1To James Madison from Edmund Pendleton Gaines, 17 April 1815 (Madison Papers)
I am just now honored with the confidential letter addressed to me from the war department, in the absence of Mr. Dallas, the acting secretary, by Mr. Graham, notifying me that the President had decided upon continuing me as one of the four Brigadier Generals which the law authorises to be retained in service. I had apprehended, on the return of peace, that the recent splendid achievement,...
2To James Madison from Edmund Pendleton Gaines, 16 October 1826 (Madison Papers)
In soliciting your attention to the enclosed copy of a letter which I have addressed to the Adjutant General of the Army, preparatory to a review of the principal occurrences of the late war with England, in which I was immediately concerned; I cannot but hope that my conduct may occur to your recollection in a light sufficiently favorable to exonerate me from any possible charge of a...
3From James Madison to Edmund Pendleton Gaines, 15 November 1826 (Madison Papers)
I have recd your letter of Ocr. 16. inclosing a copy of one to the adjt. Genl. of the U.S. I have read them both with every wish for such recollections as would enable me to speak particularly to the points stated; but without being surprized at the inadequacy of them. At my advanced age, after a lapse of so many years, with so many cotemporary attentions to official duties, and with private...