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MONROE, JAMES, President. Autograph letter signed ("Jas Monroe") as Secretary of State, to an unidentified recipient, Staunton, Virginia, 14 September 1815. 2 pages, folio, 320 x 190mm. (12 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.), slight show-through of ink, a few small holes due to acidic ink, catching a few letters.
MONROE ON NAPOLEON'S DOWNFALL AT WATERLOO
An interesting letter discussing Napoleon's demise and the Algerian treaty with the United States. Monroe recommends Colonel Charles Yancy for "superintendent of the arsenal to be established above Richmond...[he] is very deserving of the confidence of the gov[ernmen]t, & very well qualified for the trust...Bonaparte's career is I presume terminated. I am glad that he has thought proper not to visit this country, for whatever might have been the conduct of the Allies, in such an event, or of the U. States...it is better for us to have been freed from any trial of nerve and character on his account. I know that Mr. Gallatin & Mr. Clay have arrived. Should they visit the president [James Madison] I will endeavor to meet them there...I have been much gratified with the report of our success against Algiers, which it is said, has terminated in an honorable treaty..."
On 6 August 1815 the U.S. flotilla in the Mediterranean had finally succeeded in suppressing the pirates of Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli.
MONROE ON NAPOLEON'S DOWNFALL AT WATERLOO
An interesting letter discussing Napoleon's demise and the Algerian treaty with the United States. Monroe recommends Colonel Charles Yancy for "superintendent of the arsenal to be established above Richmond...[he] is very deserving of the confidence of the gov[ernmen]t, & very well qualified for the trust...Bonaparte's career is I presume terminated. I am glad that he has thought proper not to visit this country, for whatever might have been the conduct of the Allies, in such an event, or of the U. States...it is better for us to have been freed from any trial of nerve and character on his account. I know that Mr. Gallatin & Mr. Clay have arrived. Should they visit the president [James Madison] I will endeavor to meet them there...I have been much gratified with the report of our success against Algiers, which it is said, has terminated in an honorable treaty..."
On 6 August 1815 the U.S. flotilla in the Mediterranean had finally succeeded in suppressing the pirates of Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli.