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Subject:	Re: Monroe
From:	"W. Scott Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Thu, 6 Dec 2001 17:04:19 -0500
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> 2. Monroe's Loudoun County home was "Oak Hill," which was sold when Monroe
> moved to New York to help pay his debts. What was the history of ownership
> after Monroe? Today, it is in private hands, not open to the
> public, but what
> is the exact location?

"In 1852, [John Walter] Fairfax purchased "Oak Hill", the Loudon County
estate of president James Monroe from the Monroe heirs.  He made this his
principle residence.  The house can still be glimpsed off of route 15, two
miles west of Aldie."
Taken from:
http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Square/3208/JFWa.html


W. Scott Breckinridge Smith
Lynchburg, Virga.

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