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Monroe, James, 1758-1831 Major Mountflorence

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00496.063 Author/Creator: Monroe, James, 1758-1831 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph note Date: circa 1830 Pagination: 1 p. ; 9 x 9 cm. Order a Copy

Note to himself about Mountflorence's information-gathering. Mountflorence was a prize agent and former secretary under Minister to France Robert Livingston.

Monroe, James, 1758-1831
Mountflorence, James C., fl. 1830

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