1Notes on a Conversation with Uriah Springer, 20 January 1798 (Jefferson Papers)
...under Lord Dunmore in 1774, served as an officer in Virginia regiments of the Continental Line during the Revolutionary War, was a captain of United States infantry from 1792 to 1796, and was commissioned a brigade inspector during the War of 1812 (Louise Phelps Kellogg, ed.,
2July—1798 (Washington Papers)
...of the Alexandria Dragoons. By 1800 Young and Philip Richard Fendall were “merchants & partners” in the Alexandria firm of Robert Young & Co. This probably is the same man who was a general of militia in the War of 1812 (
3[Diary entry: 12 July 1798] (Washington Papers)
...of the Alexandria Dragoons. By 1800 Young and Philip Richard Fendall were “merchants & partners” in the Alexandria firm of Robert Young & Co. This probably is the same man who was a general of militia in the War of 1812 (
4From George Washington to Thomas Cadwalader, 24 July 1798 (Washington Papers)
...mother, Williamina Bond Cadwalader, was the daughter of Dr. Phineas Bond, one of the founders of the University of Pennsylvania where 19-year-old Thomas was a student. Young Cadwalader held the rank of brigadier general in the War of 1812.
5John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, 2 October 1798 (Adams Papers)
The Union Bank was incorporated in 1792 as Boston’s third commercial bank. Shares purchased for $200 were worth $250 by late 1793, and the value of the stock remained above par until adversely affected by the War of 1812.
6Address from the Virginia Militia, 6 October 1798 (Washington Papers)
...10th Regiment of Virginia militia. His brother Joel (1760–1846), an ensign during the Revolution, served in the Virginia legislature from 1792 to 1793 and rose to the rank of brigadier general in the state militia during the War of 1812. The Rev. William Leftwich, Jr. (1768–1848), was a Baptist minister and nephew of Thomas and Joel.
7From James Madison to James Monroe, 10 November 1798 (Madison Papers)
Possibly Reuben Chewning (or Chuning; also Chaning) of Louisa County, who worked as a carpenter and later served as a captain in the U.S. army during the War of 1812 (
8From George Washington to John Tayloe, 23 January 1799 (Washington Papers)
...1774–1852) of New York. In addition to acting as adjutant general of New York for most of the period between 1801 and 1821, he was wounded while serving as a lieutenant colonel of New York volunteers during the War of 1812. He served as a Federalist member of Congress from 1819 to 1822.
9From George Washington to John Marshall, 6 June 1799 (Washington Papers)
...delegates from 3 Dec. 1798 to 26 Jan. 1799, served in the Virginia Line throughout the Revolutionary War, rising from second lieutenant in 1776 to captain in 1779. He was brigadier general of the Virginia militia during the War of 1812.
10From George Washington to John Cropper, Jr., 17 June 1799 (Washington Papers)
...suppliers of provisions to the army at the siege of Yorktown. Cropper since 1793 had been lieutenant colonel of the 2d Regiment of the Virginia militia, and he remained the senior military officer on the Eastern Shore until the War of 1812.