Richard Rush letter to James Monroe, 1818
Permanent ID:
13510
Date:
August 13 1818
Image Description:
A letter written by former U. S. Attorney General, Richard Rush (1780-1859) to current president James Monroe (1758-1831).
Rush wrote the letter while in London on official business and relays information to James Monroe. He mentions Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh (1769-1822), Albert Gallatin (1761-1849), the beginning of the First Seminole War (1816-1819), the Arbuthnot and Ambrister incident, "Mr. Smith," most-likely Robert Smith (1757-1842), and John Quincy Adam's "March 12th letter" which discussed U.S.-Spain relations.
This digital record contains six images of one letter from folder 1 (labelled as: "Rush, Richard (7th Administration) 1780-1859," which contains thirty-two other non-digitized items.
Format:
Correspondence