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
- To Thomas Pinckney, 17 July 412443
- To Anthony St. John Baker, 1[8] July 413444
- To Anthony St. John Baker, 18 July 414445
- To Anthony St. John Baker, 20 July 415446
- To Joseph Gales, 21 July 415446
- Enclosure 415446
- To James Madison, 2 August 416447
- From William H. Crawford, 4 August 416447
- To James Madison, 12 August 417448
- To James Madison, 24 August 417448
- From Alden Partridge, 27 August 419450
- To John Dick, 1 September 421452
- To George W. Campbell, 6 September 421452
- To James Madison, 11 September 422453
- From Pedro Cevallos, 13 September 423454
- From Augustus Neale, 25 September 424455
- From John Dick, 29 September 426457
- To James Madison, 8 October 428459
- To Joel Poinsett, 10 October 428459
- From George W. Campbell, 12 October 428459
- To Christopher Hughes, 13 October 430461
- To James Madison, 17 October 430461
- To Henry Clay, 30 October 431462
- From Spencer Roane, 4 November 431462
- From Anthony Morris, 7 November 432463
- To John Quincy Adams, 16 November 432463
- To William Eustis, 21 November 437468
- To Richard Rush, 27 November 438469
- From Richard Rush, 28 November 438469
- To Richard Rush, 3 December 439470
- From John Taylor, 3 December 439470
- To Albert Gallatin, 4 December 440471
- To Stephen Decatur, 5 December 441472
- To Anthony St. John Baker, 6 December 441472
- To Luis de Onís, 8 December 442473
- From Spencer Roane, 9 December 442473
- To John Quincy Adams, 10 December 444475
- To Henry Jackson, 10 December 446477
- To John Quincy Adams, 12 December 446477
- From Anthony St. John Baker, 15 December 447478
- To Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, 16 December 448479
- To Charles Everett, 16 December 448479
- To John Taylor, 23 December 450481
- From Luis de Onís, 30 December 451482
- 1816 Presidential Election Campaign Essay, [December] 454485
- 1816 467498
- From Luis de Onís, 2 January 467498
- To Joseph Devereux, 12 January 468499
- To P. G. Lechleitner, 17 January 469500
- From John Francis Mercer, 18 January 470501
- To Luis de Onís, 19 January 471502
- To Charles Everett, 24 January 476507
- From George Erving, 25 January 477508
- To John Francis Mercer, 26 January 478509
- To Albert Gallatin, [27] January 479510
- To David R. Williams, 27 January 480511
- To John Quincy Adams, 2 February 481512
- From Albert Gallatin, 2 February 481512
- To Levett Harris, 2 February 482513
- To William Pinkney, 7 February 483514
- From John Quincy Adams, 8 February 483514
- To Joseph Delaplaine, 11 February 489520
- A Short Sketch of the Public Life of James Monroe, [13-15 February] 490521
- From Nicholas Biddle, 19 February 497528
- To John Forsyth, 26 February 498529
- To John Quincy Adams, 27 February 499530
- 1816 Presidential Campaign Essay, [February] 500531
- To the Members of the Diplomatic Corps, [2 March] 503534
- From William Pinkney, [7 March] 505536
- To Charles Everett, 10 March 506537
- To George Erving, 11 March 507538
- To Joseph Gales, 12 March 507538
- To Joseph Delaplaine, 14 March 508539
- From Solomon P. Sharp, 16 March 508539
- To Charles Bagot, 19 March 509540
- From Samuel Smith and Richard M. Johnson, [20 March] 509540
- To William H. Crawford, 21 March 509540
- From Spencer Roane, 22 March 510541
- To Samuel Smith and Richard M. Johnson, 22 March 510541
- To Christopher Hughes, 25 March 511542
- From Peter B. Porter, 25 March 513544
- To Charles Bagot, 3 April 513544
- To William H. Crawford, 3 April 514545
- From Henry Clay, 5 April 514545
- Enclosure: From Henry Clay, 5 April 515546
- From William H. Crawford, 5 April 515546
- To William Lowndes, 5 April 517548
- From Alexander J. Dallas, 8 April 519550
- To Alexander J. Dallas, 9 April 520551
- From Christopher Hughes, 13 April 520551
- From John Quincy Adams, 15 April 522553
- To Albert Gallatin, 15 April 523554
- To Albert Gallatin, 24 April 525556
- From Jeanne Louise Henriette Campan, 1 May 526557
- To William Pinkney, 10 May 527558
- To Neils Rosenkrantz, 10 May 530561
