To James Madison from William Eustis, 20 April 1812 (Abstract)
§ From William Eustis
20 April 1812, War Department. Lists proposed appointments in the U.S. Army for JM’s approval.
RC (DNA: RG 46, Executive Proceedings, 12B-A1); letterbook copies (DNA: RG 107, LSP). RC 1 p. Forwarded by JM to the Senate in a message of 20 Apr. 1812 (
, 2:255). The letterbook includes two letters to JM dated 20 Apr. 1812; the appointments from New York and the District of Columbia proposed in the first letter and those from Pennsylvania and Virginia in the second letter are combined in the RC.