. The life of James Monroe. ns, wholeft his impress not only upon James Monroe but uponthe affairs of the continent. He was twice a delegateto the Continental Congress, and for many years servedas a Judge of the District Court. As one learns fromR. A. Brock (who insists that genealogy is nowadmitted to be one of the chief supports of history),the King George family to which Elizabeth Monroebelonged was the same with that of Adjutant-GeneralRobert Jones, Commodore Catesby Jones and GeneralWalker Jones each of note in the history of his coimtry. We have little direct testimony concerning Monroes
. The life of James Monroe. ns, wholeft his impress not only upon James Monroe but uponthe affairs of the continent. He was twice a delegateto the Continental Congress, and for many years servedas a Judge of the District Court. As one learns fromR. A. Brock (who insists that genealogy is nowadmitted to be one of the chief supports of history),the King George family to which Elizabeth Monroebelonged was the same with that of Adjutant-GeneralRobert Jones, Commodore Catesby Jones and GeneralWalker Jones each of note in the history of his coimtry. We have little direct testimony concerning Monroesmother; but there are numerous letters extant written byJudge Jonesi; and, if she were like her brother, as sheseems to have been, she must have possessed sterlingqualities that served her well in the rearing of her son. 1 The letters of Judge Joseph Jones have been published by Worthington Judge Jones father, James Jones, kept an ordinary in King George,whinh his widow, Esther, continued to keep after his death e o. K f. CHAPTER II Boyhood, College Life and Early Campaigning We know less than we would like to know about theboyhood of Monroe. He never wrote the story of his ownearly experiences; nor did he have any such admirer asParson Weems to go around among the old people ofWestnioreland, Richmond and King George Counties,gathering up the anecdotal matter that might nowserve us in lieu of fragmentary data. No doubt ourWestmoreland lad was busy enough. He sailed, hefished, he rode, he followed the hounds and bird he was out and about with the black boysmuch of the time. It was the custom. For instance, itis on record that the youngest of Thomas Lees six sons,Arthur, the unhappy diplomat, had a happy youthamong the negroes of his own age in this same West-moreland country. Here bob white whistled in theupland fields, and the red bird in the briers down alongthe branches. Westmoreland was a great place forsheltering pines and cedars; and, where cedar berr
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