James Madison (1751 - 1836), of Virginia, owned:
Companion to Dr. Thornton's Lectures on botany by Robert John Thornton
The new family herbal or, domestic physician: ... by William Meyrick
The propagation & botanical arrangements of plants & trees, useful & ornamental, proper for cultivation in ... by John Abercrombie
Philosophia botanica, in qua explicantur fundamenta botanica cum definitionibus partium, exemplis ... by Carl von Linné
An account of the foxglove, & some of its medical uses with practical remarks on dropsy, & other diseases by William Withering
The botanist's & gardener's new dictionary containing the names, classes, orders, generic characters, & specific ... by James Wheeler
An inaugural dissertation, on the chemical & medical properties of the persimmon tree, & the analysis of ... by James Woodhouse
The botanic garden; a poem, in two parts. by Erasmus Darwin
Madison was a rather serious Virginia lawyer, diplomat, and statesman. Known as the "Father of the Constitution," Madison was influential in the creation and adoption of the federal Constitution, and later the Bill of Rights. He served as a leader in the early U.S. House of Representatives, as Secretary of State under Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809), and as the 4th president of the United States (1809-1817). From 1826 until his death, Madison acted as Rector of the University of Virginia.
Madison's library is being cataloged using a database compilation from collections at the Library of Congress, the University of Virginia, a number of auction catalogs of major sales of Madison’s library, and from the published volumes of the Papers of James Madison.
