To James Madison from Benjamin W. Crowninshield, 22 February 1817

From Benjamin W. Crowninshield

Navy Department, Feby. 22nd. 1817.

Sir,

I have the honour to enclose, herewith nominations for the promotions required by the Naval Service of the United States; as also a nomination of the Revd. Cheever Felch, for confirmation as Chaplain in the Navy,1 in which station he performed duty during the whole of the late War. I have the honour to be, &c.

B. W. Crowninshield

Letterbook copy and letterbook copy of enclosure (DNA: RG 45, LSP).

1. In two messages, dated 24 Feb. 1817, JM nominated Cheever Felch to be a naval chaplain, promoted twelve navy officers, and promoted thirty-six midshipmen to the rank of lieutenant (Senate Exec. Proceedings description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America (3 vols.; Washington, D.C., 1828). description ends , 3:79).

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Title: To James Madison from Benjamin W. Crowninshield, 22 February 1817
Author: Crowninshield, Benjamin W.
Recipient: Madison, James
Date: 22 February 1817

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Cite as: “To James Madison from Benjamin W. Crowninshield, 22 February 1817,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-11-02-0740. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 11, 1 May 1816–3 March 1817, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Katharine E. Harbury, and Anne Mandeville Colony. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2020, p. 680.]

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