History of the United States During the Administrations of James Madison (Library of America)
Publisher: Library of America
Published: July 4, 1986
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 1436
ISBN-13: 9780940450356
Subjects: United States - 19th Century; U.S. History - Constitutional Period To Civil War (1789-1860); History; History - U.S.; United States - Revolutionary War; History: American; United States - General; United States; History / United States / General; 1783-1865; 1809-1817; Politics and government
First sentence: THE "NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER," which called public attention only to such points of interest as the Government wished to accent, noticed that President Madison was "dressed in a full suit of cloth of American manufacture" when he appeared at noon, March 4, 1809, under escort of the "troops of cavalry of the city and Georgetown," amid a crowd of then thousand people, to take the oath of office at the Capitol.