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One page letter addressed to an unknown recipient by James Monroe. Contents concern his plans for travel, arrival date, and an indication that he will write again once he reaches his destination. The letter was written from his home at Highland, formerly Ash Lawn, near Charlottesville, Virginia.

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Tribute of respect to James Monroe upon receipt of the news of his death. Including a letter from H. Deal?, Charleston, South Carolina, to Mrs. George Hay and Mrs. S.L. Gouverneur, New York, New York, daughters of James Monroe, July 13, 1831, transmitting the tribute. Item location was previously identified as Box 2, Folder 123.

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Official document from the President and Professors of William and Mary College to the Governor certifying Charles Kemper as Surveyor, dated 1800 June 16. Signed by James Madison, Robert Andrews, John Bracken and James Henderson. Includes William and Mary paper seal. On reverse is the signature of James Monroe.

Scope and Contents Scope and Contents Resolutions commending the administration of James Monroe as President of the United States. DS. Signed by Nathaniel Sibsbee, President of the Senate. Passed by the House of Representatives, January 15, 1825, and by Edward D. Bangs, Secretary. 2pp. * Including LS from William Eustis, Executive Department, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, Mass., to James Monroe January 18, 1825, transmitting the resolution. 1p. In microfilm un Eustis, William. Item location was...

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Scope and Contents Article dealing with history of "Druid Hill," a Baltimore, Md. estate once owned by Nicholas Lloyd Rogers, husband of Hortensia Hay, James Monroe's granddaughter; some information on Hortensia, her mother, and James Monroe's life in Paris and Washington; notes artifacts once found at "Druid Hill" and associated with James Monroe; some genealogical information. Newspaper clipping.

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Scope and Contents Includes an extract from a letter written by James Brown, U.S. Minister in Paris, in which Mr. Moncure Robinson is favorably mentioned. Franked by James Monroe.

Scope and Contents Has read Mr. William Branch Giles's latest article in the Richmond Enquirer on John Quincy Adams, which attributes his John Quincy Adams's "past conversion to Jeffersonism" to "his own personal promotion and aggrandizement;" Giles claims that Adams's message indicated his intentions to introduce unlimited powers into the government, but Pickering disagrees; discusses Adams's policies regarding internal improvements, a national university, and the promotion of agriculture, all of which...

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Illinois land grant signed by James Monroe, February 18, 1818.

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Certificate of the appointment of St. George Tucker Judge of the District Court of the Virginia district. Signed by James Madison and James Monroe. Tucker's note that he took oath of office on 1813 February 8.

Scope and Contents Scope and Contents History and plans for Ash Lawn, the home of President James Monroe, as drawn by students from the Univeristy of Virginia School of Architecture under the direction of K. Edward Lay and as measured in the Fall of 1979. drawings were done by Glenn R. Mac Cullough and Stuart N. Siegel.Preliminary drawings and overlays of buildings and site plan, including landscaping. History of the property purchased by Monroe in 1793 compiled by Eldon F. Wood, A.I. A of Charlottesvile,...

Scope and Contents Moncure, Blanche, WM 1899/Moncure, Charles P., WM 1837/38Moncure, Henry Trevillian, WM 1920/24Moncure, Henry W., WM 1820/22Moncure, Richard Cassius Lee, WM 1890/92, 1895/96Moncure, William Augustus, WM 1821/22Moncure, Andrew, WM circa 1775Monroe, Augustine, WM 1808Monroe, James, WM 1774/76Monroe, James, WM 1857/58Montague FamilyMontague, Andrew Jackson, WM circa...

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1865-1869. Journal of James Monroe Nicolson, general merchandise merchant of Gloucester Court House, Va. MsV.Oversize Manuscript Volumes File.

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Signed by James Monroe.

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Signed by James Monroe.

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Signed by James Monroe and John Quincy Adams.

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Signed by James Monroe, President, and John Quincy Adams, Secretary of State. (Was previously Folder 23.)

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Signed by James Monroe.

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Signed by James Monroe.

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Signed by James Monroe. Note dated July 12, 1826 and July 15, 1826

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1869-1870. Letter copybook of H. Yeatman & Co., merchants, Gloucester Court House, Va., with topics mainly concerning payment of goods and services; includes scattered copies of similar correspondence by James Monroe Nicolson.

Scope and Contents from Harrison's Landing, Virginia to Mother and Father..."came to Fortress Monroe [Virginia] and from there we came up James River to Harrison's Landing [Virginia]; got off and came 5 miles toward Richmond [Virginia].  You need not be wear about me diserting but there is one thing I am afraid the salve question has too much to do with the cause but when ever they want us Union soldiers to free the negroes we will just quietly lay down our arms and give up the ghost.  I hear cussing and...

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Deed for land in Ohio granted to Rowland Madison, a captain in the Continental Army for 3 years. Signed by James Monroe.

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Stereograph of Arlington Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Tomb of James Monroe at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia. Tomb of Washington. Tomb of J.M. and Sarah C. Conrad. Tombstone of Joseph D. Marks.

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Mencken, H.L.; Miers, Earl Schenck; Miller, Arjay -- President of Ford Motor Company; Milton, John; Minor, Raleigh C.; Monroe, James; Montesquieu; Moore, Thomas; Morris, Arthur J.; Muskie, Senator Edmund S.; Myrdal, Gunnar Karl

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One 16mm, color film of commercials for Ash Lawn, the home of James Monroe that is owned by the College of William and Mary. Commercials include one for Sears and Easy Living. Acc. 1998.016