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To James Madison from Benjamin W. Crowninshield, 31 January 1815 (Abstract)

From Benjamin W. Crowninshield, 31 January 1815 (Abstract)

§ From Benjamin W. Crowninshield. 31 January 1815, Navy Department. “I have the honour to submit, for your approbation & correction, a system of Regulations for the Flotilla Service of the U S.

“It is desirable that the Flotilla Command should be decided in order to avoid the collision which may arise between the officers of the Navy & the Captains in the Flotilla Service.”

Letterbook copy (DNA: RG 45, LSP). The flotilla service was disbanded by an act of Congress on 27 Feb. 1815 (U.S. Statutes at Large, description begins The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America … (17 vols.; Boston, 1848–73). description ends 3:217–18).

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    To James Madison from Benjamin W. Crowninshield, 31 January 1815 (Abstract)
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    Crowninshield, Benjamin W.
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    Madison, James
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    31 January 1815

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    “To James Madison from Benjamin W. Crowninshield, 31 January 1815 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-08-02-0482. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 8, July 1814–18 February 1815 and supplement December 1779–18 April 1814, ed. Angela Kreider, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Katherine E. Harbury. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2015, p. 546.]

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