Object details

Object number

ARC.001491

Creator(s)

James Monroe (Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1758 - 1831, New York)

Title

Letter to Joseph Gales

Date

22 May 1816

Medium

Ink on paper

Language

English

Signatures, inscriptions, and markings

Inscribed in pencil (upper right): 2.00
Inscribed in pencil (upper left): Gale

Provenance

Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner’s collection at an unknown date.

Commentary

Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.

Gallery

Long Gallery

Case

Presidents And Statesmen Case

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