1To James Madison from Paul Hamilton, [ca. 20 October] 1812 (Madison Papers)
Naval War of 1812Naval War of 1812
2To James Madison from Robert Fairchild, 3 January 1814 (Madison Papers)
59, War of 1812 Papers, U.S. Marshals’ Returns of Enemy Aliens and Prisoners of War, Part II). He had also issued numerous licenses for U.S. ships carrying supplies to the British West Indies (W. Freeman Galpin, “... 94, War of 1812, Records Relating to Prisoners, entry 127-A, box 5; Monroe to John Mason, 24 June 1813, ...War of 1812 Papers, Letters Received regarding Enemy Aliens). By 20 Sept...
3To James Madison from William Plumer Jr., 8 June 1815 (Madison Papers)
...which is nearly finished, I have gone into the causes of the war at some length, by a review of the principal controversies & disputes between the United States & Great Britain from the peace of 1783 to the war of 1812.This was likely not the only proposal for a history of the War of 1812 that , listing the principal military events of the War of 1812.
4To James Madison from Henry Dearborn, 17 October 1815 (Madison Papers)
: War of 1812 Manuscripts). For enclosure, see n. 1.Dearborn probably enclosed a manuscript memoir written by Capt. Samuel D. Harris, describing his contributions to the northern campaigns of the U.S. Army during the War of 1812 (29 pp.; : Samuel D. Harris War of 1812 and Boston Fire Dept. Papers, 1812, 1828; published as “Service of Capt. Samuel D. Harris,”
5To James Madison from William Jones, 11 September 1813 (Madison Papers)
Naval War of 1812Naval War of 1812
6To James Madison from Philanthropos, 6 October 1816 (Madison Papers)
James De Wolf gained considerable notoriety as a slave trader indicted “for the wilful murder of a Negro woman” who was thought to be contaminated with smallpox. He was also a highly successful privateer during the War of 1812. Between 1821 and 1825 he represented Rhode Island in the U.S. Senate (Faye M. Kert, Privateering: Patriots and Profits in the War of 1812
7To James Madison from John Armstrong, 28 July 1814 (Madison Papers)
Notices of the War of 1812,Naval War of 1812,
8To James Madison from Elizabeth Sergeant, 22 March 1813 (Madison Papers)
: RG 59, War of 1812 Papers, Correspondence regarding Passports]; Monroe to John Mason, 29 Apr. 1814 [ : RG 59, War of 1812 Papers, Letters Received regarding Enemy Aliens]; : RG 59, War of 1812 Papers, U.S. Marshals’ Returns of Enemy Aliens and Prisoners of War, Part I; Daniel Preston,
9To James Madison from William Jones, [ca. 14 November 1814] (Madison Papers)
Naval War of 1812,Naval War of 1812,
10To James Madison from William Jones, 8 June 1813 (Madison Papers)
Naval War of 1812Naval War of 1812
11To James Madison from John P. Boyd, 26 March 1815 (Madison Papers)
Encyclopedia of the War of 1812The War of 1812 in Person: Fifteen Accounts by United States Army Regulars, Volunteers and Militiamen
12To James Madison from Burwell Bassett, 2 March 1813 (Madison Papers)
Naval War of 1812Naval War of 1812
13To James Madison from James Monroe, 31 August 1814 (Madison Papers)
...later to Monroe as acting secretary of war, but Armstrong resigned before addressing the matter, and Monroe declined to intervene for fear of jeopardizing Baltimore’s safety (Ralph Robinson, “Controversy Over the Command at Baltimore, in the War of 1812,” U.S. Army in the War of 1812,
14To James Madison from William Jones, 6 June 1813 (Madison Papers)
Naval War of 1812Naval War of 1812
15To James Madison from John Nicholas, 9 September 1814 (Madison Papers)
...observed the well-practiced maneuvers of Scott’s forces under fire and allegedly exclaimed, “Those are regulars, by God!” Wounded at the Battle of Lundy’s Lane, Scott did not fight again in the War of 1812, but he pursued a long and distinguished military career, leading the U.S. Army as commander in chief during the Mexican War and retiring in 1861 with the brevet rank of lieutenant general...
