James Monroe and John Randolph of Roanoke collection [manuscript], 1811-1831.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

James Monroe and John Randolph of Roanoke collection [manuscript], 1811-1831.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/469692963

The collection contains a note from Monroe to Randolph, 1811 November, informing him that he will be leaving home to call on the President at 5:30 and will be happy to recieve Randolph in the interval. A letter from Monroe to Peter S. Du Ponceau, 1830 February 8, assures him that he has forwarded his letter to General [John Hartwell] Cocke, and that he is always ready to assist "old revolutionary friends"; notes that he is recovering from a bad cold and fever, and asks him to call as he wishes to confer with him. A note from John Randolph to Ralph Randolph Wormeley, 1831 April 16, declines an invitation. The collection also contains a pen-and-ink caricature of Randolph, [circa 1831?]

4 itmes.

University of Virginia. Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7572311

University of Virginia. Library

Related Entities

There are 5 Entities related to this resource.

Cocke, John Hartwell, 1780-1866

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64f212m (person)

Fluvanna County, Va. planter, reformer, and University of Virginia Board of Visitors member. From the description of Papers : of John Hartwell Cocke, 1806-1866. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 30793405 Planter, agricultural reformer, and brigadier general in the War of 1812. From the description of Papers, 1825-1872. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 39330821 The James River and Kanawha Company The creation of Virg...

Randolph, John, 1773-1833

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63779t9 (person)

Randolph served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1799-1813, 1815-1817, 1819-1825, 1827-1829), the U.S. Senate (1825-1827), the Virginia Constitutional Convention (1829-1830), and as Minister to Russia (1830-1831). From the description of Letter of introduction, 10 July 1813. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 235133950 U. S. Congressman from Virginia. From the description of Letter [manuscript] : Liverpool, England, to Jacob Harvey, Cork Irela...

Wormeley, Ralph Randolph, 1785-1852,

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j4153z (person)

Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mp54tm (person)

Du Ponceau was a Philadelphia lawyer who arrived in Portsmouth, N.H., from France in 1777, achieved early prominence as an aide to von Steuben, and as secretary to Robert Livingston, Secretary of Foreign Affairs for the Congress in 1781. Du Ponceau was admitted to the Philadelphia Bar in 1785 where his familiarity with both American and European law brought him an important practice. His intellectual interests included both history and linguistics and he published extensively in both fields. He ...

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vv2g33 (person)

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 ...