Potomac Pals: How The friendship of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison led to A National Capitol in the Chesapeake
Potomac Pals: How The friendship of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison led to A National Capitol in the Chesapeake J.M. Rogers ... In the 1780s, a friendship formed that would physically, politically, economically, and spiritually change the United States. Few teams can claim the successes of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, who, together, worked on the construction of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Residency and Assumption Bills, and eventually the Louisiana Purchase. To say that these achievements are just the tip of the iceberg is an understatement. To provide an inclusive view into all of these men's accomplishments would require a book unto itself. Therefore, rather than focusing on these two founding fathers' myriad successes, this essay seeks to expand further the mechanism that enabled one of history's' most prolific political partnerships. At once, representatives of Virginia, and members of the Virginia gentry, the two men ...