National Postal Museum
Folded letter to James Monroe
October 19, 1794
In 1794, to avoid being drawn into the war between France and Great Britain, President Washington sent John Jay to London and James Monroe to Paris as U.S. ministers. Monroe received this letter two months after he arrived in France.
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