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he and Elizabeth Monroe regret that they cannot visit Taylor and Lucy Taylor; has been ill; affairs in France; forwards copies of reports to Senate committee on military affairs

has been ill; recovery of slaves taken by British during the war

congratulates JM on the successful termination of the war with Great Britain; had worried about JM's health; says that unnamed friend had hoped to join the army if JM's plan for its augmentation were implemented; hopes that JM and Elizabeth Monroe…

outlines his thoughts concerning the prospects for peace with Great Britain as requested by JM; asks if JM has read William Cobbett's Letters

he and Lucy Minor regret that they did not see JM and Elizabeth Monroe when they were in town; fears that differences in opinion over the war could lead to a civil war; heard rumors that James Madison appointed JM as commander in chief of the army…

unable to see James Madison; election results; war in Europe; asks JM to bring papers relating to Timothy Pickering, Enoch Edwards and William Eustis when he visits

hopes to meet with JM at James Madison's house; dispatches have arrived from France; election results; there is a house available that JM's brother can use

attending chancery court; returning to Albemarle County; Fredericksburg merchants held meeting in support of Adams Administration; Federalist party growing; will go to Philadelphia only if necessary to settle his account with the State Department

relieved that dispute with Gouverneur Morris has ended; meeting of chancery court may keep JM from going to Philadelphia; authorizes John Dawson to pay expenses and request reimbursement from State Department after vouchers are produced; opposes…

friends at Fredericksburg hope that JM will return soon; shipment of JM's trunk; Alexander Hamilton's pamphlet; which contains Hamilton's correspondence with JM, has been published

business: farming, payment and collection of debts, slave sales; Joseph J Monroe has purchased a poor piece of land-is going to sell it and buy something better

attending to JM's business-payment of debts, purchase of land including parcel in Loudoun County; warns JM that his public correspondence, particularly his remarks on the Jacobins, are being used for political purposes by the Federalists; relays news…

most Americans resent British policy towards the United States; land purchases

thanks JM for sending him a pamphlet of Thomas Jefferson's correspondence with the British minister; American policy toward Great Britain; requests additional information regarding British-American relations

war should be avoided if possible but United States cannot tolerate British transgressions