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advice on schooling; has purchased farm in Albemarle County for Andrew Monroe; reprimands Monroe Jr for his behavior in Europe; did not avail himself of letters of introduction; kept low company and spent his time carousing in taverns; JM is…

has placed land in Albemarle County and Loudoun County on the market; will sell it if offered a good price; does not want to sell Highland; considers it home; needs the money; wants to sell one or the other; Joseph J Monroe is talented but lazy

Monroe Jr has gone to the military academy by his own choice; advises him to study hard and be thrifty; offers suggestions for course of study; Andrew Monroe not doing well financially; JM doing what he can to help him

apologizes for not writing or visiting; has moved to Maryland to practice law; has just gotten married and built a new house ; congratulations on anticipated birth of child

Monroe Jr wants to come home from military academy; JM urges him to stay; JM recalls when he went to the College of William and Mary -- spent vacation studying so that he was better prepared when term began; Monroe Jr has been ill; JM gives him…

Theodore Pahlen and Pierre Poletica visiting; seems to be widespread support for JM's appointment as secretary of state; most people are dissatisfied with current government policy and JM's appointment is indication of change

cannot do anything about sale of JM's land in Kentucky until James Lewis arrives; happy to help JM with sale-pleased to accept token instead of pay; people in Kentucky approve of mission to France-they have repudiated calls for more immediate and…

approbation of JM's term as governor

sends papers relating to Gabriel's conspiracy; Virginia has taken measures to protect itself against future slave insurrections; forwards papers relating to case of seaman surrendered to British at Norfolk; hopes to see him soon; plans to resume law…

public humiliation at being recalled from France prompted him to ask for the reasons for his recall; asks why the administration refuses to provide JM with the justifications for his recall; believes that the Constitution does not allow the Executive…

Joseph Jones, Jr's education; personal finances-payment of debts, money for Andrew Monroe; concern for well-being of slaves, especially Thena who is ill and who is indispensable; French war effort continues to go well

Joseph Jones Jr's education; also supervising education of Charles Rutledge, son of John Rutledge; personal finances; invites Jones to visit Paris

requests a meeting with the Executive Directory to discuss French concerns that the treaty between the United States and Great Britain infringes on the treaty between the United States and France

gives account of his attempt to send letters to Madame Lafayette

treaty between France and Spain; new French constitution; instructions for work at farm