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REEL 1-9 Series 1, General Correspondence, 1758-1839
Letters of Monroe and retained copies and drafts of letters written by Monroe.
Arranged chronologically.
REEL 1 1758-1796 Mar. 21
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REEL 2 1796 Mar. 22-1803 Oct. 8
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REEL 3 1803 Oct. 9-1807 Jan. 16
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REEL 4 1807 Jan. 24-1812 Mar. 12
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REEL 5 1812 Mar. 15-1815 Mar. 16
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REEL 6 1815 Mar. 17-1818 June 3
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REEL 7 1818 June 5-1821 July 19
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REEL 8 1821 July 20-1825 Mar. 10
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REEL 9 1825 Mar. 18-1839 Feb. 13, undated
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REEL 9-10 Series 2, Additional Correspondence, 1776-1838
Correspondence and related manuscripts owned by Laurence G. Hoes and reproduced with his permission.
Arranged chronologically.
REEL 9 1776 July 10-1792 Sept. 30
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REEL 10 1792 Oct. 20-1838 Nov. 14, undated
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REEL 10-11 Series 3, Letterbooks and Account Book, 1794-1806
Letterbooks, 1803-1806, containing copies of diplomatic correspondence during the years Monroe served as minister to England, and an account book containing memoranda and accounts during his mission to France, 1794-1796. The center portion of the account book was used for personal accounts, Oct. 1801-Nov. 1802.
REEL 10 Vol. 1
1803 Apr. 9-1804 June 25
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REEL 11 1804 Aug. 7-1805 Nov. 29
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REEL 11 Vol. 2, 1805 Dec. 11-1806 Oct. 27
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REEL 11 Vol. 3, Journal-Account Book, 1794-1796, 1801-1802
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BOX 4:1-4:5 Series 4, Addenda, 1778-1831
Correspondence, photocopies and typescripts of correspondence, presidential pardon, property and financial records, and miscellaneous documents.
Arranged by the year the addition was processed, and alphabetically thereunder by type of material or topic.
BOX 4:1 1979-1985 additions
Part A, originals
Correspondence and miscellany
1783 Mar. 8-1797 Nov. 28
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1800 Mar. 4-1807 Nov. 1 See also Oversize
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1811 Sept. 19-1815 Oct. 15
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1815 Nov. 16-1818 Sept. 1
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1821 Jan. 8-1829 Mar. 4
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1830 May 28-1831 Apr. 3
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Undated
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Part B, photocopies
Correspondence
1796-1822
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1822-1828, undated
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Diary, Feb. 1825
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Documents on loan to exhibit at the National Archives (1958)
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Miscellany, 1778
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Monroe Doctrine (partial)
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Part C, typescripts
Correspondence, 1795-1830, undated
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Miscellany
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BOX 4:2 Part D, miscellany
A Calendar of the Papers of James Monroe, Forming the Collection in the Possession of Mrs. S. M. Gouverneur, undated, card index to the Gouverneur collection
Part 1
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BOX 4:3 Part 2
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BOX 4:4 Holograph notes listing correspondence, 1780-1814
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BOX 4:5 1996 addition
Correspondence, 1811, 1818-1829
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Covenant, promissory note and other financial records, and a genealogical note fragment, 1813-1814, 1819, 1825, undated
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2014 addition
Hoes, Laurence Gouverneur, private collection of Monroe manuscripts, 1780-1836
(2 reels)
Available only on microfilm. Shelf nos. 9,872 and 9,877
Presidential pardon for Nancy Swann, African American resident of the District of Columbia, 1819 See Oversize
BOX OV 1 Oversize, 1802-1819
Land deed and presidential pardon
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BOX OV 1 Series 4: Addenda, 1778-1831
1979-1985 additions
Part A, originals
Correspondence and miscellany
Land deed for James Welch of Berkeley County, Virginia, signed by James Monroe, governor of Virginia, 18 Oct. 1802 (Container 4:1)
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2014 addition
Presidential pardon for Nancy Swann, African American resident of the District of Columbia, 1819 (Container 4:5)
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