1Thomas Cramer to Thomas Jefferson, [by 1 April 1822] (Jefferson Papers)
A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812
2Robert Anderson to Thomas Jefferson, 22 May 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
militia, and fought in the War of 1812. Anderson was the mayor of
3Giovanni Andrei to Thomas Jefferson, 10 August 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
chamber that had been destroyed in the War of 1812. After his return to the
4Anonymous (Henry Whiting) to Thomas Jefferson, 7 June 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
...second lieutenant in 1809, first lieutenant in 1811, captain in 1817, major in 1835, lieutenant colonel in 1838, and colonel in 1846. He was given the brevet ranks of captain in 1814 for meritorious service during the War of 1812 and brigadier general in 1847 for gallantry at the Battle of Buena Vista during the Mexican War.
5Roberts 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
6Thomas 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
7William Barret to Thomas Jefferson, 6 February 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
and served with that unit during the War of 1812. In 1816 Barret partnered with
8Enclosure: Circular Soliciting Information to Improve Education in Kentucky, 13 March 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky. Soldiers of the War of 1812
9William A. Bartow to Thomas Jefferson, 3 August 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
. After serving as a private during the War of 1812, he moved around 1815 to
10Julius A. Bingham to Thomas Jefferson, 24 June 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
militia during the War of 1812. He later moved to
11Binney & Ludlow to Thomas Jefferson, 24 January 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
, and seeing combat in several skirmishes during the War of 1812. He resigned from the army in 1814, returned permanently to
12Seventy-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...
13Willie Blount to Thomas Jefferson, 16 March 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
’s military activities during the War of 1812. Returning permanently to
14John 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
15William H. Crawford to Thomas Jefferson, 12 February 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
remained in command of the army’s Northern Division following the conclusion of the War of 1812. In 1820 he visited TJ at
16Joseph C. Cabell to Thomas Jefferson, 21 January 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
government for expenditures during the War of 1812 (
17Joseph 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
18Benjamin de Chastellier to Thomas Jefferson, 2 May 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
and the War of 1812 (
19James 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
20William Clough to Thomas Jefferson, 4 December 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
militia during the War of 1812. He graduated from
21John 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
22John Coles to Thomas Jefferson, 25 May 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
. During the War of 1812 he served as an officer in the
23William Darby to Thomas Jefferson, 12 June 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
the War of 1812, after which he went to
24Charles 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
25Dodge & Oxnard to Thomas Jefferson, 1 October 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
. During the War of 1812 he commanded the privateer
26Peter Force to Thomas Jefferson, 30 July 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
, 1813–15, and served in the War of 1812. Force moved in 1815 to
27Peter 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
28William Johnson to Thomas Jefferson, 18 June 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
militia during the War of 1812 and rejoined the service in 1818 as a judge advocate. He was also a member of
29Thomas 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...
30Samuel Garland to Thomas Jefferson, 15 June 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
, where he served in the county militia during the War of 1812 and established a legal practice. During his long and successful business career, he lived in a mansion on
31Francis W. Gilmer to Thomas Jefferson, 26 November 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
. He was a militia surgeon during the War of 1812 and a
32Joseph Gilmore to Thomas Jefferson, [ca. 14 June 1820] (Jefferson Papers)
was away on military service during the War of 1812. He transported goods to and from
33Jeremiah 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
34Thomas 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
35Charles 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
36Horace H. Hayden to Thomas Jefferson, 6 January 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
licensed him as a dentist. During the War of 1812 Hayden served as a sergeant and assistant surgeon in
37Henry 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
38Daniel Sheffey to Thomas Jefferson, 30 August 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
opposed the War of 1812 and supported rechartering the
39James Monroe to Thomas Jefferson, 21 December 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
during the War of 1812. After
40John F. Lamb to Thomas Jefferson, 2 January 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
, 1811–15. During the War of 1812 Lamb served in the militia as a surgeon’s mate. He moved in 1816 to
41Richard 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.
42Seventy-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);
43Lewis 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
44William Logan to Thomas Jefferson, 28 July 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
boasting of American heroism in the War of 1812;
45Robert 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 [
46From James Madison to Thomas Jefferson, 5 March 1822 (Madison Papers)
...law in Zanesville, and was appointed state marshal by Thomas Jefferson in 1806. He served as a colonel in the Ohio militia, and was later made a brigadier general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. In 1813 JM appointed him governor of Michigan Territory, a post he held until 1831, when he became secretary of war. He was U.S. minister to France, 1836–42, U.S. senator from...
47Jared Mansfield to Thomas Jefferson, 26 January 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
in 1812, and after being diverted to supervise the construction of fortifications during the War of 1812, he taught there from 1814 until resigning in 1828. Mansfield moved thereafter to
48Mathew Carey & Son to Thomas Jefferson, 21 September 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
in 1819, which contained additional notes and a history of the War of 1812 (
49David 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...
50Thomas 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,