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to him by Chief Justice Marshall, & he read his inaugural
address in rather bad style. Col. Monroe was an awk-
ward [awkward] man, of ordinary address & a very indifferent [?]
[?]. The day was pleasant & a very large crowd attended
the inauguration; thousands were in attendance who
could not either see or hear him; tho' from all ac-
counts [accounts] the number was small compared with the
number assembled, on subsequent similar occasions.
Mr. Monroe had been a member of Mr. Madison's cabinet.
He was elected to carry out his measures; consequently
the men in office were to be [continued?]: [underlined: His election
was not a revolution] as has since frequently happened
more especially in this good year of our Lord 1848 in the
election of Genl. Taylor, as I confidently hope & believe.
I left Washington the next day on horseback, on my
return home, in company with Col. John Williams,
Senator from Ten.: one of [?] noblemen, & Ben-
nette [Bennette] Henderson, one of the Representatives from that
state. Mr. Henderson stopped at Abingdon, Va. with
his relations residing there & Col. Williams & myself
parted company about 20 miles from Knoxville. It
was the last time I saw that worthy man. He
was afterwards, during the administration of Mr.
Adams, Minister to Guatemala. He has been dead
several years; his death was supposed to have been
occasioned by the bite of some poisonous reptile.
I found my family well, on my return home, and
immediately resumed the practice of the law.
In a few weeks after my return home, I [took?] my
two little boys to Jessamine County, 8 or 10 miles from
Lexington & placed them under the [?] of [Saml?]
Wilson, a celebrated teacher. We had but one other
child, a daughter at present, the wife of Gen. Bradford.
In the course of the summer, I became dissatisfied