ALS : London, to James Monroe, Washington, D.C., 1817 May 27.

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ALS : London, to James Monroe, Washington, D.C., 1817 May 27.

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Sinclair congratulates Monroe on his election to the presidency and proposes to send copies of his book The code of agriculture, which he hopes to have reprinted in America. He believes that he and Monroe are distantly related (refers to a document not present) and offers to propose Monroe for honorary membership in the Highland Societies of Edinburgh and London.

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Sinclair, John, Sir, 1754-1835

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Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster, 1st Baronet, PC MP FRS FRSE FSA (10 May 1754 – 21 December 1835) was a British politician, a writer on both finance and agriculture, and the first person to use the word statistics in the English language, in his vast, pioneering work, Statistical Account of Scotland, in 21 volumes. First president of the Board of Agriculture, member of Privy Council (1810), appointed to the post of Commissioner of Excise. (From the description of Letters : Coles [Park] to Thomas...

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Highland Society of Scotland

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Kountze, De Lancey, d. 1946,

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Monroe, James, 1758-1831

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James Monroe, fifth president of the United States of America (b. April 28, 1758, Monroe Hall, Virginia-d. July 4, 1831, New York, New York) fought with distinction in the Continental Army, and he practiced law in Fredericksburg, Virginia. As a young politician, he joined the anti-Federalists in the Virginia Convention which ratified the Constitution, and in 1790, an advocate of Jeffersonian policies, he was elected United States Senator. As Minister to France in 1794-1796, Monroe showed strong ...