From James Madison to John Armstrong, 20 August 1814

To John Armstrong

Aug. 20. 1814

Note To the Secy. of War on Govr. Shelby’s letter of Augst. 4 put into the hands of J. M. Aug. 19.1

The Secy. of War will state his opinion on the case presented by Govr. Shelby.

Have not analogous cases of a disproportion of officers, and of mounted volunteers serving as militia been heretofore acted on.

J. M

Draft (DLC); Tr (DLC, series 3). Draft included among documents dated 16 Aug. 1814 in the Index to the James Madison Papers.

1. Letter not found.

Cite as: “From James Madison to John Armstrong, 20 August 1814,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-08-02-0123. [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. 119.]