To James Madison from William Eustis, 9 June 1812 (Abstract)
§ From William Eustis
9 June 1812, War Department. Lists proposed appointments in the U.S. Army for JM’s approval.1
RC (DNA: RG 46, Executive Proceedings, 12B-A1); letterbook copy (DNA: RG 107, LSP). RC 1 p. Forwarded by JM in a message to the Senate the same day (
, 2:276).1. Eustis proposed the appointment of John Cummings of Georgia and Amasa Stetson of Massachusetts as deputy commissaries and Capt. George C. Bomford of New York as assistant commissary general of ordnance.