The Papers of James Monroe, Volume 7: Selected Correspondence and Papers, April 1814-February 1817
byDaniel Preston is editor of the Papers of James Monroe at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
20200331
Greenwood
Pages | 728 |
Topics | Battle of New Orleans (1815);Burning of Washington (1814);Napoleonic Wars;Presidential Election of 1816;Rush-Bagot Treaty (1817);Second Administration of James Madison (1813–1817);Spanish Florida;Treaty of Ghent (1814);American History: Politics |
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Preston, Daniel, editor. The Papers of James Monroe, Volume 7: Selected Correspondence and Papers, April 1814-February 1817. Greenwood, 2020. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440857850.
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Preston, Daniel, ed. The Papers of James Monroe, Volume 7: Selected Correspondence and Papers, April 1814-February 1817. Greenwood, 2020. http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440857850
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Preston, D. (Ed.). (2020). The Papers of James Monroe, Volume 7: Selected Correspondence and Papers, April 1814-February 1817. Retrieved from http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440857850
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The 605 documents presented in Volume 7 of The Papers of James Monroe date from April 1814, the midpoint of Monroe's term as secretary of state under President James Madison, to March 1817, just prior to his inauguration as president.
Volume 7 opens in the midst of the War of 1812, documenting Monroe's role as military adviser to President Madison during an ill-fated defense of Washington in August 1814, his appointment as secretary of war in September 1814, and his return to the State Department in March 1815, when he began the work of normalizing relations with the European nations after the end of the Napoleonic wars. Relations with Great Britain remained uneasy, but Monroe reduced friction by negotiating the 1817 Rush-Bagot Treaty, which led to disarmament of the Great Lakes.
Numerous documents detail the ill will between the United States and Spain caused by the war, disagreement over possession of Florida, and the revolutions in Spain's American colonies. The volume also addresses the presidential election of 1816. Monroe, in line with the accepted practice at the time, avoided any overt acts that would indicate he was seeking the office. Correspondence with friends and confidants and several campaign essays written by Monroe nevertheless reveal a strategy of a quiet campaign to garner support for his candidacy.
- Contains 605 documents covering the period April 1814–March 1817
- Offers insights into both Monroe's public career and his private life, including family matters, health issues, friendships, and his participation in the social life of the capital
- Illuminates Monroe's roles as military advisor to former President Madison, secretary of war, secretary of state, and presidential candidate
- Provides details on the presidential campaign of 1816, during which Monroe followed accepted practice and made no public show of seeking the office, but privately worked to garner support for his candidacy
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Table of Contents
The Papers of James Monroe, Volume 7: Selected Correspondence and Papers, April 1814-February 1817
Contributors: Preston, Daniel;Abstract:The 605 documents presented in Volume 7 of The Papers of James Monroe date from April 1814, the midpoint of Monroe's term as secretary of state under President James Madison, to March 1817, just prior to his inauguration as president.
Volume 7 opens in the midst of the War of 1812, documenting Monroe's role as military adviser to President Madison during an ill-fated defense of Washington in August 1814, his appointment as secretary of war in September 1814, and his return to the State Department in March 1815, when he began the work of normalizing relations with the European nations after the end of the Napoleonic wars. Relations with Great Britain remained uneasy, but Monroe reduced friction by negotiating the 1817 Rush-Bagot Treaty, which led to disarmament of the Great Lakes.
Numerous documents detail the ill will between the United States and Spain caused by the war, disagreement over possession of Florida, and the revolutions in Spain's American colonies. The volume also addresses the presidential election of 1816. Monroe, in line with the accepted practice at the time, avoided any overt acts that would indicate he was seeking the office. Correspondence with friends and confidants and several campaign essays written by Monroe nevertheless reveal a strategy of a quiet campaign to garner support for his candidacy.
