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Monroe, James, 1758-1831 to George Hay

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03656 Author/Creator: Monroe, James, 1758-1831 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 9, 1820 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

President Monroe writes to Hay, his son-in-law. Monroe discusses a recent political plan (possibly the Missouri Compromise), stating "My own opinion always has been that the union cannot be shaken, tho I greatly lament that a question like the present, in which its extremities are so differently circumstanc'd, and the one so badly inform'd of the condition of the other; a question too so well calculated to enlist the feelings of the one against the other, should have been found practicable in our system." In a note following the signature, Monroe notes "my communications are in profound confidence."

Monroe, James, 1758-1831
Hay, George, 1790-?

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