Correspondence concerning Monroe genealogy [manuscript], 1968-1969.

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Correspondence concerning Monroe genealogy [manuscript], 1968-1969.

Correspondence between George Harrison Sanford King, Fredericksburg, Va., and Curtis W. Garrison, Charlottesville, Va., concerning the genealogy of James Monroe. Also included are copies of extracts of wills of various Monroe family members, and a record of "Revolutionary War Service of Colonel James Monroe."

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University of Virginia. Library

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Monroe, Elizabeth, 1768-1830

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Romance glints from the little that is known about Elizabeth Kortright’s early life. She was born in New York City in 1768, daughter of an old New York family. Her father, Lawrence, had served the Crown by privateering during the French and Indian War and made a fortune. He took no active part in the War of Independence; and James Monroe wrote to his friend Thomas Jefferson in Paris in 1786 that he had married the daughter of a gentleman, “injured in his fortunes” by the Revolution. Strange c...

Garrison, Curtis Wiswell, 1901-

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Monroe family

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American Society of Genealogists

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Henry, Reginald Buchanan, 1881-,

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King, George Harrison Sanford

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Fourth president of the United States. From the description of Correspondence concerning Monroe genealogy [manuscript], 1968-1969. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647816418 ...

Monroe, Spence, ca. 1727-1774.

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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 ...