1From 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.
2Thomas Jefferson’s Deed of Trust of Bedford County Land to Andrew Stevenson and Bernard Peyton, 15 September 1819 … (Jefferson Papers)
, 1809–16 and 1819–21, presiding as Speaker, 1812–16. During the War of 1812 Stevenson was a militia captain, and from 1812–14 he sat on
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 (
4John 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.
5Thomas Jefferson’s Conveyance of Limestone Tract to Abraham Hawley, 28 February 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
by 1810 and served as a private in the Virginia militia during the War of 1812. He sold lime to TJ between 1818 and 1822, and in 1820 he was paid for work done at the Virginia Militia in the War of 1812: From Rolls in the Auditor’s Office at Richmond
6Letter 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
7Enclosure: Chiles Terrell’s Discussion of Due East and West Lines, [by 20 May 1815] (Jefferson Papers)
ended the War of 1812 (Hunter Miller, ed.,
8To 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...
9To James Madison from James Monroe, 12 May 1822 (Madison Papers)
Daniel Bissell (1769–1833) served as a fifer in the American Revolution and joined the First U.S. Infantry in 1788. He rose to the rank of brigadier general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812 and was retained in the army on the peace establishment in 1816 as
Encyclopedia of the War of 1812
10Lewis 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
11To James Madison from Robert Pollard & Son, 17 November 1823 (Madison Papers)
Dr. Charles Beale (1795–1853) was a veteran of the War of 1812 who served in the Virginia militia and founded the town of Gordonsville. He married Mary Harrison Gordon, daughter of Nathaniel Gordon, and purchased an estate he called Weston that fell on both sides of the Richmond–Swift Run...Index to War of 1812 Pension Files
12Charles 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
13From James Madison to Joseph G. Swift, 31 May 1824 (Madison Papers)
). Joseph Gardner Swift (1783–1865), the first graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, was appointed second lieutenant in 1802. A veteran of the War of 1812, he rose to colonel and commander of the Corps of Engineers of the army, holding that position until his resignation from the service in 1818. He was surveyor of the port of New York, 1818–29, and...Encyclopedia of the War of 1812
14To James Madison from James Monroe, 19 May 1821 (Madison Papers)
...1831) of Dinwiddie County, Virginia, served in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1797–1801 and 1813–15, and in the state Senate, 1804–8. He was a major general in the state militia during the War of 1812 and served briefly in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1818–19. He was appointed U.S. marshal for the eastern district of Virginia in April 1821. He died in a riverboat accident on the...
15John 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
16To 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.
17Henry 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
18Robert 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 [
19To James Madison from Alexander Macomb, 18 June 1827 (Madison Papers)
Alexander Macomb (1782–1841) was a career army officer who was promoted to brevet major general for his defense of Plattsburgh, New York, during the War of 1812. He was appointed chief engineer of the army after the war and in 1828 became commanding general, a position he held until his death (Heidler and Heidler, Encyclopedia of the War of 1812
20From James Madison to Henry Lee, [16] February 1827 (Madison Papers)
...Inst: to the object of which I have not been able to give an earlier attention. With your purpose of giving a historical character to the events of a very critical period of the war of 1812, you are very properly anxious to obtain whatever information may contribute to the authenticity and accuracy of the work; and I cannot but wish for your researches every success which may have that...
21Mathew Carey & Son to Thomas Jefferson, 21 September 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
in 1819, which contained additional notes and a history of the War of 1812 (
22From 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...
23To James Madison from George Thompson, 3 June 1825 (Madison Papers)
, ibid., 13:235–37). His son, George C. Thompson (1778–1856), who served in the Kentucky militia during the War of 1812, was a member of the Kentucky legislature for many years, serving as speaker of the house, 1820–22 (Baltimore Index to War of 1812 Pension Files
24Curtis 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
25Thomas 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
26James 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
27Richard 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.