- Contains 605 documents covering the period April 1814–March 1817
- Offers insights into both Monroe's public career and his private life, including family matters, health issues, friendships, and his participation in the social life of the capital
- Illuminates Monroe's roles as military advisor to former President Madison, secretary of war, secretary of state, and presidential candidate
- Provides details on the presidential campaign of 1816, during which Monroe followed accepted practice and made no public show of seeking the office, but privately worked to garner support for his candidacy
Editor(s): Preston, Daniel;SortTitle: papers of james monroe, volume 7: selected correspondence and papers, april 1814-february 1817Author Info:Daniel PrestoneditorDaniel Preston is editor of the Papers of James Monroe at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
eISBN-13: 9781440857850Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440857850.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9780313319846Imprint: GreenwoodPages: 728Publication Date: 20200331Table of Contents pages: 1 2 3 4
- Cover Cover11
- The Papers of James Monroe i2
- Title iii4
- Copyright iv5
- CONTENTS v6
- Acknowledgments xix20
- Introduction: Notes on the Documents xxi22
- Editorial Method xxv26
- Abbreviations and Short Titles xxvii28
- 1814 132
- To William H. Crawford, 4 April 132
- To William H. Crawford, [4 April] 233
- To Richard Rush, 9 April 334
- From George Hay, 10 April 334
- To James Madison, 10 April 536
- From William H. Crawford, 11 April 536
- From William H. Crawford, 11 April 940
- To William Winder, 11 April 1041
- To James Madison, 14 April 1142
- From John Quincy Adams, 15 April 1445
- To James Madison, 16 April 1647
- From William C. C. Claiborne, 17 April 1647
- From William H. Crawford, 20 April 1748
- To William Winder, 20 April 1849
- From Joel Poinsett, 21 April 1950
- From Joseph J. Monroe, 23 April 2051
- From John Jacob Astor, 30 April 2253
- To James Madison, 30 April 2354
- From James Madison, 1 May 2556
- To John Quincy Adams, 2 May 2657
- To George Blake, 3 May 2657
- To Charles Everett, 3 May 2758
- To George Hay, 3 May 2859
- To Louis Serurier, 5 May 3061
- From James A. Bayard and Albert Gallatin, 6 May 3162
- To Henry A. S. Dearborn, 6 May 3364
- To William Winder, 7 May 3364
- To William Winder, 8 May 3566
- To James Monroe, Jr., 9 May 3667
- To William Winder, 9 May 3768
- From William H. Crawford, 11 May 3970
- To James Madison, 11 May 4374
- From Thomas Pinckney, 12 May 4475
- To William Winder, 12 May 4576
- To James Madison, 13 May 4677
- To James Madison, 14 May 4677
- Enclosure 4778
- To William Winder, 14 May 4879
- To Charles J. Ingersoll, 16 May 4980
- To James Madison, [ca. 18 May] 5081
- From Anthony Morris, 18 May 5182
- From James Madison, 19 May 5283
- From James A. Bayard and Albert Gallatin, 23 May 5283
- From George Izard, 24 May 5384
- From William Winder, 24 May 5485
- From Sir George Prevost, 31 May 5586
- To Charles Everett, 1 June 5687
- From Henry Dearborn, 3 June 5788
- Notes on Idea of a Plan of Campaign for This Year [ca. 7 June] 5788
- To Sir George Prevost, 12 June 6091
- From Albert Gallatin, 13 June 6192
- To Charles Everett, 17 June 6293
- To Henry Dearborn, 18 June 6394
- From Henry Ashton, 20 June 6495
- From Albert Gallatin, 20 June 6596
- To Decius Wadsworth, 21 June 6697
- To Unknown, 23 June 6798
- To John Quincy Adams, James A. Bayard, Henry Clay, Albert Gallatin, and Jonathan Russell, 25 June 6798
- To William H. Crawford, 25 June 69100
- To Charles J. Ingersoll, 25 June 70101
- To James Madison, [26 June] 71102
- To John Quincy Adams, James A. Bayard, Henry Clay, Albert Gallatin, and Jonathan Russell, 27 June 71102
- To Tobias Lear, 27 June 73104
- From Charles J. Ingersoll, 30 June 75106
- To the Diplomatic Corps, 1 July 76107
- From Ralph Isaacs, 3 July 77108
- To Unknown, 3 July 80111
- To James Madison, 5 July 81112
- From George Cockburn, 8 July 82113
- To John Quincy Adams, James A. Bayard, Henry Clay, Albert Gallatin, and Jonathan Russell, 9 July 82113
- To John Graham, 9 July 83114
- From John Graham, 14 July 83114
- From William Lambert, 15 July 84115
- From Tobias Lear, 18 July 85116
- To Charles Everett, 20 July 86117
- From John Jacob Astor, 22 July 86117
- To William Short, 26 July 87118
- To Charles Everett, 27 July 88119
- To George Hay, 27 July 89120
- To John Quincy Adams, James A. Bayard, Henry Clay, Albert Gallatin, and Jonathan Russell, 11 August 91122
- To William H. Crawford, 11 August 92123
- To William H. Crawford, 11 August 94125
- From John Quincy Adams, James A. Bayard, Henry Clay, Albert Gallatin, and Jonathan Russell, 12 August 95126
