A music book belonging to Maria Hester Monroe, the younger daughter of James and Elizabeth Monroe, is back on display here at the museum, after being on loan to Dumbarton Oaks for several months.
Maria was the true musician of the Monroe family. She compiled sheet music from popular songs of the day, as well as marches written for her father, and had them bound into a music book, which was published in Philadelphia, where she went to school.
Here is the book opened to “Blue-Eyed Girl,” a favorite maudlin song of the era!
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