James Monroe manuscript material : 1 item 1804

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James Monroe manuscript material : 1 item 1804

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James Monroe, fifth President of the United States. In 1804 he was serving as U.S. minister to France, Spain and England. To Andrew James Cochrane-Johnstone, British politician and fraudster : 1 autograph letter signed : 2 Jan 1804 : (MISC 0337) : from Wimpole Street : begins, "I have rec'd with clear sensibility yr. obliging letter of yesterday. In undertaking the late interesting affair in yr. behalf with the govt. of France the only satisfaction wch I contemplated was that whch wld naturally arise from the hope of being able to render an acceptable & useful service to a gentleman of distinction & merit ...".

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The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.

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