To James Madison from William Eustis, 5 March 1812 (Abstract)

§ From William Eustis

5 March 1812, War Department. Lists proposed appointments in the troops to be raised under the 11 Jan. 1812 act to raise an additional military force.1

RC (DNA: RG 46, Executive Proceedings, 12B-A1); letterbook copy (DNA: RG 107, LSP). RC 16 pp. Forwarded by JM to the Senate in a message of 6 Mar. 1812 (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 , 2:221–26).

1. Eustis listed officer appointments for the infantry, light dragoons, and artillery from the states of North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania and from the Orleans and Michigan Territories.

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Title: To James Madison from William Eustis, 5 March 1812 (Abstract)
Author: Eustis, William
Recipient: Madison, James
Date: 5 March 1812

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Cite as: “To James Madison from William Eustis, 5 March 1812 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-04-02-0236. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 4, 5 November 1811–9 July 1812 and Supplement 5 March 1809 – 19 October 1811, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, Jewel L. Spangler, Ellen J. Barber, Martha J. King, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Susan Holbrook Perdue. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1999, p. 227.]

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