1James Madison to George Bancroft, 13 April 1836 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. with your letter of the 8th. the first Vol: of Genl: Armstrong’s "notices of the War of 1812"
and offer my thanks for the politeness to which I owe it.
2From James Madison to John A. King, 17 October 1827 (Madison Papers)
). John Alsop King (1788–1867), son of Rufus King, was a veteran of the War of 1812 and a New York lawyer. He served as secretary of legation and charge d’affaires in London, 1825–26, and as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1849–51. King served multiple terms in...
3From James Madison to Henry Lee, [16] February 1827 (Madison Papers)
...Inst: to the object of which I have not been able to give an earlier attention. With your purpose of giving a historical character to the events of a very critical period of the war of 1812, you are very properly anxious to obtain whatever information may contribute to the authenticity and accuracy of the work; and I cannot but wish for your researches every success which may have that...
4From James Madison to James Hamilton Jr., 30 December 1826 (Madison Papers)
). James Hamilton Jr. (1786–1857), a South Carolina lawyer and veteran of the War of 1812, served in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1822–29, and was a vocal supporter of anti-tariff and states’ rights causes. He was governor of South Carolina, 1830–32, leading the fight for the principle...
5From James Madison to Thomas Ritchie, 18 December 1825 (Madison Papers)
appointed him collector of the port of Burlington in 1813. After the War of 1812, Van Ness was selected as a member of the boundary commission established by the Treaty of Ghent to negotiate and fix the boundary between the United States and Canada. He was, successively, a member of the Vermont legislature...
6From James Madison to Joseph G. Swift, 31 May 1824 (Madison Papers)
). Joseph Gardner Swift (1783–1865), the first graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, was appointed second lieutenant in 1802. A veteran of the War of 1812, he rose to colonel and commander of the Corps of Engineers of the army, holding that position until his resignation from the service in 1818. He was surveyor of the port of New York, 1818–29, and...Encyclopedia of the War of 1812
7From James Madison to Robert S. Garnett, 22 April 1824 (Madison Papers)
...(1787–1837), the son of Henry “Light-Horse Harry” Lee of Revolutionary War fame, and half brother of Robert E. Lee, was a graduate of the College of William and Mary and a veteran of the War of 1812. He wrote a number of books, including two in defense of his father, and pamphlets and newspaper articles in support of Andrew Jackson’s presidential campaign.
8From James Madison to James Monroe, 31 January 1824 (Madison Papers)
Armistead Hoomes (ca. 1786–1827) was a Caroline County, Virginia, planter who served in the state militia as a captain of cavalry during the War of 1812, and in the state Senate, 1815–20.
9Trust Fund for Anna P. Cutts, [2 April 1823] (Madison Papers)
...born in Stuttgart, Germany, and graduated from the University of Basel in Switzerland. He immigrated to the United States in 1803 and settled in Washington, D.C., where he taught music and languages. Mauro served in the War of 1812, after which he opened a business as an auctioneer. In 1830 he moved to St. Louis,
10From James Madison to Charles Tait, 3 November 1822 (Madison Papers)
.... He served as judge of the state superior court for the western circuit of Georgia, 1803–9, and as U.S. senator, 1809–19, where he strongly supported JM and naval operations during the War of 1812. Tait helped secure the admission of Alabama to the Union in 1819, and after moving to the new state, was first federal judge of the district of Alabama, 1820–26 (Charles H. Moffat, “...
11From James Madison to Edward W. DuVal, 13 September 1822 (Madison Papers)
The Naval War of 1812: A Documentary History
12From James Madison to Stephen Van Rensselaer, 14 March 1822 (Madison Papers)
1795–1801, and served in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1822–29. He was a veteran of the War of 1812, commanding the American troops at the Battle of Queenston in 1812. He was known for his devotion to agricultural, educational, and philanthropic causes in New York, including the founding of the Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute (
13From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 5 March 1822 (Madison Papers)
...law in Zanesville, and was appointed state marshal by Thomas Jefferson in 1806. He served as a colonel in the Ohio militia, and was later made a brigadier general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. In 1813 JM appointed him governor of Michigan Territory, a post he held until 1831, when he became secretary of war. He was U.S. minister to France, 1836–42, U.S. senator from...
14From James Madison to Benjamin Drake, 8 December 1821 (Madison Papers)
...Harrison (1773–1841) served in the U.S. Army, 1791–98, as secretary of the Northwest Territory, 1798–1800, and as governor of the Indiana Territory, 1800–1813. During the War of 1812 Harrison was commissioned a brigadier general and given command of the army of the Northwest. He was promoted to major general in March 1813. In October of that year Harrison’s troops secured a victory at the...
15From James Madison to Joseph Gales Jr., 12 June 1821 (Madison Papers)
in wch. he expresses a particular desire to possess in the Newspaper form a series of papers published by him during the war of 1812, under the title of Conciliator. He remarks that they were republished in the Intelligencer, and that you sent him the 3 first numbers, with your exordium. From what he says I infer that he will be very...
16From James Madison to James Monroe, [ante–24 November] 1819 (Madison Papers)
LeRoy Opie (d. 1819) was a veteran of the War of 1812 and served as U.S. Army paymaster for North Carolina and Virginia (
17From James Madison to John Taylor and James Garnett, 10 September 1819 (Madison Papers)
...since their boyhood days at Donald Robertson’s school, Taylor found JM’s politics to be insufficiently Republican and opposed his candidacy for president in 1808 as well as the War of 1812. A writer on political and agricultural topics, Taylor served as president of the Virginia Society for Promoting Agriculture and delivered his presidential address in 1818. James Mercer Garnett (1770...
18From James Madison to David Porter, 20 July 1819 (Madison Papers)
in the War of 1812. JM appointed him a commissioner of the Navy Board in 1815, where he served until late 1822. He resided at Meridian Hill in Washington, D.C. He was commander of the West Indian squadron, 1823–25,
19From James Madison to Richard Rush, 20 May 1819 (Madison Papers)
...and emigrated to the United States in 1783. He made a fortune in the fur trade and invested his profits in New York City real estate. He was instrumental in floating the 1814 loan in support of the War of 1812, and after JM’s death, Astor loaned money to Dolley Payne Madison, holding a mortgage on her Washington home. At his death he was deemed the richest man in America (Mattern and...
20From James Madison to John Coffee, 28 August 1817 (Madison Papers)
...John Coffee (1772–1833) was born in North Carolina and moved to Tennessee, where he conducted a series of small businesses and became a friend of Andrew Jackson. He served as commander of cavalry under Jackson in the War of 1812 and afterwards moved to Alabama (Sam B. Smith et al., eds.,
21From James Madison to George Joy, 15 August 1817 (Madison Papers)
For Joy’s letters to JM and his other political writings during the War of 1812, see
22From James Madison to Charles Carroll, 4 April 1817 (Madison Papers)
...American Revolution, signing the Declaration of Independence and serving in the Continental Congress, 1776–78. A lifelong Federalist, Carroll supported the U.S. Constitution, represented Maryland in the U.S. Senate, 1789–92, and opposed the War of 1812.
23From James Madison to William Eustis, [ca. 31] March 1817 (Madison Papers)
...he practiced law and launched a political career in which his anti-tariff and nullification views eventually propelled him to the U.S. Senate, 1833–42. His uncle, James Patton Preston (1774–1843), a veteran of the War of 1812 who was severely wounded at the Battle of Chrysler’s Farm, served as governor of Virginia from 1816 to 1819 (