Letter to Craven Peyton [manuscript], 1816 March 30.

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Letter to Craven Peyton [manuscript], 1816 March 30.

Includes letter, 30 March 1816, James Monroe to Peyton regarding the possible sale of Monroe's Loudoun County land and declining to exchange the land with Peyton.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7920669

University of Virginia. Library

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Peyton, Craven, 1775-1837,

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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 ...