A Guide to the James Monroe Papers #2119-a

University of Virginia Library

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Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Processed by: Special Collections Department Staff

Repository

University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

James Monroe Papers, Accession 2119-a, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

This collection was purchased by the Library October 13, 1987.

Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Scope and Content

The collection contains two items: a draft, 1794, and an account, 1816, in the hand of James Monroe . The draft of a dispatch, November 7, 1794, concerns French victories at Coblenz and over the Spanish whose standards were presented to the National Convention of France . It also discusses a recent decree by the National Convention restraining the activities of the Jacobins. There is also an account, 1816, with a Mr. Medley.