To James Madison from William Eustis, 22 May 1812 (Abstract)
§ From William Eustis
22 May 1812, War Department. Proposes for JM’s approval the appointment of Reuben Etting of Pennsylvania as a deputy commissary in the U.S. Army.
Letterbook copy (DNA: RG 107, LSP). 1 p. JM nominated Etting to the Senate on the same day; the Senate rejected the appointment on 25 May (
, 2:268–69).