TY - BOOK AU - Richardson,James D. TI - A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 1, part 4: James Madison AV - J PY - 2004/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - United States -- Politics and government KW - United States -- History -- Sources KW - Madison, James, 1751-1836 KW - Presidents -- United States N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Compilation_of_the_Messages_and_Papers_of_the_Presidents; Release date is 2004-01-01; Produced by Juliet Sutherland, David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team; Original publication data not identified N2 - "A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 1, part 4" compiled by James D. Richardson is a documentary collection published in the late 1890s. This volume preserves the official words of early American presidents through their proclamations, special messages, and inauguration speeches. Part 4 specifically covers the administrations of William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and James K. Polk between 1841 and 1849. The compilation itself sparked a political controversy over privately copyrighting public documents, ultimately changing federal copyright law forever. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10895 ER -