16To James Madison from Daniel D. Tompkins, 22 December 1812 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
The War of 1812 in the Champlain ValleyThe Canadian War of 1812
17To James Madison from James Monroe, 13 April 1813 (Madison Papers)
Naval War of 1812The U.S. Army in the War of 1812
18To James Madison from Albert Gallatin, [ca. 26 August] 1812 (Madison Papers)
Naval War of 1812Sea Power in Its Relations to the War of 1812
19To James Madison from William C. C. Claiborne, 19 January 1815 (Madison Papers)
U.S. Army in the War of 1812,U.S. Army in the War of 1812,
20To James Madison from Benjamin Rush, 30 March 1811 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
Charles Plenderleath was a major in the Forty-ninth Foot Regiment. He later fought with distinction against American forces in the War of 1812 (William Woods, ed., Select British Documents of the Canadian War of 1812
21To James Madison from John G. Jackson, 24 July 1812 (Madison Papers)
Robert Porterfield (1752–1843), a militia general in the War of 1812, was a Revolutionary War veteran and an active political leader in Augusta County, Virginia (Stuart Lee Butler, A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812
22To James Madison from William Jones, 1 January 1814 (Madison Papers)
Naval War of 1812,Naval War of 1812,
23To James Madison from William Jones, 27 March 1813 (Madison Papers)
Naval War of 1812Naval War of 1812
24To James Madison from John Fellows, [ca. 29 March] 1813 (Madison Papers)
94, War of 1812, Records Relating to Prisoners, entry 127-A, box 10, folder 1, bundle 178). Undated; conjectural date assigned on the basis of evidence presented in n. 1 and the postmark, which reads, “New-York 29...Naval War of 1812
25To James Madison from an Unidentified Correspondent, 16 March 1813 (Madison Papers)
59, War of 1812 Papers, U.S. Marshals’ Returns of Enemy Aliens and Prisoners of War, Part II). Damaged by removal of seal.: RG 59, War of 1812 Papers, U.S. Marshals’ Returns of Enemy Aliens and Prisoners of War, Part II]).
26To James Madison from David Porter, 21 September 1810 (Madison Papers)
Louis-Michel Aury (ca. 1786–1821), born in France, moved to the West Indies in 1803 and became a privateer, a career he continued to pursue after the War of 1812 in various locations, including Amelia Island and Galveston. He was also, briefly, governor of Texas during the period of the Mexican rebellion against Spain (Lancaster E. Dabney, “Louis Aury: The First Governor of Texas under...
27To James Madison from Daniel Parker, 16 July 1816 (Madison Papers)
...and rose to the rank of brigadier general by 1814. Robert Carter Nicholas, one of two officers of that name, served as a lieutenant colonel and colonel in the First, Nineteenth, and Seventeenth Regiments of Infantry during the War of 1812 (William Lindsay (d. 1838) served as a lieutenant colonel of artillery during the War of 1812 (
28To James Madison from Walter Jones, 8 November 1813 (Madison Papers)
...proportionately few, these escapes not only caused serious financial loss to individual slaveholders but also roused fears in the white population that significantly impacted the war effort (Frank A. Cassell, “Slaves of the Chesapeake Bay Area and the War of 1812,” ...-fifth Regiment of Virginia militia during the War of 1812. After the war he returned to the practice of law and, in...
29To James Madison from Henry Dearborn, 24 July 1813 (Madison Papers)
The U.S. Army in the War of 1812The U.S. Army in the War of 1812
30To James Madison from David Meade Randolph, 10 November 1812 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
It is unclear whether Randolph referred to his son William Beverley Randolph (1789–1868), a lieutenant of cavalry during the War of 1812, or to another son, Richard Randolph (1782–1859), a fourth corporal of Richmond horse troops during the War of 1812 who became an adjutant of a squadron of Gen. Robert Porterfield’s brigade (
31To James Madison from John Armstrong, 14 November 1813 (Madison Papers)
A Wampum Denied: Procter’s War of 1812U.S. Army in the War of 1812,
32To James Madison from James Monroe, 2 September 1812 (Madison Papers)
The War of 1812 in the Old NorthwestThe War of 1812 in the Old Northwest
33To James Madison from Jesse Kersey, 9 April 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
...who resided at Downingtown in Chester County, some thirty miles outside Philadelphia. He was involved in antislavery activities and discussed the problems of emancipation with JM in a meeting on 1 June 1814. He also opposed the War of 1812 and visited Washington, probably sometime in the second half of 1812, to call on JM “to embrace the first opening to close the contest” (Jesse...
