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The Baptist History Library and Archives is a worldwide center for the study of Baptist history. It is located on the fourth floor of the Southern Baptist Convention Building in Nashville, Tennessee. The library was founded in 1925 and is governed by the Council of Seminary Presidents. The library's...

Thomas Jefferson on the Monroe Doctrine To the President of the United States (James Monroe)Monticello, October 24, 1823 DEAR SIR, -- The question presented by the letters you have sent me, is the most momentous which has ever been offered to my contemplation since that of Independence. That made us...

The Monroe Doctrine The Monroe Doctrine, was the fruition of early American policy. There had long been a deep-seated conviction on the part of the people of the United States that the opportunities of a hard-won freedom would be threatened by the ambitions of European powers and that the aims of th...