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To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, with Jefferson’s Approval, 10 December 1804

From Henry Dearborn,
with Jefferson’s Approval

War Department December 10th 1804

Sir

I have the honor to propose for your approbation Peter Ogilvie Jnr. of New York and Ethan Allen of Vermont as Cadets in the Corps of Artillerists

Accept, Sir, the assurances of my high respect & consideration

H. Dearborn

[Approval by TJ:]

Dec. 10. 04.

Approved

Th: Jefferson

RC (PHi: Daniel Parker Papers); in a clerk’s hand, signed by Dearborn; endorsed by a clerk. FC (Lb in DNA: RG 107, LSP).

Peter Ogilvie Jnr.: although he apparently did not accept his commission as a cadet, Ogilvie eventually served as a captain of infantry during the War of 1812 (Dearborn to Ogilvie, 13 Dec., DNA: RG 107, LSMA; Heitman, Dictionary description begins Francis B. Heitman, comp., Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, Washington, D.C., 1903, 2 vols. description ends , 1:757).

After receiving his commission, Ethan Augustus Allen served in the artillery until 1821 (Dearborn to Allen, 13 Dec., DNA: RG 107, LSMA; Heitman, Dictionary description begins Francis B. Heitman, comp., Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, Washington, D.C., 1903, 2 vols. description ends , 1:158).

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    10 December 1804

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, with Jefferson’s Approval, 10 December 1804,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-45-02-0162. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 45, 11 November 1804 to 8 March 1805, ed. James P. McClure et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021, p. 151.]

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