Among the sources used in this work are the following:
ORIGINAL SOURCES
Appleby, Joyce, and Terence Ball, eds. Jefferson: Political Writings. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Brown, Stuart Gerry, ed. The Autobiography of James Monroe. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1958.
Lucier, James P., ed. The Political Writings of James Monroe. Washington, D.C., Regnery, 2001. (An invaluable compilation that contains all the important public documents, correspondence, and other papers of James Monroe’s life and presidency.)
Richardson, James D., ed. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789–1907. Vol. 2, James Monroe. Washington, D.C.: Bureau of National Literature and Art, 1908.
BIOGRAPHIES OF JAMES MONROE
Ammon, Harry. James Monroe: The Quest for National Identity. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1990. (A recognized scholar in early American history and foreign policy provides a full-scale biography, the most recent, and an especially thorough explication of Monroe’s foreign policy.)
Cresson, W. P. James Monroe. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1946. (A biography that is focused as much on Monroe the man as Monroe the president. The author, a diplomat and lecturer, is particularly effective in his descriptions of Monroe’s private life.)
Cunningham, Noble, Jr. The Presidency of James Monroe. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1996. (The best modern account of the Monroe presidency, unrivaled as a scholarly treatment of the man and his presidency.)
Gerson, Noel. James Monroe: Hero of American Diplomacy. New York: Prentice-Hall, 1969. (A popular treatment meant for younger and general readerships.)
Gilman, Daniel Coit. James Monroe. Boston: Chelsea House, 1983. (Another popular treatment suitable for younger and general readers.)
Wilmerding, Lucius, Jr. James Monroe: Public Claimant. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1960.
RELATED BIOGRAPHIES
Appleby, Joyce. Thomas Jefferson. New York: Times Books, 2003.
Remini, Robert V. John Quincy Adams. New York: Times Books, 2002.
Wills, Garry. James Madison. New York: Times Books, 2002.
HISTORIES
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Bemis, Samuel Flagg. John Quincy Adams and the Foundations of American Foreign Policy. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950.
Dangerfield, George. The Era of Good Feelings. London: Methuen, 1933.
Fischer, David Hackett. Washington’s Crossing. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.
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May, Ernest R. The Making of the Monroe Doctrine. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1975.
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eterson, Merrill D. The Jefferson Image in the American Mind. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1998.
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