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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00496.071 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1820 |
| Title | James Monroe, possibly to his lawyer, about a claim held against him |
| Date | 5 June 1820 |
| Author | Monroe, James (1758-1831) |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Legal document |
| Content Description | Possibly written to President Monroe's lawyer. Involves a financial claim Mr. Coffin held against Monroe, who disparagingly refers to Coffin as a "adventurer, without talents, & therefore an impostor." Monroe paid Coffin $35 for four busts, but Coffin claims to be owed more. Because Monroe is president, he feels it best to settle with Coffin, and calls going before a magistrate a "last course." Monroe sends a check for the amount of the claim, giving his correspondent authority to settle the matter, and asks that it be done without altercation. |
| Subjects | President Law Finance Art, Music, Theater, and Film Forgery and Fraud |
| People | Monroe, James (1758-1831) |
| Place written | Oak Hill, Virginia |
| Theme | Law; The Presidency; Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |