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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Cresson, W. P. (William Penn), 1873-1932. James Monroe. Chapel Hill, The University of North Carolina Press [1946] (OCoLC)563979857 |
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| Named Person: | James Monroe; James Monroe |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
W P Cresson |
| OCLC Number: | 424697 |
| Description: | xiv, 577 p. : front., plates, ports., facsim. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction / M. A. De Wolfe Howe -- Williamsburg in Virginia - 1774 -- "The sword is now drawn" -- James Monroe crosses the Delaware -- "A brave, active, and sensible officer" -- "A farewell to arms" -- Assemblyman, councilor, congressman -- Champion of the West -- "The most interesting connection" -- The new roof -- Senator from Virginia -- Prologue to the first French mission -- First mission to France -- The Reynolds affair -- Governor of Virginia -- Louisiana Purchase, 1803 -- London mission, 1803-1804 -- Spanish mission -- Return to London -- Politics and policies -- The "Chesapeake" Incident -- Homecoming of an envoy -- Monroe and the New Republicans -- Secretary of State -- Declaration of war -- The British in Washington -- Secretary of War -- President James Monroe -- The Seminole War and the Florida Treaty -- The banking crisis -- The Missouri Compromise -- The Monroes and Washington society -- Jackson and the Governorship of Florida -- Roads, bridges, canals -- Recognition of South American Republics -- Relations with Russia -- European background of the Monroe Doctrine -- Formulation of the Monroe Doctrine -- The end of a dynasty -- Last years of a great American -- Appendix: James Monroe's ancestry -- Notes -- List of references -- Index. |
| Responsibility: | by W.P. Cresson. |
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