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A Comprehensive Catalogue of the Correspondence and Papers of James Monroe [Two Volumes]
Daniel Preston
ISBN: 0-313-31426-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31426-1
1080 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 10/30/2000
List Price: $356.95 (UK Sterling Price: £246.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: Until now most Monroe scholarship has been limited to the resources available at the Library of Congress, the NY Public Library, the Monroe Museum, and the College of William and Mary. These collections are only a portion of the widely scattered material that is available. With some 35,800 entries, representing 182 libraries and archives in the U.S. and Great Britain, this catalogue provides researchers with access to the wider corpus of Monroe papers, including letters written by and to Monroe, documents pertaining to his private affairs, important public documents, and official accounts of governmental bodies.

Arranged in chronological order, entries contain the names of correspondents or author, the date and place of writing, a precis of contents, a list of names mentioned, physical description of the item, enclosures if relevant, repository, and reference to any published copies. A comprehensive index enables the researcher to find entries by subject. Designed as a bibliographic tool, the catalogue, by means of the document precis, also provides a comprehensive summary of all extant Monroe correspondence. Thus the catalogue provides not only a guide to the location of Monroe's papers but also a comprehensive documentary record of Monroe's life and career.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
    Narrative
    Chronology
    Key to Libraries
    Published Sources
    Abbreviations
    Catalogue of Papers
    Index
About the Author: DANIEL PRESTON is Editor of the Papers of James Monroe, now being prepared under the aegis of the James Monroe Presidential Center at Mary Washington College. He is the assistant editor of The Papers of William Thornton, Vol. I (1995).
LCC Class: 16
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