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Notice from John Marshall reminding commanding officers of militia companies, that men whose public arms and accoutrements do not pass inspection at musters should be fined not more than two dollars.

Scope and Contents Has delivered Monroe's letters to General George Rogers Clark and John Banks; discusses proceedings of the Virginia Assembly; Richard Henry Lee's services to the Assembly are lost forever and Colonel Harry (Henry "Light Horse Harry") Lee will probably take his place; mentions bills defining citizenship introduced by John Taylor and Colonel George Nicholas; tells of Joseph Jones bill and discusses Patrick Henry's style of oratory; relates the House being split upon the issue of exclusion of...

Scope and Contents Blesses George Washington who resigned his commission of 23 December 1783; will put Monroe's letter to Major John Crittenden into the hands of General George Rogers Clarke, who will be in the western country in February, and who will pay close attention to Monroe's military warrant; mentions that the Speaker John Tyler has left Richmond; laments the passage of the bill excluding Virginian delegates to Congress from serving in the Virginian legislature; "Fear of the power of Congress I have...

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Has enclosed a bill of exchange for the one hundred dollars due Monroe as a Delegate to Congress, four dollars having been expended on his land warrant now in the hands of the Surveyor. Original is located in the James Monroe Memorial Library, Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Scope and Contents Claims he is unable to send money because inclement weather has hindered state tax collection; Samuel Ege and Monroe's former landlady, Mrs. Shera, are clamoring to be paid; mentions the impending marriage of "Little" John Stewart and "Kitty Hair" Catherine Hare; gossips about "artificial heat" of the courtships of Mr. Dunn and "your old acquaintance" Miss Shera, and of "Tabby" Tabitha Eppes who "has grown quite fat & buxom, her charms...renovated," and her unsuccessful suitors: Edward...

Scope and Contents Colonel William Grayson is not here, but Wilson Cary Nicholas is; a quorum was reached on Wednesday, May 12 and committees are being appointed; Patrick Henry arrived yesterday and is eager to have postponement of the tax collection; the Speaker John Tyler was chosen without a contest; tell Colonel John Francis Mercer that there lies £100 in the Treasury for him; John Marshall will tell Mercer's brother James in Fredericksburg the same; Major John Crittenden is again elected for Fayette...

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Reports he delivered William Branch Giles's letter to Major Charles Magill while in Winchester, Virginia in August; discusses gaming act and several points concerning the case of Giles's client, Mr. Bell; Brother James Markham Marshall has arrived from Kentucky and will remain in town through October.

Scope and Contents Congratulates him on his return from Montreal and the Northwest; he too wishes that the British debts resolutions had not been passed, because it tends to weaken the federal bands and provides a pretext for the British to retain possession of the forts on the lakes; Joseph Jones has introduced a bill to provide for seven annual payments for repayment to begin in April 1786; only bill that has been passed was one granting James Rumsey a 10 year monopoly to develop the machine in a steamboat;...