MONROE, JAMES State of the Union Address in the National Intelligencer, 1819.
Washington: 7 December 1819. An Extra issue of the National Intelligencer printing Monroe's long address to Congress in four columns on one large broadsheet, signed in print by Monroe at end. The full sheet 21 1/5 x 15 inches (55 x 38 cm). A few spots, toned, fine overall.

A long address from Monroe on a variety of interesting topics. Monroe opens congratulating the Congress on the recommencement of their sessions in the Capitol, long delayed in construction after the War of 1812. A long discussion follows on the ceding of lands by Spain in the Adams-Onis Treaty: "Other considerations of great weight urged the cession of this territory by Spain. It was surrounded by the Territories of the United States on every side except on that of the ocean. Spain had lost her authority over it, and, falling into the hands of adventurers connected with the savages, it was made the means of unceasing annoyance and injury to our Union in many of its most essential interests. By this cession, then, Spain ceded a territory in reality of no value to her and obtained concessions of the highest importance by the settlement of long-standing differences with the United States..." One of the delays in ratifying the treaty was that the U.S. "had tolerated or protected an expedition against Texas" which Monroe confronts head on.

Monroe also discusses the opening of trade relations between the U.S. and Great Britain; surveys of coastlines and the building of forts; and closes with mention of the death of Commodore Perry. We do not trace an example of this broadsheet in the auction record.

C The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation

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