JMMontpelier<p>Sept.17 marks the anniversary of the signing of the <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Constitution</span></a>. <br /><a href="https://historians.social/tags/JamesMadison" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JamesMadison</span></a> wrote to <a href="https://historians.social/tags/ThomasJefferson" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ThomasJefferson</span></a> in March 1787, when plans were underway for the <a href="https://historians.social/tags/ConstitutionalConvention" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ConstitutionalConvention</span></a>, “What may be the result of this political experiment cannot be foreseen.” <br />11 days before the Constitution was signed, Madison wrote Jefferson, “If the present moment be lost it is hard to say what may be our fate.”</p><p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/ConstitutionDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ConstitutionDay</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/sschat" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sschat</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>histodons</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/HistoryTeacher" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HistoryTeacher</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/apgov" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>apgov</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/ushistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ushistory</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention">@<span>academicchatter</span></a></span></p>