- To William C. C. Claiborne, 13 August 100131
- To John Armstrong, 16 August 100131
- From John Quincy Adams, 17 August 101132
- From William H. Crawford, 17 August 102133
- From Henry Clay, 18 August 104135
- From Alexander Cochrane, 18 August 108139
- From John Quincy Adams, James A. Bayard, Henry Clay, Albert Gallatin, and Jonathan Russell, 19 August 108139
- To James Madison, 20 August 111142
- From James Madison, 21 August 111142
- To James Madison, 21 August 112143
- To William Winder, 21 August 113144
- To James Madison, [21 August] 113144
- To James Madison, [22 August] 114145
- From James Madison, [22 August] 115146
- Editor’s Note: Attack on Washington, 23-28 August 116147
- Report to the House of Representatives, 13 November 116147
- Notes Respecting the Burning [of the] City in 1814 119150
- From James Madison, 26 August 123154
- From William Winder, 27 August 124155
- From Robert M. Patterson, 29 August 125156
- From Andrew Jackson, 30 August 126157
- To Manuel Eyre and Thomas Cadwalader, 31 August 127158
- To James Barbour, 1 September 127158
- From John Jacob Astor, 2 September 128159
- To John Rodgers, 2 September 129160
- General Orders, 3 September 129160
- To James Madison, 3 September 130161
- To David Porter, 3 September 130161
- To Samuel Smith, 3 September 131162
- To William Thornton, 3 September 131162
- To Joseph Bloomfield, 4 September 132163
- From John Quincy Adams, 5 September 133164
- From Thomas Barclay, 5 September 137168
- From Henry Dearborn, 5 September 138169
- To Thomas Pinckney, 5 September 139170
- To James Barbour, 6 September 140171
- To James Barbour, 6 September 140171
- To Alexander Cochrane, 6 September 140171
- To Nicholas Fish, 6 September 142173
- To Joseph P. Norris, 6 September 143174
- To George Hay, 7 September 143174
- To Andrew Jackson, 7 September 145176
- To Morgan Lewis, 7 September 146177
- From Caleb Strong, 7 September 146177
- From Alexander J. Dallas, 8 September 147178
- To William Winder, 8 September 147178
- From George Hay, 10 September 149180
- From Elisa W. King and Warren Brackett, 11 September 150181
- To Samuel Smith, 11 September 151182
- To William Winder, 11 September 151182
- From Alexander Macomb, 12 September 152183
- From Samuel Smith, 14 September 153184
- To Samuel Smith, 15 September 153184
- From Samuel Smith 17 September 154185
- To Caleb Strong, 17 September 154185
- From Jacob Brown, 18 September 156187
- To James Barbour, 19 September 156187
- From Alexander Cochrane, 19 September 157188
- From Joseph H. Nicholson, 19 September 157188
- From Lewis Cass, 20 September 158189
- To Samuel Smith, 20 September 158189
- To Joseph H. Nicholson, 21 September 159190
- To Winfield Scott, 21 September 159190
- To Samuel Smith, 21 September 160191
- To William Winder, 21 September 160191
- From Paul Bentalou, 24 September 161192
- From Thomas Jefferson, 24 September 163194
- To Willie Blount, 25 September 164195
- To James Madison, 25 September 165196
- To James Madison, [25 September] 166197
- To William Branch Giles, 26 September 167198
- From Thomas Pinckney, 26 September 168199
- To Andrew Jackson, 27 September 168199
- From James Brown, 1 October 170201
- To James Madison, 1 October 170201
- To Thomas Pinckney, 2 October 171202
- To Samuel Smith, 2 October 172203
- To Isaac Shelby, 3 October 173204
- To John Quincy Adams, James A. Bayard, Henry Clay, Albert Gallatin, and Jonathan Russell, 4 October 173204
- To Thomas Jefferson, 4 October 174205
- To George Erving, 6 October 175206
- To Charles Everett, 6 October 176207
- From John Quincy Adams, 10 October 178209
- To Andrew Jackson, 10 October 179210
- From Andrew Jackson, 10 October 179210
- To Thomas Jefferson, 10 October 180211
- From George Erving, 12 October 181212
- From Andrew Jackson, 14 October 181212
- To Daniel D. Tompkins, 14 October 183214
- From Henry Dearborn, 15 October 183214
- From Thomas Jefferson, 16 October 184215
- To William Branch Giles, 17 October 185216
- Enclosure: Explanatory Observations 186217
- To William H. Crawford, 18 October 193224
- To John Quincy Adams, James A. Bayard, Henry Clay, Albert Gallatin, and Jonathan Russell, 19 October 193224
- To Commanders of the Military Districts, 19 October 194225
- To Winfield Scott, 19 October 194225
- To Winfield Scott, 19 October 195226
- To Andrew Jackson, 21 October 196227
- From Winfield Scott, 22 October 197228
- To Lewis Cass, 24 October 197228
- From W. C. C. Claiborne, 24 October 198229
- From John Quincy Adams, James A. Bayard, Henry Clay, Albert Gallatin, and Jonathan Russell, 25 October 199230
- To Charles Everett, 26 October 200231
- From Andrew Jackson, 26 October 201232
- From James Hamilton, 2 November 203234
- To Willie Blount, 3 November 204235