Monroe, James, 1758-1831 [Speech to Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00069 Author/Creator: Monroe, James, 1758-1831 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript signed Date: 4 July 1817 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 25 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
President Monroe acknowledges the passing of the Revolutionary generation and movingly recalls their struggle in the "sacred cause of liberty." A signed transcription of Monroe's Independence Day speech to the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati. The president's original remarks were made on his 1817 reconciliation tour through New England. Date from later docketing.
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