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343, 347-351, 354, 365, 366, (and note), 367, 391-396.

_Monroe, James._ American Minister to Great Britain, i. 104, 126; reports conditions of American commerce in 1804 prosperous, 99, 100, 104, but changed in 1805, 104; consequent negotiations with Fox, 104-113; Pinkney appointed as colleague to, for special negotiation, 113; negotiations with British ministry on impressment, 128-132; with Pinkney signs treaty of December 31, 1806, 133; treaty rejected by Jefferson, and new negotiations ordered, 133; "Chesapeake" affair intervenes, but British Government eventually refuses to reopen, 135; unlucky comment of, upon Rule of 1756, 151; negotiations of, with Canning, concerning "Chesapeake" affair, 156-165; returns to the United States, leaving Pinkney as minister, 135; after return vindicates the rejected treaty, 169, 213; proposes to Jefferson, in 1809, a special mission to France and Great Britain, for which he offers himself, 212; becomes Secretary of State, under President Madison, 254; correspondence, while Secretary, quoted, 255, 293, 391; ii. 265, 266, 411, 413, 414; advanced views, for one of his party, concerning utility of a navy,