Special Collections Research Center
James M. Owens Collection of Madison Family Material
Owens, James M.
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Madison, James, 1749-1812
Madison, James, Jr., 1751-1836
Mss. 65 Ow2
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6.50 Linear Feet
1776-1953
1300 items
English
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Deposit
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Preferred Citation:
James M. Owens Collection of Madison Family Material, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.
Related Materials:
See other papers by Bishop James Madison; Bishop James Madison Letter to John Norton, 1776, Bishop James Madison Letter to William White, 1795, Bishop James Madison Letter to James Breckiridge, 1805, Office of the President, James Madison, 1775-1979 (UA 2.03), Petition of the President and Professors, 1787 (UA 96), and the Bishop James Madison Papers (Mss. 65 Pst). See also; James Madison Papers, Duke University Libraries.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, notes, typescripts, and genealogical charts of James M. Owens concerning genealogy of the Madison family of Virginia with emphasis on President James Madison and Bishop James Madison. Includes photocopies of letters of President James Madison and Bishop James Madison; and two original letters, 1804 and 1832, of James Madison and one, 1846, of John Quincy Adams.
Correspondence
Manuscripts (document genre)
Notebooks
Typescripts
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Madison, James, 1751-1836
Box 1id153774/repositories/2/archival_objects/3735231Scope and ContentsScope and Contents Original letters by James Madison (1751-1836) and John Quincy Adams, and letters to Dr. Calvin Jones of Smithfield, North Carolina; correspondence (1933-1953) of James M. Owens concerning the Madison family; incomplete manuscript drafts by James Owens.
Gov. B. Williams, Raleigh, North Carolina, to Dr. Calvin Jones, Smithfield, North Carolinaid153776/repositories/2/archival_objects/3735371801 June 911Scope and ContentsScope and Contents Describes his affliction by the disease yaws and the promises of cure by Dr. Farrell.
Gen. W. Davie, Haliafax, North Carolina, to Dr. Calvin Jones, Smithfield, North Carolinaid153779/repositories/2/archival_objects/3735381802 July 1412Scope and ContentsScope and Contents Asks Dr. Jones to assist him in finding a "gentleman of the medical society"to reside at the university in order to teach medical students to maintain a practice in the area.
James Madison, Washington, D.C., to Mr. Worthington, Chilicothe, Ohio.id153780/repositories/2/archival_objects/3735391804 March 2713Scope and ContentsScope and Contents Will consider Worthington's suggestion for a second press in Ohio to print copies of the laws.
To Mrs. General Jonesid153781/repositories/2/archival_objects/3735401820 July 314Scope and ContentsScope and Contents Printed invitation to a "Celebration Ball"on July 4.
James Madison, Montpellier, Virginia, to Thomas Marshall, Richmond, Virginiaid153782/repositories/2/archival_objects/3735411832 March 1415Scope and ContentsScope and Contents Acknowledges receipt of Marshall's pamphlet "On the Abolition of Slavery"and praises its style and content.
John Quincy Adams, Washington, D.C., to Calvin Jones, Bolivar?, West Tennessee.id153783/repositories/2/archival_objects/3735421846 April 616Scope and ContentsScope and Contents Defines the French word "brimborion"used in his father's letters.
Correspondence between James M. Owens, Lessie Madison Garrett, and others concerning the history and genealogy of the Madison familyid153784/repositories/2/archival_objects/3735431933-193917Correspondence between James M. Owens, Lessie Madison Garrett, and others concerning the history and genealogy of the Madison family.id153785/repositories/2/archival_objects/3735441940-195318Miscellaneous, incomplete drafts by Owens, concerning James Madison and political institutions in the U.S.; Celts and Romans in ancient Britain.id153786/repositories/2/archival_objects/37354519Miscellaneous, incomplete drafts by Owens, concerning Bishop James Madison as a correspondent; early members of the Madison family in Virginia.id153787/repositories/2/archival_objects/373546110Miscellaneous, incomplete drafts by Owens, concerning the Church in colonial Virginia; members of the Madison family in Virginia.id153788/repositories/2/archival_objects/373547111Box 2id153789/repositories/2/archival_objects/3735242Scope and ContentsScope and Contents Completed manuscripts, some untitled, by James Owens on the Madison family and its history, William and Mary College under Bishop Madison, and gardens of Williamsburg; eleven photographs.
