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- GLC#
- GLC00496.064-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- October 12, 1826
- Author/Creator
- Monroe, James, 1758-1831
- Title
- Copy of a letter from Col. James Lewis to Col. James Monroe
- Place Written
- Albemarle, Virginia
- Pagination
- 3 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- The First Age of Reform
Lewis, Monroe's attorney, describes the circumstances under which he sold Monroe's land above Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1806; the land on which the University of Virginia was later established. A need to settle Monroe's debts compelled the sale. Per Monroe's request, Lewis also comments on the differences between the original price of the land and the present prices. A postscript offers to verify the letters content, since Lewis based the information on memory. Lewis attended to Monroe's financial affairs while Monroe served as a diplomat in Europe between 1803 and 1807. Handwritten copy of original letter made by Monroe.
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