STORIES OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS
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James Monroe
" James Monroe commenced his busy life in Virginian in 1759. He entered the Continental Army at the age of 17 and proved a noble and brave boy. He distinguished himself in the battles of Harlaem Heights, White Plains, Trenton, Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth. At the latter he was aid to General Sterling. At the close of the war he held the commission of Captain. He then read law with Thomas Jefferson. He became a member of the Virginia legislature,was elected to Congress in 1783; in 1790 was a member of the United States Senate; in 1794 was minister to France; in 1799 Governor of Virginia;in 1803 minister to France, the same year minister to England; in 1804 minister to Spain, and, in 1806 minister to England; in 1811 Secretary of State under Madison,then Secretary of War, and in 1817 President of the United States and served two terms. James Monroe 4th of July 1831 when the curtain of death dropped and hid him from the admiring view of a gazing world. "
Source: The Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson