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1. James Madison papers, 1723-1859

   12,000 items. 71 containers plus 3 oversize. 33 linear feet. 28 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   United States president and secretary of state, delegate to the United States Continental Congress, and United States representative from Virginia. Correspondence, memoranda, autobiography, notes of debates in the Continental Congress (1776) and the Federal Convention (1787), and related material.

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2. John Tyler papers, 1691-1918

   1,400 items. 9 containers. 1.8 linear feet. 3 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   President of the United States, vice president under William Henry Harrison, and United States representative and senator from Virginia. Correspondence and other papers, including correspondence of Tyler's widow, Julia Gardiner Tyler, an autograph collection assembled by their son, Lyon Gardiner Tyler, and family papers reflecting social life and customs in Virginia.

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3. J.M. Mason papers, 1838-1870

   3,600 items. 9 containers. 1.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   United States senator and representative from Virginia and Confederate diplomatic agent in Great Britain. Chiefly diplomatic communications sent while Mason was a Confederate commissioner. Includes correspondence; dispatches; lists of supplies for the Confederate States from London; statements and depositions regarding piracy, claims, the blockade, and other naval and marine matters; cotton bonds and warrants; circulars; and printed matter.

4. Andrew Stevenson and J.W. Stevenson papers, 1756-1882

   12,000 items. 51 containers. 11 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Andrew Stevenson (1785-1857), U.S. representative from Virginia, speaker of the House of Representatives, and minister to Great Britain; and his son, J. W. Stevenson, governor of and U.S. senator from Kentucky. Chiefly general and diplomatic correspondence, legal papers, account book, speeches, printed matter, and other papers of Andrew Stevenson documenting his diplomatic service.

5. Henry D. Flood papers, 1870-1921

   32,500 items. 88 containers. 36.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Lawyer, state legislator, and U.S. representative from Virginia. Correspondence, legislative bills, resolutions, newspaper articles, and other papers relating chiefly to political affairs in Virginia and Flood’s legislative career.

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6. William C. Rives papers, 1674-1939

   50,400 items. 172 containers. 68 linear feet. 7 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   U.S. senator and representative from Virginia. Correspondence, journals, diaries, draft of Rives's incomplete "Life and Time of James Madison," and drafts of speeches, novels, and an unpublished autobiography by Rives. Includes papers of Thomas Walker (1715-1794), U.S. Army officer, guardian of Thomas Jefferson, physician, and explorer; and of Walker's son, Francis (1764-1806), U.S. representative and lawyer from Virginia.

7. John Randolph correspondence and diaries, 1803-1834

   900 items. 5 containers. .8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Diplomat and U.S. senator and representative from Virginia. Correspondence and diaries of Randolph. Includes diary of his son, John Clay Randolph, who served as secretary to his father while he was ambassador to Russia in 1830.