1William Darby to Thomas Jefferson, 12 June 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
the War of 1812, after which he went to
2James 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
3Seventy-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...
4James Monroe to Thomas Jefferson, 27 July 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Forts of the War of 1812
5John Goodman, Joseph Reed, Isaac Boyer, and William J. Duane to Thomas Jefferson, 6 August 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
in 1809, working in this capacity until about 1842, and he was appointed prothonotary of the district court in 1822. During the War of 1812 he served as a colonel commanding a militia unit and as secretary of
6Samuel McDowell Reid to Thomas Jefferson, 22 September 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
, and served in the War of 1812 as an adjutant to
7William Clough to Thomas Jefferson, 4 December 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
militia during the War of 1812. He graduated from
8Gamaliel H. Ward to Thomas Jefferson, 20 January 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
. During the War of 1812, while a resident of
9Lewis 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
10Seventy-Six Association to Thomas Jefferson, 24 July 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
and recalling the victorious battles of the War of 1812; celebrating American forms of government as founded on “equal rights, and its principal ornament, the universal happiness, of all classes of citizens” (p. 20);