Box 5
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Monroe, James, London, England, to "Dear Sir", 1803-1804
File — Box: 5, Folder: 13
Identifier: id111140
Scope and Contents
Some letters, and perhaps all, are to Samuel Tyler, Chancellor, Williamsburg, Virginia. Content concerns Monroe's mission to England; relations with France; the Lousiana Purchase; George Washington's statue in Paris; Correspondence with James Madison re: the services of Mr. Purviance; meager salary and high cost of living in London; anxiety over home affairs; desire to return to Virginia; thoughts on a career at the bar; comments on diplomatic duties and ceremonies; social life; family...
Dates:
1803-1804