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The first volume of the Retirement Series covers the period between 4 March1817 when Madison left the presidency and 31 January 1820 years when he andDolley Payne Madison settled once again into the rhythms of rural life at theirbeloved home Montpelier.Madisons retirement was a busy and productive one.The management of his large plantation occupied a great deal of his time. Thecorrespondence in this volume reveals aspects of life at Montpelier whether itbe land sales and boundary surveys sales of tobacco and wheat court suitsmedical bills or purchases of household goods.Closely allied with hisconcerns for the productivity of his plantation were Madisons interest inscientific agriculture and his correspondence with Thomas Jefferson PeterMinor Richard Peters and others relating to it. Featured in this volume isMadisons presidential address to the Agricultural Society of Albemarle whichwas published in pamphlet form and widely disseminated in the newspapers.Madison remained engaged with current events through his correspondence withJames Monroe William H. Crawford John Quincy Adams James Barbour James P.Preston and others who consulted him from time to time on foreign and domesticpolitical matters and constitutional questions such as the extension ofslavery the tariff internal improvements and banking. On these issues andothers Madison freely gave his opinion. During this period also Madison wrotehis Detatched Memoranda a collection of anecdotes of political figuresincluding Benjamin Franklin and George Washington as well as explanations anddefenses of decisions he had made in his political life.Finally Madisonscorrespondence with Jefferson Joseph C. Cabell and others highlights hisinvolvement in the creation of the University of Virginia. As in all volumes ofthis edition thorough annotation and a detailed index provide access topeople places and events. «
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