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James Monroe

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James Monroe

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Auction Date:2012 Feb 15 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Rare printed pamphlet entitled “Letter From The Secretary of War, Transmitting A Statement Of The Men Who Have Been Recruited For The Army Of United States, During The Present War,” 8 x 13, printed by Roger Chew Weightman, 1814, dated November 10, 1814. The title page is followed by a letter from James Monroe regarding a statement he is enclosing on “the number of men who have been recruited in the army of the United States, during the present year.” The statement which follows from John R. Bell, the inspector general begins, “The deranged state of the papers of this office, by the late removals,” referring to the burning of Washington by the British just over two months earlier. Booklet also includes two large and impressive fold-out charts, one being a “Return of the whole number of recruits enlisted… from February to September (1814),” 18.25 x 22.5, and the other being, “An estimate of the apportionment of eighty thousand militia amongst the several states and territories,” 13 x 15.75. Expected age wear and scattered moderate toning, otherwise very good condition.