Three manuscripts by Owens: "William and Mary Under Bishop Madison," "John Madison," and "The Westward Advance and the American Revolution."id153790/repositories/2/archival_objects/37354821Two untitled manuscripts by Owens, concerning a broadside announcing the formation of a Constitutional Scoeity; early 17th century colonization of Virginia and the role of the Madison family in it.id153791/repositories/2/archival_objects/37354922"James Madison, D.D." by Owensid153792/repositories/2/archival_objects/37355023"They Were Like This: The Origin and Development of an American Family" by Owensid153793/repositories/2/archival_objects/37355124"The Madisons of Virginia: Their Background in England and Their Place in Early American Life"by Owens.id153794/repositories/2/archival_objects/37355225"Descendants of John Madison and Isabella Minor Todd Madison His Wife"by Owens.id153795/repositories/2/archival_objects/37355326"Was Bishop Madison a Pupil at James Maury's School in Albemarle?" by Owensid153796/repositories/2/archival_objects/37355427"Possible Line of Descent of Sally Tait Madison, Wife of Rt. Rev. James Madison, D.D." by Owens.id153797/repositories/2/archival_objects/37355528"Some Gardens of Williamsburg, Virginia and of the Adjacent James River Region" by Owensid153798/repositories/2/archival_objects/37355629"The Family of John White of Charlotte County, Virginia, Whose Daughter, Martha, on May 5, 1764 Lunenburg County, Va. married Henry Madison of the Same County"by Owensid153803/repositories/2/archival_objects/373557210Typed copies concerning the formation of a Constitutional Society announced in a broadside and commentary upon it; a eulogy of Bishop James Madison.id153805/repositories/2/archival_objects/373558211"Memorial Service at St. John's Episcopal Church, Halifax, Virginia" by Owens?id153806/repositories/2/archival_objects/373559212"James Madison, D.D." by Owens.id153807/repositories/2/archival_objects/373560213"A Sketch of My Own Immediate Family. Written for My Grandchildren," by Charles Lewis Scott and "Introduction, by Rev. James M. Owens, D.D."id153808/repositories/2/archival_objects/37356121411 photographs, including 1 photo of Verville, Corotoman Bay, Va., possibly built by Dr. James Madison c. 1680-1690; 5 photographs of The Mount, home of the Todd family, King and Queen County, Va.id153810/repositories/2/archival_objects/373562215Box 3id153811/repositories/2/archival_objects/3735253Scope and ContentsScope and Contents Typescripts by James Owens entitled "The Madisons of Virginia and Some Allied Family Names," "The Madisons of Virginia: Their Background in England and Their Place in Early American Life," and "Madison Backgrounds: a Survey of Family Origins and of Probable Family Relationships in Virginia During the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries"in three parts.
