1To James Madison from William Plumer, 22 January 1813 (Madison Papers)
Naval War of 1812
2To James Madison from William Plumer, 27 March 1813 (Madison Papers)
...11), governor (1794–1805), and presidential elector for New Hampshire (1812). Gilman lost to Plumer in the 1812 gubernatorial election but defeated him the following year and remained in office until 1816. Although opposed to the War of 1812, he worked to strengthen the defenses of the Portsmouth harbor during his last years as governor (Sobel and Raimo,
3William Plumer to Thomas Jefferson, 25 November 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
describing his efforts to obtain money, arms, and equipment owed to the state from the federal government because of its participation in the War of 1812;