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BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS OF EMINENT PERSONS. 



JAMES MONROE, ESQ. 



John Adams and Thomas . .Jefferson, 

 two of three Presidents of the United 

 States, deceased ; both die 1 on the 4th 

 of July, 1826, the 50th anniversary of 

 American independence ;* and it cer- 

 tainly must be regarded as a still more 

 remarkable coincidence, that a third 

 should have died on the same day, of 

 the same month, in the present year. 



James Monroe was descended from a 

 repectable Scotch family. His ancestor, 

 who went to the new world in 1G52, held 

 the rank of Captain in the army under 

 King Charles I. His father was Spencer 

 IVIonroe, a farmer, in Monroe's Creek, 

 Westmoreland county, Virginia ; his 



• F"!- Memoirs of these gentlemen, virfe 



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mother, a sister of Judge Jones, of Vir- 

 ginia. 



The subject of this notice was born on 

 his father's estate in the year 1758. His 

 family were not in affluent circum- 

 stances ; but he received a good educa- 

 tion at the college of AVilUamsburgh, in 

 his native province, under the patronage 

 of Mr. .Jefi'erson, who had entertained a 

 strong regard for him from his birth. 



jMr. Monroe was chosen one of the 

 earliest members of Congress ; but he 

 soon resigned his seat to enter into the 

 army, then fighting for the independence 

 of his country. He accompanied Gene- 

 ral Washington in his retreat through 

 New Jersey, and joined in the attack on 

 the Hessians at Tremton. He was at 

 that period a Lieutenant in the comjiany 



