1James Madison to George Bancroft, 13 April 1836 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. with your letter of the 8th. the first Vol: of Genl: Armstrong’s "notices of the War of 1812"
and offer my thanks for the politeness to which I owe it.
2Thomas Jefferson to Linn Banks and Edward Watts, 20 November 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
militia during the War of 1812 and subsequently attained the rank of colonel. He was elected as a Republican to the
3Curtis 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
4Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Hart Benton, 24 December 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
in 1809, and during the War of 1812 he served under
5Circular from Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Coleman and Other Road Viewers, 1 October 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812
6From James Madison to Charles Carroll, 4 April 1817 (Madison Papers)
...American Revolution, signing the Declaration of Independence and serving in the Continental Congress, 1776–78. A lifelong Federalist, Carroll supported the U.S. Constitution, represented Maryland in the U.S. Senate, 1789–92, and opposed the War of 1812.
7Thomas Jefferson to Lewis Cass, 31 May 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
during the War of 1812, seeing active duty on the northern frontier and attaining the rank of brigadier general. In 1813 President
8From John Jay to the Committee of the Corporation of the City of New York (Jacob B. Taylor, John Yates Cebra, Richard … (Jay Papers)
4: 476–77. Jacob Morton (1756–1837), led the New York Militia during the War of 1812 and was clerk of the New York City Council from 1809 to 1836.
9Thomas Jefferson to John H. Cocke and David Watson, 10 March 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
in 1797 and then began a career in law. During the War of 1812 he served in the militia as a major and commander of a troop of cavalry from A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812
10From 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.,
11Enclosure: 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
12From James Madison to Benjamin Drake, 8 December 1821 (Madison Papers)
...Harrison (1773–1841) served in the U.S. Army, 1791–98, as secretary of the Northwest Territory, 1798–1800, and as governor of the Indiana Territory, 1800–1813. During the War of 1812 Harrison was commissioned a brigadier general and given command of the army of the Northwest. He was promoted to major general in March 1813. In October of that year Harrison’s troops secured a victory at the...
13From James Madison to Edward W. DuVal, 13 September 1822 (Madison Papers)
The Naval War of 1812: A Documentary History
14Enclosure: Richard Harrison to Henry Williams Dwight, 10 April 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1809, and established a legal practice in his hometown. After serving as an aide with the rank of colonel during the War of 1812,
15From James Madison to William Eustis, [ca. 31] March 1817 (Madison Papers)
...he practiced law and launched a political career in which his anti-tariff and nullification views eventually propelled him to the U.S. Senate, 1833–42. His uncle, James Patton Preston (1774–1843), a veteran of the War of 1812 who was severely wounded at the Battle of Chrysler’s Farm, served as governor of Virginia from 1816 to 1819 (
16From James Madison to Joseph Gales Jr., 12 June 1821 (Madison Papers)
in wch. he expresses a particular desire to possess in the Newspaper form a series of papers published by him during the war of 1812, under the title of Conciliator. He remarks that they were republished in the Intelligencer, and that you sent him the 3 first numbers, with your exordium. From what he says I infer that he will be very...
17From James Madison to John Taylor and James Garnett, 10 September 1819 (Madison Papers)
...since their boyhood days at Donald Robertson’s school, Taylor found JM’s politics to be insufficiently Republican and opposed his candidacy for president in 1808 as well as the War of 1812. A writer on political and agricultural topics, Taylor served as president of the Virginia Society for Promoting Agriculture and delivered his presidential address in 1818. James Mercer Garnett (1770...
18From James Madison to Robert S. Garnett, 22 April 1824 (Madison Papers)
...(1787–1837), the son of Henry “Light-Horse Harry” Lee of Revolutionary War fame, and half brother of Robert E. Lee, was a graduate of the College of William and Mary and a veteran of the War of 1812. He wrote a number of books, including two in defense of his father, and pamphlets and newspaper articles in support of Andrew Jackson’s presidential campaign.
19Arthur 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
20Thomas Jefferson to William Gray, 13 August 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
’s administration during the War of 1812.
21Thomas Jefferson to James Hamilton (1786–1857), 9 September 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
. Following the outbreak of the War of 1812, he served in the ; suggests that the War of 1812 was necessary to improve the relationship between the
22From James Madison to James Hamilton Jr., 30 December 1826 (Madison Papers)
). James Hamilton Jr. (1786–1857), a South Carolina lawyer and veteran of the War of 1812, served in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1822–29, and was a vocal supporter of anti-tariff and states’ rights causes. He was governor of South Carolina, 1830–32, leading the fight for the principle...
