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To James Madison from Benjamin W. Crowninshield, 1 March 1815 (Abstract)

From Benjamin W. Crowninshield, 1 March 1815 (Abstract)

§ From Benjamin W. Crowninshield. 1 March 1815, Navy Department. “I have the honor to request that you will please to nominate William Lewis, now a Lieutenant, to be a master commandant in the Navy of the U States. ”

Letterbook copy (DNA: RG 45, LSP); enclosure (DNA: RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 13B–A3). Letterbook copy 1 p. The enclosure (1 p.), prepared in the Navy Department for JM’s signature, was a message to the Senate nominating Lewis for the promotion; JM signed and dated it on 2 Mar. 1815 and submitted it to the Senate the same day (printed in Senate Exec. Proceedings description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America (3 vols.; Washington, D.C., 1828). description ends , 2:626–27).

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