To James Madison from Benjamin W. Crowninshield, 25 January 1815
From Benjamin W. Crowninshield
Navy Department Jany 25th 1815
Sir
I have the honour to transmit to you the Copy of a map drawn by Capt. Arthur Sinclair, the original of which is filed with the archives of this Department.1 I am very respectfully your ob. Servt
BW Crowninshi[e]ld
Letterbook copy (DNA: RG 45, LSP).
1. The enclosed copy may have been of a map of Presque Isle Bay that Sinclair enclosed in his 6 May 1814 letter to William Jones (DNA: RG 45, Captains’ Letters), showing the placement of blockhouses, storehouses, a hospital, and mooring for the fleet, and discussing the advantages and disadvantages of some of those locations.