From James Madison to the Senate, 27 February 1813 (Abstract)

§ To the Senate

27 February 1813. “I nominate Oliver H. Perry—appointed a master-commandant during the recess—to be a master commandant in the navy—to take rank of those lately nominated—to be masters commandants.”1

RC (DNA: RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 12B-A2). 1 p. In a clerk’s hand, signed by JM.

1. The Senate approved Perry’s appointment on 3 Mar. 1813 (Senate Exec. Proceedings description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America (3 vols.; Washington, 1828). description ends , 2:331–34).

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Title: From James Madison to the Senate, 27 February 1813 (Abstract)
Author: Madison, James
Recipient: Senate
Date: 27 February 1813

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Cite as: “From James Madison to the Senate, 27 February 1813 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-06-02-0072. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 6, 8 February–24 October 1813, ed. Angela Kreider, J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, Anne Mandeville Colony, Mary Parke Johnson, and Wendy Ellen Perry. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2008, pp. 74–75.]

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