We wish to extend our thanks to the many people who have lent their aid to the prepa- ration of this volume. Our thanks go first and foremost to the National Endowment for the Humanities and to the University of Mary Washington, whose financial support made this volume possible. We have also received assistance from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. The University of Mary Washington continues to provide a congenial home for the Monroe Papers, and we offer our thanks to everyone here—administrators, faculty, and students—who have helped us in a hundred different ways. Associate Provost John Morello deserves special notice for his careful management of our grants and applications for external support. Special thanks goes to the Department of Historical Preservation for providing us with an office in their suite and for their collegiality. Thanks also goes to the staff of Simpson Library at the University of Mary Washington, and in particular, Carla Bailey, our fine inter-library loan officer Andrea Meckley, in circulation Jack Bales of reference and Angie Kemp, the digital resource librarian. The staff of the Monroe Papers project works closely with our colleagues at the James Monroe Museum in Fredericksburg and at James Monroe’s Highland in Albemarle County. We thank Scott Harris, Director of Museums at Mary Washington, Sara Bon-Harper, Executive Director of Highland, and their staffs for their support, friendship, and stimulation in our mutual study of the life and career of James Monroe. We continue to benefit from the assistance of our student aides. Claire Goode, Ian Wilson, Shawnya Peterson, Emma Bledsoe, Claire Dwyer, and Kimberly Eastridge have all been invaluable members of the project. We likewise appreciate the service of Lori Arbuckle, our volunteer transcriber. Our thanks also go to Tanya Abel and the staff of Stafford Printing, who copyset the text. Thanks also to Nicholle Lutz for her fine copyediting. Thanks also goes to our colleagues at other documentary editing projects—most notably Jim McClure and Jeff Looney at the Jefferson Papers Angela Kreider at the Madison Papers Dan Feller and Tom Coens at the Jackson Papers Connie Schulz of the Pinckney Papers and Jennifer Stertzer of the Washington Papers. We also wish to acknowledge the help of the many librarians and archivists who have provided us with material and information, especially the staff in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress. And finally, our deepest thanks goes to all those friends and colleagues who have offered advice, assistance, support and friendship. The list is innumerable, but we wish to thank especially John Belolavek, Jim Broussard, Mike Fitzgerald, Jay Harrison, Don Hickey, Carolyn Holmes, Lori Kimball, Tim McGrath, Amanda Milian, Brook Poston, Kitty Preston, Wynn Saffer, Gene Smith, Ed Stello, Cristina Turdean, and Sam Watson. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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