34To James Madison from James Monroe, 31 January 1813 (Madison Papers)
Naval War of 1812
35To James Madison from Marinus Willett, 3 December 1813 (Madison Papers)
Naval War of 1812,U.S. Army in the War of 1812,
36To James Madison from Hubbard Taylor, 6 December 1812 (Madison Papers)
The War of 1812 in the Old NorthwestThe War of 1812 in the Old Northwest
37To James Madison from Isaac Shelby, 15 May 1814 (Madison Papers)
Notices of the War of 1812.U.S. Army in the War of 1812,
38To James Madison from David Jones, 3 January 1815 (Madison Papers)
Naval War of 1812,U.S. Army in the War of 1812,
39To James Madison from Harry Toulmin, 13 August 1813 (Madison Papers)
The U.S. Army in the War of 1812The U.S. Army in the War of 1812
40To James Madison from Francis Thornton, 6 July 1812 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
...(b. 1760) who had served in the Revolutionary War as a colonel. It is less likely that the letter came from his son of the same name (1796–1881), who became a minister in Kentucky after the War of 1812 (
41To James Madison from William Eustis, 5 September 1812 (Madison Papers)
Roster of Ohio Soldiers in the War of 1812...South Carolina (1787–89), minister to Great Britain (1792–96), and a member of Congress (1797–1801). In 1812 he received a major general’s commission, commanding forces in much of the South throughout the War of 1812 (Edgar et al.,
42To James Madison from John G. Jackson, 21 October 1812 (Madison Papers)
Roster of Ohio Soldiers in the War of 1812Jackson may have referred to George J. Davisson, of Harrison County, Virginia, who was an artillery captain with a separate command during the War of 1812 (Butler,
43To James Madison from David Mead, 29 August 1812 (Madison Papers)
The War of 1812 in the Old NorthwestNaval War of 1812
44To James Madison from David Jones, 17 September 1812 (Madison Papers)
Roster of Ohio Soldiers in the War of 1812Index to War of 1812 Pension Files
45To James Madison from an Unidentified Correspondent, 9 January 1815 (Madison Papers)
59, War of 1812 Papers, U.S. Marshals’ Returns of Enemy Aliens and Prisoners of War, Part 2). Enclosed in an 18 Jan. 1815 note from John Graham to John Mason, stating that the letter had been “left with...Men of Marque: A History of Private Armed Vessels Out of Baltimore During the War of 1812
46To James Madison from Wilson Yandell, 22 February 1814 (Madison Papers)
U.S. Army in the War of 1812,U.S. Army in the War of 1812,
47To James Madison from Michael Sweetman, 10 October 1812 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
59, War of 1812 Papers, Letters Received regarding Enemy Aliens). 1 p.
48To James Madison from Robert Porterfield, 19 February 1816 (Madison Papers)
A veteran of the Revolutionary War, Robert Porterfield (1752–1843) held the rank of brigadier general in the Virginia militia during the War of 1812 and was responsible for the defense of Richmond (Butler,
49To James Madison from Robert Johnson, 3 September 1812 (Madison Papers)
The War of 1812 in the Old Northwest...conventions, a member of the Virginia-Kentucky boundary commission in 1795, and a member of the U.S. assessment commission for Kentucky in 1798. Two of his sons, Richard M. Johnson and James Johnson, served in the War of 1812 and pursued careers in national politics (
50To James Madison from William Jones, 18 May 1814 (Madison Papers)
Naval War of 1812,Naval War of 1812,