John Marshall, Richmond, Virginia, to James Monroe, 1783
- Containers:
- Box 1, Folder 1
- Scope and content:
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Has delivered Monroe's letters to General George Rogers Clark and John Banks; discusses proceedings of the Virginia Assembly; Richard Henry Lee's services to the Assembly are lost forever and Colonel Harry (Henry "Light Horse Harry") Lee will probably take his place; mentions bills defining citizenship introduced by John Taylor and Colonel George Nicholas; tells of Joseph Jones bill and discusses Patrick Henry's style of oratory; relates the House being split upon the issue of exclusion of the Statute Staple men; discusses military warrants for land and Marshall's father, who set out for the western country on November 5. Original is located in the Draper Collection, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.
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