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Monroe Papers, Ashlawn 1795-1834 and n.d.

Papers, 1795-1834 and n.d., of Eliza Kortright Monroe Hay. Includes letters written by and to her and to her father James Monroe. Correspondents include her former teacher Madame [Jeanne Louise Henriette] Campan, her daughter Hortensia M. Rogers of "Druid Hill" near Baltimore, Md. , her son-in-law Lloyd N. Rogers as well as the daughter of Marquis de Lafayette, Marie Antoinette Virginie de Lafayette Lasteyrie du Saillant. Subjects include the debts and final illness of James Monroe, the final illness of George Hay, the possible sale by the Hay family of "Ashfield," [near Richmond, Va.], the aftermath of the French Revolution, Hortense de Beauharnais (the stepdaughter of Napoleon and the mother of Napoleon III), Samuel L. Gouverneur and his wife Maria Hester Monroe Gouverneur, Tench Ringgold and Egbert Read Watson.

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12 December 1830 Folder 11

Received two copies of Sam's oration. Lloyd spitting blood. The 11th was day appointed for sale. Some delighted to hear grandpapa is so much better.

1 Sept. 1829. Folder 7

Their trip. Entirely laid to rest anxieties regarding her health. Mr. Hay [George Hay]suffered with vertigo. My father (James Monroe) wrote you for Hortensia to bring the children. I am half cracked to see Eleanor.

6 February 1831 Folder 15

Papers announced passage of bill for $30,000 (for James Monroe). Senate may increase it. John Mercer says abuse was gross and Sam says he was insulted on the floor of the Senate himself. She (Antoinette) told me you had written to her telling her of the offer for "Ash Field" - that she had sold all the Ashfield negroes for 1400 dollars.

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