1From John Adams to William E. Richmond, 14 December 1819 (Adams Papers)
I am Old enough to remember the War of 1745, and its end—the War of 1755—and its close—the War of 1775, and its termination—the War of 1812, and its Pacification. every one of these Wars has been followed by a general distress Embarrassments on Commerce distruction of Manufactures, fall of the Price of Produce and of Lands similar to these we feel at the present...
2To James Madison from John Quincy Adams, 22 October 1818 (Madison Papers)
Joseph Bloomfield (1753–1823), a veteran of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, was governor of New Jersey, 1801–2 and 1803–1812, until JM appointed him brigadier general in the U.S. Army in 1812. He subsequently represented a New Jersey district in Congress, 1817–21 (
3Account of the Agricultural Society of Albemarle, [ca. 6 December] 1819 (Madison Papers)
Isaac A. Coles (1780–1841), Dolley Payne Madison’s second cousin, briefly served as secretary to JM during his first year as president. A veteran of the War of 1812, Coles was a planter who lived at Enniscorthy in Albemarle County, Virginia (
4Thomas Cramer to Thomas Jefferson, [by 1 April 1822] (Jefferson Papers)
A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812
5To James Madison from Elbert Anderson, 12 October 1823 (Madison Papers)
Elbert Anderson (d. 1830), an army contractor during the War of 1812, initiated a claim against the United States in 1823 for “amounts actually due him by the terms of the said contract, partly by way of compensation for articles furnished and services rendered beyond the requisitions of the said...
6Robert Anderson to Thomas Jefferson, 22 May 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
militia, and fought in the War of 1812. Anderson was the mayor of
7To James Madison from Samuel T. Anderson, 22 May 1823 (Madison Papers)
...a Scottish-born marine architect and shipbuilder, settled in New York City in 1796, where he opened a shipbuilding business. He supervised the construction of armed vessels on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812. Eckford was naval constructor at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1817–20, but returned to private business, building frigates for the new navies of the South American republics. He was...
8Giovanni Andrei to Thomas Jefferson, 10 August 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
chamber that had been destroyed in the War of 1812. After his return to the
9Anonymous (Henry Whiting) to Thomas Jefferson, 7 June 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
...second lieutenant in 1809, first lieutenant in 1811, captain in 1817, major in 1835, lieutenant colonel in 1838, and colonel in 1846. He was given the brevet ranks of captain in 1814 for meritorious service during the War of 1812 and brigadier general in 1847 for gallantry at the Battle of Buena Vista during the Mexican War.
10Roberts to James Madison, 1 September 1822, with Postscript to Thomas Jefferson (Jefferson Papers)
for both the War of 1812 and “the deplorable condition of our common Country” since that time; accused
11Thomas May (for John Ayers & Company) to Thomas Jefferson, 9 April 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
. During the War of 1812 Thayer served as a paymaster and quartermaster in the Massachusetts volunteer militia. He had his own grocery business in
12To James Madison from William Bainbridge, 27 March 1817 (Madison Papers)
William Bainbridge (1774–1833) was a U.S. naval officer who saw service in the Quasi-War, the war against the Barbary states, and the War of 1812.
13To James Madison from James Barbour, 10 February 1820 (Madison Papers)
...the U.S. House of Representatives, 1797–1801, the Massachusetts legislature, 1802–17, and the U.S. Senate, 1817–22. An active Federalist, he was a leader in the opposition to JM’s administration and the War of 1812, as well as spokesman for the Hartford Convention of 1814. In the debates over the Missouri question, he took a leading part against the extension of slavery into the territories.
14To James Madison from James Barbour, 14 November 1824 (Madison Papers)
’s nephew, Conway C. Macon (1792–1860), a planter living at Mt. Erin in Orange County, Virginia, who served in the state militia during the War of 1812, was county sheriff in 1843, and a justice of the peace. He sold his property in 1848 and eventually moved to Richmond, where he was employed as a tobacco inspector (Chapman, “Descendants of Ambrose Madison,”...
