31To James Madison from James Barbour, 14 November 1824 (Madison Papers)
’s nephew, Conway C. Macon (1792–1860), a planter living at Mt. Erin in Orange County, Virginia, who served in the state militia during the War of 1812, was county sheriff in 1843, and a justice of the peace. He sold his property in 1848 and eventually moved to Richmond, where he was employed as a tobacco inspector (Chapman, “Descendants of Ambrose Madison,”...
32To James Madison from Joseph Wheaton, [9 October 1824] (Madison Papers)
For Wheaton’s claim for compensation for services rendered during the War of 1812, see
33From 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
34To James Madison from James Monroe, 10 May 1824 (Madison Papers)
...Sullivan (1783–1866), the son of former Massachusetts governor James Sullivan (1744–1808) and a Harvard graduate, was the Massachusetts state agent in Washington pursuing the claims of the state for reimbursement for militia activity during the War of 1812 (
35From 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.
36To James Madison from James Monroe, [ca. 6] April 1824 (Madison Papers)
: Jefferson Papers). Monroe informed Jefferson that the administration had denied Virginia’s request to be paid interest on the money the state had borrowed and paid to its militia during the War of 1812 but that the claim should be presented to Congress.
37To James Madison from William Browne, 4 March 1824 (Madison Papers)
Constant Freeman (1757–1824) was a career soldier who fought in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, and commanded troops in the Orleans Territory after the Louisiana Purchase. He was an accountant in the Navy Department and was appointed an auditor of the Treasury Department in 1817 (
38To 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.
39To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Smith, 7 February 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
and afterward I pointed out the capture of other fleet and other importan occurrances that took place through the War of 1812
40From James Madison to James Monroe, 31 January 1824 (Madison Papers)
Armistead Hoomes (ca. 1786–1827) was a Caroline County, Virginia, planter who served in the state militia as a captain of cavalry during the War of 1812, and in the state Senate, 1815–20.
41To James Madison from Charles J. Nourse, 22 November 1823 (Madison Papers)
Charles Josephus Nourse (1786–1851), a veteran of the War of 1812, who rose to the rank of major and assistant adjutant general in 1814, and who served as acting adjutant general from 1822 to 1825, married Rebecca Morris, daughter of Anthony Morris, in 1816. He resigned from the...
42To 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
43To James Madison from Elbert Anderson, 12 October 1823 (Madison Papers)
Elbert Anderson (d. 1830), an army contractor during the War of 1812, initiated a claim against the United States in 1823 for “amounts actually due him by the terms of the said contract, partly by way of compensation for articles furnished and services rendered beyond the requisitions of the said...
44To James Madison from John H. Hall and Others, 10 October 1823 (Madison Papers)
Moses M. Russell (d. 1852), of South Carolina, was second lieutenant in the First Artillery during the War of 1812, saw combat at the battles of Chippawa, Fort Erie, and Fort McHenry, and was honorably discharged in June 1815. In 1817 he was appointed U.S. consul at Riga but apparently never established himself there (Baltimore
45Burwell S. Randolph to Dolley Madison, 24 September 1823 (Madison Papers)
During the War of 1812 he was the ranking naval officer and made several cruises; he later was involved in turning back the British assault on Baltimore in 1814. In 1815
46To James Madison from James Monroe, 3 September 1823 (Madison Papers)
These papers have not been identified. For Daniel D. Tompkins’s claims against the United States resulting from his actions as governor of New York during the War of 1812, see Irwin,
47To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 30 August 1823 (Madison Papers)
...in May 1800. He was U.S. senator from Massachusetts, 1803–11, and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1813–17, from which positions he bitterly opposed the Jefferson and Madison administrations and the War of 1812.
48To James Madison from William Eustis, 6 June 1823 (Madison Papers)
the “long continued opposition to the federal government” during the War of 1812, when “an unhallowed spirit of party was permitted to prevail over the vital interests of the country.”
49To James Madison from William H. Sumner, 5 June 1823 (Madison Papers)
..., a graduate of Harvard College, practiced law in Boston, 1802–18, and represented that city in the Massachusetts legislature, 1808–19. Sumner was aide-de-camp to Gov. Caleb Strong during the War of 1812 and rendered important services in defense of the District of Maine. In 1818 he was appointed adjutant general of the state militia and held that office until 1834, when he resigned to...
50To 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...
51To James Madison from James Monroe, 9 April 1823 (Madison Papers)
, 3:91–111. The convention dealt with the right of the United States to claim indemnification for private property, specifically slaves, carried away by British forces during the War of 1812.
52Trust 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,
53To James Madison from Isaac Briggs, 8 March 1823 (Madison Papers)
William McRee (1787–1833), a native of Wilmington, North Carolina, and 1805 graduate of West Point, served with distinction in the War of 1812, particularly in the 1814 battles of Chippawa, Lundy’s Lane, and Fort Erie, and was promoted brevet colonel. After the war he was sent to Europe to ascertain the state of military science and on his return...
54To James Madison from Peter Perpignan, 26 February 1823 (Madison Papers)
...at 356 North Front Street, Philadelphia, and whose home was in the Northern Liberties section of the city. He was active in Democratic–Republican politics and his Masonic Lodge, and served in the Pennsylvania state militia during the War of 1812 (Philadelphia
55To James Madison from George W. Spotswood, 17 February 1823 (Madison Papers)
...(d. 1844) of Orange County, Virginia, was commissioned a midshipman in the U.S. Navy in 1799 and dismissed in 1803. He served as a lieutenant in the Virginia militia during the War of 1812. His request for a position at the University of Virginia was eventually answered and he spent the years 1825 to 1829 as a hotel-keeper there. He left Charlottesville and settled first in Charleston, then...
56To James Madison from Benjamin L. Lear, 14 December 1822 (Madison Papers)
Isaac Hull (1773–1843) was a naval officer who served in the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812. Promoted to captain in 1806, he commanded the frigates
57From 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, “...
58From James Madison to Edward W. DuVal, 13 September 1822 (Madison Papers)
The Naval War of 1812: A Documentary History
59Enclosure: Chiles Terrell’s Discussion of Due East and West Lines, [by 20 May 1815] (Jefferson Papers)
ended the War of 1812 (Hunter Miller, ed.,
60Roberts to James Madison, 1 September 1822, with Postscript to Thomas Jefferson (Jefferson Papers)
for both the War of 1812 and “the deplorable condition of our common Country” since that time; accused