1From John Adams to William E. Richmond, 14 December 1819 (Adams Papers)
I am Old enough to remember the War of 1745, and its end—the War of 1755—and its close—the War of 1775, and its termination—the War of 1812, and its Pacification. every one of these Wars has been followed by a general distress Embarrassments on Commerce distruction of Manufactures, fall of the Price of Produce and of Lands similar to these we feel at the present...
2To James Madison from John Quincy Adams, 22 October 1818 (Madison Papers)
Joseph Bloomfield (1753–1823), a veteran of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, was governor of New Jersey, 1801–2 and 1803–1812, until JM appointed him brigadier general in the U.S. Army in 1812. He subsequently represented a New Jersey district in Congress, 1817–21 (
3Account 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 (
4Thomas Cramer to Thomas Jefferson, [by 1 April 1822] (Jefferson Papers)
A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812
5To 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...
6Robert Anderson to Thomas Jefferson, 22 May 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
militia, and fought in the War of 1812. Anderson was the mayor of
7To 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...
8Giovanni Andrei to Thomas Jefferson, 10 August 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
chamber that had been destroyed in the War of 1812. After his return to the
9Anonymous (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.
10Roberts 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