I'm sending you a box of pecans!
If the road conditions prevented them from meeting about, e.g., the road conditions, they needed better road management!
This exemplified the need for a federal government: They needed roads that didn't fall apart when it rained.
Rain and storms had torn apart the dirt roads—and they were already in poor condition (Bowen, 1966, p. 17) archive.org/details/in.ern…
"Of this the late bad weather has been the principal cause." It would be another two weeks before they had the seven-state quorum.
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