BIB_ID
132336
Accession number
MA 22290
Creator
Monroe, James, 1758-1831, sender.
Display Date
Washington, D.C., 1820 February 14.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 24.9 x 20 cm
Notes
Unidentified recipient; could possibly be to Thomas Jefferson or James Madison.
From page 9 of Monroe album.
From page 9 of Monroe album.
Summary
Discussing the prolonged debate over the Missouri question and the rejection of Monroe's compromise proposal to admit Missouri and Maine at the same time, which was rejected by the politicians at Richmond; discussing the difficulties of maintaining the Union given the divisions over slavery.
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