31To James Madison from James Burn, 23 February 1824 (Madison Papers)
Peter Little (1775–1830), of Freedom, Maryland, was a veteran of the War of 1812 and served in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1811–13, and 1816–29.Isaac McKim (1775–1838) was a Baltimore merchant and veteran of the War of 1812. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1823–25, and from 1833 until his death.
32To James Madison from Joseph C. Cabell, 10 July 1819 (Madison Papers)
John Chew, a former Virginia military accountant, in November 1815 was appointed commissioner for the settlement of accounts between the United States and the state of Virginia arising from the War of 1812 (“Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia … [1816],”
33Joseph C. Cabell to Thomas Jefferson, 21 January 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
government for expenditures during the War of 1812 (
34Joseph C. Cabell to Thomas Jefferson, 18 January 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
as a potential site for the university and calling on the eastern portion of the state to recognize both the importance of their western brethren and their efforts during the War of 1812 by locating the institution to the west. When it became clear on 18 Jan. that his advocacy of
35Enclosure: Joseph C. Cabell to Robert G. Scott, 13 December 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812
36To James Madison from Mathew Carey, 26 June 1821 (Madison Papers)
U.S. Army in the War of 1812
37Curtis Carter and William B. Phillips to [Nelson Barksdale], 24 March 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
during the War of 1812. Virginia Militia in the War of 1812
38Enclosure: Isaac Chauncey to Benjamin W. Crowninshield, 20 July 1818, enclosure no. 2 in James Leander Cathcart to … (Jefferson Papers)
at the start of the War of 1812. His successful building campaign increased the American fleet on the
39Benjamin de Chastellier to Thomas Jefferson, 2 May 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
and the War of 1812 (
40Enclosure: Chiles Terrell’s Discussion of Due East and West Lines, [by 20 May 1815] (Jefferson Papers)
ended the War of 1812 (Hunter Miller, ed.,
41James Clarke to Thomas Jefferson, 6 July 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
militia in 1803 and led the county’s militia regiment during the War of 1812. He lived for many years at A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812
42Thomas Dyson Clark to James Madison, 12 September 1834 (Madison Papers)
...look as a father would took to his family
and let ambition alone there would and is more Room to Heal than to Lascerate. I Digress. But one thing I Know that I
fought for my Country in the War of 1812. I went from Louisville Kentucky But if such a partiality of measures will
ultimately go on I say in
43William Clough to Thomas Jefferson, 4 December 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
militia during the War of 1812. He graduated from
44John F. Cocke to Thomas Jefferson, 1 May 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
. He served as a captain of militia cavalry during the War of 1812 and supported A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812
45To James Madison from John Hartwell Cocke, 2 April 1827 (Madison Papers)
John G. Gamble (1779–1852) was a Richmond merchant and veteran of the War of 1812. He served as chief engineer for the James River Company, June 1821–March 1823, before being replaced by Moncure Robinson (
46To James Madison from Edward Coles, 20 July 1819 (Madison Papers)
Moses Green (d. 1856), a planter who lived at Liberty Hall in Culpeper County, Virginia, was adjutant general of the Virginia militia during the War of 1812. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1799–1802, and 1809–11 (Jones,
47John Coles to Thomas Jefferson, 25 May 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
. During the War of 1812 he served as an officer in the
48To James Madison from Francis Corbin, 13 November 1820 (Madison Papers)
John Minor (1761–1816) was a lawyer and veteran of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, who made his home at Hazel Hill in Fredericksburg (Tyler,
49To James Madison from Tench Coxe, 2 February 1819 (Madison Papers)
in those workings of things, which produced, and gave complexion to the conduct of our government, in the war of 1812. Mr. Jefferson & you will perceive, that I have, tho I trust innocently, insinuated much that concerns those things, of which you and he were “
50To James Madison from John Cox, 1 February 1828 (Madison Papers)
...13 Jan. 1828; to John C. Calhoun, 30 July 1826; and to Samuel Southard, 1 May 1825, attesting to the excellence of Cox’s character and his exertions in support of U.S. forces during the War of 1812.
51To James Madison from Thomas Cramer, 4 March 1822 (Madison Papers)
A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812
52To James Madison from Clarkson Crolius, 29 November 1819 (Madison Papers)
Clarkson Crolius (1773–1843) was a potter and stoneware manufacturer, a veteran of the War of 1812, and a New York state politician. In 1819 Crolius was grand sachem of the Tammany Society (William C. Ketchum Jr.,
53To James Madison from Samuel Dana, 6 February 1818 (Madison Papers)
For the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture, established in 1792, and its revitalization after the War of 1812, see Tamara Plakins Thornton,
54William Darby to Thomas Jefferson, 12 June 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
the War of 1812, after which he went to
55Charles Yancey to Thomas Jefferson, 1 December 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
(1784–1880), attorney and public official, was a militia captain during the War of 1812. He sat for his native (d. 1836), attorney and public official, was captain of an artillery battalion during the War of 1812. He was the senior warden of a newly organized Masonic lodge in
56To James Madison from John A. Dix, 20 May 1827 (Madison Papers)
John A. Dix (1798–1879) was a veteran of the War of 1812 who remained in the army until 1826, assigned some of that time as aide-de-camp to Maj. Gen. Jacob Jennings Brown and rising to the rank of major. (For Dix’s visit to Montpelier with Brown...
57John A. Dix’s Diary Account of his Monticello Visit, 19 February [1820], document 1 in a group of documents on John A. … (Jefferson Papers)
to fight in the War of 1812.
58Dodge & Oxnard to Thomas Jefferson, 1 October 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
. During the War of 1812 he commanded the privateer
59To James Madison from Benjamin Drake, 6 November 1821 (Madison Papers)
Tecumseh (1768–1813), of Creek and Shawnee heritage, fought U.S. forces in the Ohio country during the 1790s. During the War of 1812, Tecumseh and his brother, the Prophet, projected an Indian confederacy, allied their forces with the British, and participated in a number of battles. Tecumseh was killed at the Battle of the Thames (
60To James Madison from William P. Duval, 14 November 1826 (Madison Papers)
Regiment of Infantry during the War of 1812, retiring as a colonel in 1821. A year later, he was appointed a federal judge in East Florida. Smith’s antipathy toward