28Thomas 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
29To James Madison from Charles Valérie de Perron, 22 June 1817 (Madison Papers)
Winfield Scott (1786–1866) entered the U.S. Army in 1808 as a captain and fought with such distinction in the War of 1812 that he was promoted to major general. In 1815 he went to Europe to study military methods, returning to New York City in 1816. His subsequent career included command of the U.S. Army, the successful conduct......with France, the war with Tripoli, and the War of 1812. In the...
30To James Madison from Byrd C. Willis, 15 September 1826 (Madison Papers)
Alexander Macomb (1782–1841), a career officer in the U.S. Army and victor at the 1814 Battle of Plattsburgh, was head of the Office of Engineers after the War of 1812. In 1828, Macomb became commanding general of the army, a position he held until his death (Heidler and Heidler, Encyclopedia of the War of 1812
31Thomas 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...
32Seventy-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...
33Thomas Jefferson to Tarlton Saunders, 3 January 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
companies of the Virginia militia during the War of 1812, and he bought flour from TJ through Virginia Militia in the War of 1812: From Rolls in the Auditor’s Office at Richmond
34To James Madison from William Taylor, 10 August 1826 (Madison Papers)
Richard H. Douglass (d. 1829) was a prominent Baltimore shipping merchant and had been an investor in and prize agent for American privateers during the War of 1812 (Brantz Mayer, The Republic’s Private Navy: The American Privateering Business as Practiced by Baltimore during the War of 1812
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
36To James Madison from Dennis A. Smith, 21 February 1825 (Madison Papers)
’s administration and subscribed large loans for the Treasury Department during the War of 1812 (...merchant, banker, and shipowner who subscribed to loans amounting to two million dollars for the U.S. government during the War of 1812, and he was a director of the Second Bank of the United States. He built an impressive estate called Calverton on the outskirts of Baltimore but lost...
37From James Madison to Richard Rush, 20 May 1819 (Madison Papers)
...and emigrated to the United States in 1783. He made a fortune in the fur trade and invested his profits in New York City real estate. He was instrumental in floating the 1814 loan in support of the War of 1812, and after JM’s death, Astor loaned money to Dolley Payne Madison, holding a mortgage on her Washington home. At his death he was deemed the richest man in America (Mattern and...
38Peter 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
39To 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
40Thomas Jefferson to Robert Taylor, 3 March 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
’s 1807 treason trial, he served during the War of 1812 as a brigadier general of militia charged with defending the region around
41James 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.
42Thomas 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,
43To James Madison from Spencer Roane, 22 August 1819 (Madison Papers)
, 1804–45, and a political force for the Jeffersonian Republicans and later the Democratic Party in Virginia. He supported JM and served briefly in the War of 1812. Ritchie edited the Washington, D.C.,
44To 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.
45To James Madison from Joseph Wheaton, 1 July 1820 (Madison Papers)
For Wheaton’s detailed reports of his experiences during the War of 1812, see his letters to JM of 10, 23, 29, and 31 Dec. 1812, 3 and 8 Jan., 10, 12, and 26 Feb., 26 Apr., and 1 May 1813 (
46To James Madison from James Monroe, 5 February 1820 (Madison Papers)
...United States in 1803. He stood as the Federalist vice presidential candidate in 1804 and 1808, and as the Federalist presidential candidate in 1816. As U.S. senator, 1813–24, he opposed JM’s administration and the War of 1812; later, he opposed the Missouri Compromise of 1820, and was outspoken in his attacks on the extension of slavery (
47To James Madison from James Monroe, 21 December 1818 (Madison Papers)
William King (1768–1852), half-brother of Rufus King, was a merchant, shipbuilder, and Massachusetts state politician from Bath (District of Maine). He served in the War of 1812 as a militia major general, and after July 1813 as a colonel in the U.S. Army. King was an active supporter of Maine’s secession from Massachusetts and served as the new state’s first governor, 1820...
48Charles 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
49To 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.
50Thomas 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