- To William Pinkney, 11 May 530561
- To Benjamin West, 18 May 532563
- To Jonathan Russell, 20 May 532563
- To John Quincy Adams, 21 May 534565
- To William Eustis, 21 May 537568
- To Albert Gallatin, 21 May 538569
- To Joseph Gales, 22 May 539570
- Enclosure: Advertisement, 22 May 539570
- To George Hay, 24 May 540571
- To John Rodgers, 29 May 540571
- To George Erving, 30 May 541572
- From George Carter, 1 June 544575
- To Peter DuPonceau, 5 June 545576
- To Luis de Onís, 5 June 545576
- To Joseph Rademaker, 5 June 546577
- To Alexander J. Dallas, 6 June 547578
- From Alexander J. Dallas, 7 June 547578
- To John Dick, 7 June 547578
- From William B. Barney, 9 June 548579
- To Charles J. Ingersoll, 10 June 549580
- To Luis de Onís, 10 June 550581
- To Jacob Lewis, 12 June 554585
- From John McLean, 15 June 555586
- From Peter DuPonceau, 17 June 555586
- To Andrew Jackson, 18 June 556587
- To George Carter, 20 June 557588
- To Jacob Lewis, 21 June 557588
- To Peter DuPonceau, 27 June 558589
- To James Madison, 27 June 558589
- To Baron Hyde de Neuville, 1 July 560591
- To Charles Everett, 3 July 560591
- To George Hay, 3 July 561592
- To Andrew Jackson, 3 July 561592
- To George Hay, 6 July 562593
- From Christopher Hughes, 6 July 563594
- To George Hay, 7 July 565596
- To James Madison, 7 July 566597
- From James Madison, 11 July 567598
- To Charles Fenton Mercer, 15 July 569600
- To Joseph Correa de Serra, 18 July 569600
- To James McCulloch, 19 July 570601
- To George W. Erving, 20 July 571602
- To Albert de Kantzow, 23 July 571602
- To William Plumer, 24 July 572603
- From Charles Bagot, 26 July 572603
- To James Madison, 26 July 573604
- To Luis de Onís, 30 July 573604
- To Charles Bagot, 2 August 574605
- From Charles Bagot, 6 August 576607
- To Charles Bagot, 12 August 576607
- From Charles Bagot, 13 August 577608
- To John Quincy Adams, 13 August 577608
- From Jonathan Russell, 13 August 578609
- To Charles Bagot, 14 August 580611
- To James Madison, 14 August 581612
- To Charles Bagot, 15 August 582613
- To Baron Hyde de Neuville, 15 August 582613
- To Baron Hyde de Neuville, 15 August 583614
- To Benjamin Crowninshield, 16 August 584615
- To Jan Willem Ten Cate, 17 August 585616
- To William Shaler, 22 August 585616
- To Thomas Jefferson, 29 August 587618
- From William Pinkney, 29 August 587618
- To James Madison, 31 August 590621
- From Richard Rush, 4 September 591622
- From Elias Glenn, 7 September 591622
- From Jonathan Russell, 9 September 593624
- To Albert Gallatin, 10 September 594625
- To Baron Hyde de Neuville, 10 September 596627
- From Albert Gallatin, 12 September 596627
- From John Graham, 12 September 597628
- To Count de Nesselrode, 12 September 598629
- To Luis de Onís, 12 September 600631
- To John Graham, 27 September 601632
- To Unknown, 30 September 602633
- From William Pinkney, 5 October 602633
- From William Pinkney, 7 October 606637
- From George Erving, 8 October 607638
- From George Erving, 11 October 608639
- From Albert Gallatin, 14 October 609640
- From Wilson Cary Nicholas, 18 October 611642
- Enclosure 611642
- From Jonathan Russell, 21 October 612643
- From Andrew Jackson, 23 October 613644
- To Count de Nesselrode, 23 October 615646
- To Naphtali Phillips, 26 October 618649
- To Foreign Ministers, 26 October 619650
- To Joseph Anderson, 1 November 619650
- To Albert Gallatin, 2 November 620651
- From William Pinkney, 3 November 623654
- To Richard Rush, 4 November 624655
- To Charles Bagot, 7 November 624655
- To William Jones, 9 November 625656
- To William Eustis, 12 November 625656
- From Levett Harris, 12 November 626657
- To John Quincy Adams, 14 November 629660
- To Wilson Cary Nicholas, 17 November 630661
- To Joseph Rademaker, 21 November 631662
- From Charles Bagot, 25 November 631662
- To James Monroe, Jr., 25 November 632663
- From John Adams, 6 December 634665
- From Yona Equa, 10 December 635666
- To Andrew Jackson, 14 December 635666
- From Jonathan Fisk, 16 December 639670
- From William Wirt, 16 December 639670