15To James Madison from John S. Barbour, 18 April 1818 (Madison Papers)
...for eight terms between 1813 and 1834, and in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1823–33. He was a cousin of James and Philip Pendleton Barbour and served as an aide to Gen. William Madison in the War of 1812. Barbour’s eulogy of JM, delivered at Culpeper Court House on 18 July 1836, was published in the
16William Barret to Thomas Jefferson, 6 February 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
and served with that unit during the War of 1812. In 1816 Barret partnered with
17Enclosure: Circular Soliciting Information to Improve Education in Kentucky, 13 March 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky. Soldiers of the War of 1812
18William A. Bartow to Thomas Jefferson, 3 August 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
. After serving as a private during the War of 1812, he moved around 1815 to
19Julius A. Bingham to Thomas Jefferson, 24 June 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
militia during the War of 1812. He later moved to
20Binney & Ludlow to Thomas Jefferson, 24 January 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
, and seeing combat in several skirmishes during the War of 1812. He resigned from the army in 1814, returned permanently to
21Seventy-Six Association to Thomas Jefferson, 15 July 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
), declaring that the best way for the United States to “ensure to our posterity, the beatitude we inherit” is to study the model of “Our revolutionary ancestors” (p. 4); celebrating American victories in the War of 1812; asserting that European nations have begun emulating the ...the circumstances leading to the War of 1812 and highlighting TJ, “who had devoted all his life to public service...
22To James Madison from James H. Blake, 4 March 1817 (Madison Papers)
...(ca. 1792–1820), son of Charles Carroll of Belle Vue in Maryland, served as Henry Clay’s secretary during the Anglo-American negotiations at Ghent and carried to Washington the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812. In 1818 President James Monroe appointed Charles Carroll to be land register for Howard County, Missouri Territory, and it was there that Henry Carroll was murdered in...
23Willie Blount to Thomas Jefferson, 16 March 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
’s military activities during the War of 1812. Returning permanently to
24John Goodman, Joseph Reed, Isaac Boyer, and William J. Duane to Thomas Jefferson, 6 August 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
in 1809, working in this capacity until about 1842, and he was appointed prothonotary of the district court in 1822. During the War of 1812 he served as a colonel commanding a militia unit and as secretary of
25To James Madison from Isaac Briggs, 8 March 1823 (Madison Papers)
William McRee (1787–1833), a native of Wilmington, North Carolina, and 1805 graduate of West Point, served with distinction in the War of 1812, particularly in the 1814 battles of Chippawa, Lundy’s Lane, and Fort Erie, and was promoted brevet colonel. After the war he was sent to Europe to ascertain the state of military science and on his return...
26Arthur S. Brockenbrough to Alexander Garrett, 18 March 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
militia during the War of 1812. Having “been regularly bred to the business of building,” he moved thereafter to
27To James Madison from William Browne, 4 March 1824 (Madison Papers)
Constant Freeman (1757–1824) was a career soldier who fought in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, and commanded troops in the Orleans Territory after the Louisiana Purchase. He was an accountant in the Navy Department and was appointed an auditor of the Treasury Department in 1817 (
28William H. Crawford to Thomas Jefferson, 12 February 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
remained in command of the army’s Northern Division following the conclusion of the War of 1812. In 1820 he visited TJ at
29Letter of Recommendation for Richard Ware from James C. Fisher, Edward Burd, John Vaughan, and John Read, 17 March 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
. After the War of 1812 he also operated a hardware store, where he sold imported English ironmongery. The economic panic of 1819 reduced the value of his stock, pushing
30To James Madison from Martin Van Buren, 15 March 1820 (Madison Papers)
Daniel D. Tompkins (1774–1825) was governor of New York, 1807–17, and vice president of the United States, 1817–25. A strong supporter of JM’s administration and the War of 1812, Tompkins bolstered his state’s war effort with his personal fortune but bitterly disappointed JM by refusing the president’s offer to become secretary of state in 1814 (