Box 4id153817/repositories/2/archival_objects/3735264Scope and ContentsScope and Contents Photostats of James Madison correspondence (1788-89, 1831, and undated); photostats of letters written by Bishop James Madison (1776, 1780-1803); photostats of letters to Bishop Madison from Henry St. George Tucker (1811); photostats of letters written by James Madison, Sr. (1794-95); photostat of lectures given by Bishop Madison at William and Mary (1796)
9 photostats of autographed signed letters written to James Madison, Jr., by E. Carrington, James Madison, Sr., and othersid153824/repositories/2/archival_objects/373563January-February 178841Scope and ContentsScope and Contents Some photostats are from the Library of Congress
6 photostats of autographed signed letters written to James Madison, Jr., by E. Carrington, James Madison, Sr., and others.id153827/repositories/2/archival_objects/3735641788 April-178942Scope and ContentsScope and Contents Some photostats are from the Library of Congress
4 photostats of autographed signed letters written by James Madison, Jr., to Robert Walsh and to George Washingtonid153829/repositories/2/archival_objects/3735651831 and undated43Scope and ContentsScope and Contents One photostat is from the Library of Congress
8 photostats (negative and positive) of autographed signed letters written by Bishop James Madison to Edmund Randolph, James Madison, Jr. ?, and othersid153831/repositories/2/archival_objects/3735661776, 1780-178344Scope and ContentsScope and Contents Two photostats are from the American Philosophical Society Library
10 photostats (negative and positive) of autographed signed letters written by Bishop James Madison to Edmund Randolph and James Madison, Jr.id153834/repositories/2/archival_objects/3735671785-17894513 photostats (negative and positive) of autographed signed letters written by Bishop James Madison to James Madison, Jr.id153835/repositories/2/archival_objects/3735681791-1803463 photostats written by Henry St. George Tucker to Bishop James Madison; and a photostat copy of "Heads of Lectures on Natural Philosophy"given by Bishop Madison at William and Mary College.id153837/repositories/2/archival_objects/3735691796, 181147Photostatic copies of autographed signed letters by James Madison, Sr., to John Lee from the Crittenden and the Jospeh Jones manuscript collections, Ducke University Library.id153838/repositories/2/archival_objects/3735701794-179548Box 5id154302/repositories/2/archival_objects/3735275Scope and ContentsScope and Contents Photocopies of materials relating to James Madison and Bishop Madison, including copies of "Madison and Religion... by Themistius"(1811) and "Manifestations of the Beneficence of the Divine Providence... by Bishop Madison"(1795); genealogical charts and pedigrees.
Photostats of a broadside announcing the formation of a Constitutional Society by James Madison, Jr. ,Edmund Randolph, James Monroe, (Bishop) James Madison, and others; and a copy of the Society's minutes for June, 1784.id154303/repositories/2/archival_objects/373571178451Photocopies of a pamphlet and newspaper articles concerning a debt owed to Gabriel Jones by Thomas Jefferson and the controversy surrounding this transactionid154304/repositories/2/archival_objects/3735721802-180352Genealogical charts, scrapbooks, and pedigrees of the Madison family, compiled by various persons; also, a sketch map of landholdings in Nomini Cliffs on the Potomac River.id154305/repositories/2/archival_objects/37357353Box 6id154307/repositories/2/archival_objects/3735286Scope and ContentsMiscellaneous notes taken by James Owens on slips of paper, in notebooks, and in folders on the Madison genealogy
Box 7id154308/repositories/2/archival_objects/3735297Scope and ContentsCard file of notes taken by James Owens on "James Madison as Bishop"
Box 8id154309/repositories/2/archival_objects/3735308Scope and ContentsScope and Contents Card file of notes taken by James Owens on "James Madison of Orange County"
Box 9id154311/repositories/2/archival_objects/3735319Scope and ContentsCard file of notes taken by James Owens on "Bishop Madison and Allied Families"
Box 10id154312/repositories/2/archival_objects/37353210Scope and ContentsCard file of notes taken by James Owens on "Madison Family - Miscellaneous Items."
Box 11id154313/repositories/2/archival_objects/37353311Scope and ContentsCard file of notes taken by James Owens on miscellaneous subjects related to the Madison family history
Box 12id154314/repositories/2/archival_objects/37353412Scope and ContentsScope and Contents Card file of notes taken by James Owens on miscellaneous subjects related to the Madison family history
Box 13id154316/repositories/2/archival_objects/37353513Scope and ContentsPhotostatic copy of "Maddison Family Pedigree and Royal Descents by A.R. Maddison, M.A., Canon of Lincoln Cathedral."
Oversize Folderid154317/repositories/2/archival_objects/37353614Scope and ContentsTwo genealogical charts on the Madison family.