11From 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.,
12From James Madison to Congress, 11 December 1812 (Madison Papers)
...1779–1820) entered the navy in 1798 as a midshipman. He rose quickly through the ranks and for his efforts in the Tripolitan War was rewarded with a captain’s commission in 1804. Decatur’s major achievement during the War of 1812 was the capture of the
13From James Madison to Congress, 22 January 1813 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
: RG 59, War of 1812 Papers, Agreements for Exchange of Prisoners of War).
14From James Madison to Congress, 9 March 1812 (Madison Papers)
: War of 1812 Manuscripts]).
15From James Madison to Congress, 25 May 1813 (Madison Papers)
Naval War of 1812
16Promissory Note to John Cox, 23 July 1806 (Madison Papers)
John Cox (1775–1849) was a Georgetown, D.C., merchant. He served in the War of 1812, participated in the Battle of Bladensburg, and was mayor of Georgetown, 1823–1845 (
17From James Madison to William Harris Crawford, [4 February 1817] (Madison Papers)
Banks throughout the nation had generally been reluctant to resume specie payments after the conclusion of the War of 1812. At a 6 Aug. 1816 convention of delegates representing banks in New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, it was resolved that it would not be safe for state banks to resume specie payments before the first Monday in...
18From James Madison to William Harris Crawford, 23 September 1816 (Madison Papers)
...auditors of the Treasury Department decided that Hull was not entitled to receive two salaries for holding appointments as territorial governor of Michigan and commander of the Northwest Army during the War of 1812, the assumption being that Hull’s acceptance of the latter office necessarily ended his tenure in the former. Hull contested this ruling on the grounds that it was understood...
19From James Madison to Richard Cutts, 19 April 1805 (Madison Papers)
...hostility this raised against him in Salem. He served as state senator in 1807–8 and 1821, and was elected lieutenant governor of Massachusetts on the Republican ticket in 1810 and 1811. He supported JM’s administration during the War of 1812, ran unsuccessfully for office in several other elections, and served as president of the Boston branch of the Bank of the United States (
20From James Madison to Richard Cutts, 23 May 1811 (Madison Papers)
Naval War of 1812