<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-viw">James-Monroe-and-William-Crawford-Correspondence</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">James Monroe and William Crawford Correspondence</titleproper><titleproper>Guide to the James Monroe and William Crawford Correspondence <num>MS 00070</num></titleproper></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Special Collections Research Center</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/logos/wm.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><p><date>2016-09-23</date></p><address><addressline>William &amp; Mary Special Collections Research Center</addressline><addressline>Earl Gregg Swem Library</addressline><addressline>400 Landrum Dr</addressline><addressline>Williamsburg, Virginia</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 757-221-3090</addressline><addressline>spcoll@wm.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2026-01-07 07:02:06 -0500</date>.</creation><langusage>English</langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>James Monroe and William Crawford Correspondence</unittitle>
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      <persname source="lcnaf">Monroe, James, 1758-1831</persname>
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    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname source="lcnaf">Crawford, William Harris, 1772-1834</persname>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">1816-1823, and undated</unitdate>
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  <bioghist id="aspace_e0c5cbb0197b09d11f8fe853a4681c2e">
    <head>Biographical Information:</head>
<p>James Monroe (April 28, 1758 -July 4, 1831) was the fifth President of the United States (1817-1825). He played a leading role in the War of 1812 as secretary of war and secretary of state under James Madison. Monroe attended the College of William and Mary from 1774 through 1776. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki- scdb.swem.wm.edu.</p>  </bioghist>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Use:</head>
<p>Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Access:</head>
<p>Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.</p>  </accessrestrict>
  <prefercite id="aspace_7c16a2eed63bec4981b18c162df20176">
    <head>Preferred Citation:</head>
<p>James Monroe and William Crawford Correspondence, 1816- 1823, and undated, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <head>Arrangement of Materials:</head>
<p>Chronological.</p>  </arrangement>
  <scopecontent id="aspace_ce600b108d2596d5b942569a58cb9beb">
    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>Collection of 30 letters. 25 letters are from President James Monroe to Secretary of the Treasury, William H. Crawford; four letters are drafts of Crawford as Secretary to President Monroe, and one letter from P. P. Saint Guirons to President Monroe.</p>  </scopecontent>
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