The Kortrights were longtime residents of the city. Through connections and trade, the family had been wealthy at one time. Elizabeth's father had not picked a side in the Revolutionary War (1775-1783), but the conflict altered the Kortrights' fortunes. For James and Elizabeth, though, it was a love match.
When James's term in the Continental Congress ended that October, the Monroes moved to Fredericksburg, oe Virginia. James opened a law office. The family lived there for about three years.
Over the next decades, James and Elizabeth juggled their family life around James's busy political life. Their first child, Elizabeth "Eliza" Kortright, was born in December 1786. A son, James Spence, was born in May 1799. He died of whooping cough when he was 16 months old. The youngest Monroe child, Maria Hester, was born in April 1802.
Whenever possible, the Monroes traveled with James when public duties called him away from home. They lived in Europe for a total of seven years. Beginning in 1794 and ending two and a half years later, James served as minister to France under President George Washington. Then, under President Thomas Jefferson, James served as minister to France, Great Britain, and Spain from 1803 to 1807. When not serving abroad, James was active in Virginia politics. During those times, the Monroes mostly resided at Oak Hill, near Leesburg, Virginia. James had inherited property there from his uncle in 1808. In the mid1820s, he oversaw the construction of an elegant home.
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The American Colonization Society
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