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The Meserve-Kunhardt Collection
War & Military: War of 1812
A Letter From James Monroe as Secretary of War
in 1814, Secretary of War James Monroe wrote to the Governor of North Carolina asking him to send 1,500 men to Norfolk, Virginia, to aid in fighting the British during the War of 1812.
Date: 1814
Original Format: Document
