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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01192 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1826 |
| Title | James Monroe to Charles F. Mercer discussing politics and his financial woes |
| Date | 19 May 1826 |
| Author | Monroe, James (1758-1831) |
| Recipient | Mercer, Charles Fenton |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Acknowledges letter from Mercer by Mr. Hawkins. States he is satisfied with the work of the Committee of Claims in the House of Representatives on his refund requests from his time overseas. Discusses possible publication of the documents pertaining to his claims. In the postscript he qualifies his desperate financial state: "In fact I have been plac'd in a situation, fraught with so many difficulties & delicacies, that I have not known how to act in it." Recipient inferred from handwriting of docket, which is the same as a docket on GLC 1134, a letter from Monroe to Mercer. Written two days before Congress approved a payment of $29,513 to Monroe. |
| Subjects | President Finance Congress Government and Civics |
| People | Mercer, Charles Fenton (1778-1858) Monroe, James (1758-1831) |
| Place written | Oak Hill, Virginia |
| Theme | Banking & Economics; Government & Politics; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |