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Time Travel for Scholars: Chatting with Madison’s Library

Time Travel for Scholars: Chatting with Madison’s Library

What books shaped James Madison’s thinking when he helped write the Constitution? Our groundbreaking chatbot lets legal scholars query Madison’s personal library, receiving answers cited directly from 18th-century texts. It’s like having a research assistant who’s read every book the Founding Fathers read with no modern bias, just historical insight.