1783年6月底，梦露的政府服务的第一年结束了。尽管他什么也没做到，但他做的不亚于他的同事 - 这正是弗吉尼亚州种植者选择了他们要做的事情。
(At the end of June 1783, Monroe's first year of government service came to an end. Although he had accomplished nothing, he had done no less than his colleagues - which is exactly what Virginia planters had elected them to do.)