23To John Jay from Peter Augustus Jay, 22 November 1821 (Jay Papers)
James Miller (1776–1851), lawyer, brevet brigadier general in the War of 1812, governor of Arkansas Territory, and territory supervisor of Indian affairs (1819–24).
24From John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 25 January 1819 (Jay Papers)
The election of Clintonian Obadiah German (1766–1842) to speaker of the state assembly. German was involved in the western canal project, and had opposed the War of 1812. It took five ballots for the Assembly to settle on German on 6 Jan. 1819. William Thompson (Anti-Clintonian), William A. Duer, Michael Ulshoeffer, and Federalist J. R. Van Rensselaer also ran. See
25Lewis Leroy to Thomas Jefferson, 18 February 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
. He constructed a 240-ton privateer during the early days of the War of 1812 and provided rations to American troops stationed in his adopted hometown later in the conflict. The owner of one slave in 1810 and ten in 1830, The Naval War of 1812: A Documentary History
26Charles 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
27John 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
28Henry Herring to Thomas Jefferson, 17 July 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
who served in the militia during the War of 1812. In 1816 he partnered with Maryland Militia, War of 1812
29Robert Lovett to Thomas Jefferson, 12 August 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
militia during the War of 1812. By 1817 he was working in (War of 1812 payroll abstracts [
30Mathew Carey & Son to Thomas Jefferson, 21 September 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
in 1819, which contained additional notes and a history of the War of 1812 (
31James 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
32Richard Bland Lee to Thomas Jefferson, 2 August 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
applauding the American people for uniting during the War of 1812 and bringing about “the present happy extinction of long continued party animosities” (p. 13); appointed Lee a commissioner to superintend the repair of the public buildings, and the following year he named him a claims commissioner for property lost or destroyed in the War of 1812.
33Thomas J. Gantt to Thomas Jefferson, 24 August 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
; arguing that during the War of 1812 Americans had “emulated the devotedness, and eclipsed the valor that had made us free and independent” (p. 29); praising the officers of that conflict; and ending with the hope that the nation’s institutions and political... ...events of 4 July 1776; listing and hailing officers from the American Revolution and War of 1812; and concluding with the belief...
34Seventy-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...
35Thomas Griffin to Thomas Jefferson, 29 December 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
militia during the War of 1812, rising to the rank of major, and he was a justice of the A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812
36Peter F. Fritez to Thomas Jefferson, 1 September 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
was also a sergeant in the militia during the War of 1812, a longtime member of the
37Thomas L. McKenney to Thomas Jefferson, 26 June 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
, where he operated a dry-goods store. After seeing action as a militia officer during the War of 1812,
38Charles Pinckney to Thomas Jefferson, 6 July 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
. Hamilton was a lieutenant when his regiment was ordered to engage the American forces during the War of 1812. When he refused, he was held as a prisoner of war until the end of hostilities. In 1818 Hamilton received a commission in
39Thomas 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
40Dodge & Oxnard to Thomas Jefferson, 1 October 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
. During the War of 1812 he commanded the privateer
41John C. Wells to Thomas Jefferson, 27 March 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
. During the War of 1812 he entered the
42Thomas O’Connor to Thomas Jefferson, 11 June 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
, 1819. He also authored works on the War of 1812 and the Inquisition. From 1831 through 1838 O’Connor was listed in
43Samuel Garland to Thomas Jefferson, 15 June 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
, where he served in the county militia during the War of 1812 and established a legal practice. During his long and successful business career, he lived in a mansion on
44Thomas Cramer to Thomas Jefferson, [by 1 April 1822] (Jefferson Papers)
A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812
45Anonymous (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.
46Daniel Sheffey to Thomas Jefferson, 30 August 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
opposed the War of 1812 and supported rechartering the
47William Barret to Thomas Jefferson, 6 February 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
and served with that unit during the War of 1812. In 1816 Barret partnered with
48Peter Force to Thomas Jefferson, 30 July 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
, 1813–15, and served in the War of 1812. Force moved in 1815 to
49John F. Lamb to Thomas Jefferson, 2 January 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
, 1811–15. During the War of 1812 Lamb served in the militia as a surgeon’s mate. He moved in 1816 to
50William 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