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James Monroe, Washington, D.C, to "Dear Sir" (George Hay) - PHOTOCOPY, 1819 December 20

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 52
Identifier: id298158
Scope and Contents *Photocopy has been removed. Refer to A Comprehensive Catalogue of the Correspondence and Papers of James Monroe for the location of original letter. Discussion of the "Missouri question" and its postponement until January, his opposition to it, as well as member from Connecticut; also gives brief background on it, commenting that it is a "remnant of the policy, which sought in 1786, to shut up the mouth of the Mississippi River"; also comments on policies concerning the...
Dates: 1819 December 20