Lot 56
Monroe, James. Lee's document is a receipt for a partial payment of £500. At this time Monroe, age 28, was a rising young statesman; he had studied law with Thomas Jefferson from 1780-1783, and in 1783 was elected to Congress under the Articles of Confederation. The month after this document was written he attended the Annapolis Convention, which considered questions of interstate commerce. Lee, at 30, was a young hero of the Revolutionary War with a brilliant record as a cavalry commander; he had been elected to Congress in 1785. Both men were plagued by financial difficulties later in their lives. Fine conditon, an unusual item. 5th President of the United States, 1817-1825
Revolutionary War cavalry commander, statesman, father of Robert E. Lee.
Two items, one by each man, on the two sides of a single oblong octavo sheet:
Side A. Incomplete Autograph Document Signed in the text by Monroe, 10½ lines (over 50 words) in his hand, undated.
Side B. Autograph Document Signed by fellow Virginian Henry Lee. (A related item). Three lines (some 15 words), Aug. 2, 1786.
The Monroe document is a bond by him to pay Lee £1940; it reads: "Know all men by these presents that I James Monroe of King George county State of Virginia am held and firmly bound unto Henry Lee junr of Westmoreland county and State aforesaid in the full and just sum of nineteen hundred and forty pounds specie dollars at six shillings, to which payment will and truely [sic] to be made I bind… ".
Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,750.
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