. The life of James Monroe. Mrs. James Monroe Senfe, the celebrated miniaturist, painted tliis on ivory, wliile tlie Monroes were in Paris in 1794Mr. Monroe thought the world of it—a true likeness, with all the charm of Senfes exquisite coloring. Eliza Kortright Monroe (Mrs. Hay) She was the elder of the two daughters of James Monroe and his wife. She married JudgeGeorge Hay of Richmond, Va., and, when widowed, returned to Pans, where she died and where shestill rests The portrait, painted by Caruson, is on ivory. The photograph is from the original. THE LIFE OF JAMES MONROE 143 daughter of Ja
. The life of James Monroe. Mrs. James Monroe Senfe, the celebrated miniaturist, painted tliis on ivory, wliile tlie Monroes were in Paris in 1794Mr. Monroe thought the world of it—a true likeness, with all the charm of Senfes exquisite coloring. Eliza Kortright Monroe (Mrs. Hay) She was the elder of the two daughters of James Monroe and his wife. She married JudgeGeorge Hay of Richmond, Va., and, when widowed, returned to Pans, where she died and where shestill rests The portrait, painted by Caruson, is on ivory. The photograph is from the original. THE LIFE OF JAMES MONROE 143 daughter of James Thompson, who is so flatteringlyreferred to as the most beautiful woman in the UnitedStates. A visitor at Colonel William Duers housestates that he lived in the style of a nobleman, and hadfifteen different sorts of wine at dinner. His wife,Lady Kitty, daughter of General Lord Stirling, lateof the Continental Army, and a person of most accom-plished manners, was observed to wait upon the tablefrom her end of it, with two servants in livery at herback. But it has been estimated that less than threehundred families affected society life at this time, andthese were of diflferent grades. In fact, while manylived well, they were usually at
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