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The Journal of Southern History, Volume LXXXIX, No. 2, May 2023 Many of these letters are already available on the Founders Online (National Archives) website. To take a somewhat random example, I found a May 5, 1816, letter from Madison to Jonathan Russell there with identical annotation. The online version benefited from hyperlinks to other letters between the two correspondents, as well as hyperlinks that lead to all of Russell’s correspondence with Thomas Jefferson in the Jefferson Papers, which, unlike the Madison Papers, provides a very useful biographical note about Russell. One can also readily search on many terms not included in the index, including consul. Thus, while this volume is beautifully put together and a pleasure to have on the bookshelf, the limitations compared with the online version will likely confine it primarily to libraries and collectors.