151To James Madison from Richard Bland Lee, 2 August 1819 (Madison Papers)
48467). Lee wrote of JM and the outcome of the War of 1812: “Thus President Madison had the happiness, in retiring from office, of leaving his country at peace abroad, united at home, with increased character, and irradiated with glory” (p. 14).
152Richard 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.
153Peter Force to Thomas Jefferson, 30 July 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
, 1813–15, and served in the War of 1812. Force moved in 1815 to
154William Logan to Thomas Jefferson, 28 July 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
boasting of American heroism in the War of 1812;
155To 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,
156From James Madison to David Porter, 20 July 1819 (Madison Papers)
in the War of 1812. JM appointed him a commissioner of the Navy Board in 1815, where he served until late 1822. He resided at Meridian Hill in Washington, D.C. He was commander of the West Indian squadron, 1823–25,
157Henry 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
158To 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],”
159Jeremiah Greenleaf to Thomas Jefferson, 23 June 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
during the War of 1812, rising from ensign in 1813 to 2d lieutenant the following year. After the publication of his
160Thomas 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
161John Coles to Thomas Jefferson, 25 May 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
. During the War of 1812 he served as an officer in the
162Robert Anderson to Thomas Jefferson, 22 May 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
militia, and fought in the War of 1812. Anderson was the mayor of
163From 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...
164David McClure to Thomas Jefferson, [received 9 May 1819] (Jefferson Papers)
volunteer artillery unit during the War of 1812, he taught mathematics and, from around 1813, operated a nautical and mathematical academy. McClure claimed that “a large proportion of Navy Officers have been under my instructions.” He was the author of several works, including a...
165William Oliver Vaughan to Thomas Jefferson, 25 April 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
militia during the War of 1812,
166Benjamin Vaughan’s Notes on Climate Change, March 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
, and kept up a voluminous correspondence. Politically conservative late in life, he opposed the War of 1812 and American efforts to seize the
167Petty Vaughan to Thomas Jefferson, 29 March 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
, in the mid-1790s and served briefly as a militia lieutenant shortly before the War of 1812.
168To James Madison from William Shaler, 28 March 1819 (Madison Papers)
William Montgomery Crane (1784–1846) entered the U.S. Navy as a midshipman in 1799 and served in the Quasi-War, the War of 1812, and in the Mediterranean in the postwar period, rising successively through the ranks. He was commodore of the Mediterranean squadron, 1827–29.
169Curtis 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
170Arthur 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
171Letter 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
172John Rhea to Thomas Jefferson, 9 March 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
’s campaign against the Creeks during the War of 1812;
173Thomas 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
174Vine Utley to Thomas Jefferson, 18 February 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
by 1810 and, except for service as a surgeon on a privateer during the War of 1812, he lived there for the rest of his life. A strong advocate for and supplier of smallpox vaccinations, he also took meteorological readings, kept detailed patient records, and interviewed the elderly inhabitants of the county in an...
175To 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 “
176From 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
177Joseph 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
178To James Madison from William Eustis, 27 December 1818 (Madison Papers)
William Gray (1750–1825), a prosperous merchant of Salem, and later Boston, and a state politician, vigorously supported JM’s administration and the War of 1812. He was elected lieutenant governor of Massachusetts as a Republican in 1810 and 1811. In 1816 he was unanimously elected president of the Boston branch of the Second Bank of the United States, and he served in that...
179Thomas Jefferson to Abraham Lange, 25 December 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
militia during the War of 1812. His farm and mill in that county were situated on the road between
180To 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...