August 1797 avoided duel with Alexander Hamilton
August 1797 returned to Albemarle County and began building house at Highland
August 1808 in Kentucky
August 1813 EM, Eliza, and Maria at Highland
1 August 1826 appointed to the board of visitors of the University of Virginia
1-4 August 1822 at Highland
1-9 August 1817 in upstate New York
1-15 August 1815 at Highland
1-15 August 1821 at Oak Hill
1-16 August 1797 JM and EM in Philadelphia
1-31 August 1811 at Highland
1-31 August 1820 at Highland
2 August 1794 arrived in Paris as US minister to France
2-6 August 1819 at Highland
3 August 1802 purchased farm in Henrico County (later given to Eliza and George Hay)
4-10 August 1812 at Highland
4-31 August 1818 at Highland – very hot
6 August 1802 purchased farm in Hanover County
6 August 1824 Joseph J. Monroe died
6-27 August 1824 at Oak Hill
8 August 1817 at Niagara Falls
8 August 1819 returned to Washington from southern tour
9 August 1787 appointed member of the Fredericksburg Common Council
9 August 1825 Marquis de Lafayette and John Marshall visited JM at Oak Hill
10 August 1802 at Highland
10 August 1811 injured in fall from horse
10 August 1821 presidential proclamation of the admission of Missouri to the Union
11 August 1777 became aide-de-camp to General Stirling
11 August 1784 left New York City enroute to the Great Lakes
13-17 August 1817 at Detroit
15 August 1779 appointed lieutenant colonel in the Virginia State Line
15 August 1794 addressed the National Convention of France
17-31 August 1815 at White Sulpher Springs, VA
18-19 August 1821 at Shannondale Springs, VA
18-31 August 1817 in Ohio
19-20 August 1797 JM and EM at Baltimore
19-23 August 1814 scouting advance of British army in southern Maryland
20-30 August 1793 Madison guest at JM’s home
21-31 August 1821 at Charlestown, VA
22 August 1796 recalled as US minister to France
24 August 1814 at battle of Bladensburg
24-25 August 1814 British captured Washington, DC
25 August 1785 left New York City for trip to Kentucky
25-31 August 1823 at Oak Hill
27 August 1806 began treaty negotiations with Great Britain
27 August 1814 appointed secretary of war; served concurrently as secretary of state
28-31 August 1814 in command of defense of Washington
29-31 August 1816 at Highland
30 August 1800 Gabriel’s conspiracy exposed
30 August 1817 received LL.D. from Dartmouth College
August 1776 Third Virginia Infantry left Virginia to join Continental army in New York
August 1780 returned to Virginia after serving as military observer in North Carolina for Thomas Jefferson
August 1786 led effort in Congress to block treaty with Spain that would have closed the Mississippi River to Americans
August 1825 Elizabeth Monroe in New York
August 1825 saw Jefferson for the last time
