211From James Madison to Thomas Ritchie, 18 December 1825 (Madison Papers)
appointed him collector of the port of Burlington in 1813. After the War of 1812, Van Ness was selected as a member of the boundary commission established by the Treaty of Ghent to negotiate and fix the boundary between the United States and Canada. He was, successively, a member of the Vermont legislature...
212From 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...
213Thomas 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
214Enclosure: Joseph C. Cabell to Robert G. Scott, 13 December 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812
215From 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
216From James Madison to Charles Tait, 3 November 1822 (Madison Papers)
.... He served as judge of the state superior court for the western circuit of Georgia, 1803–9, and as U.S. senator, 1809–19, where he strongly supported JM and naval operations during the War of 1812. Tait helped secure the admission of Alabama to the Union in 1819, and after moving to the new state, was first federal judge of the district of Alabama, 1820–26 (Charles H. Moffat, “...
217Thomas 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
218From James Madison to Stephen Van Rensselaer, 14 March 1822 (Madison Papers)
1795–1801, and served in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1822–29. He was a veteran of the War of 1812, commanding the American troops at the Battle of Queenston in 1812. He was known for his devotion to agricultural, educational, and philanthropic causes in New York, including the founding of the Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute (
219Thomas 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
220Trust Fund for Anna P. Cutts, [2 April 1823] (Madison Papers)
...born in Stuttgart, Germany, and graduated from the University of Basel in Switzerland. He immigrated to the United States in 1803 and settled in Washington, D.C., where he taught music and languages. Mauro served in the War of 1812, after which he opened a business as an auctioneer. In 1830 he moved to St. Louis,
221Account 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 (
222John 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.
223Letter 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
224Enclosure: Chiles Terrell’s Discussion of Due East and West Lines, [by 20 May 1815] (Jefferson Papers)
ended the War of 1812 (Hunter Miller, ed.,
225Benjamin 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