51From James Madison to William Eustis, 20 August 1811 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. yours of the 13th. I am glad to learn that you are so well satisfied with the ⟨present⟩ state of the armories; and that an inconveniency to the U.S. can be relieved by so seasonable a measure as that of distributing arms to the States. It is particularly agreeable also that the important works for the defence of N.Y. are so near their completion. Will it not be well to institute...
52From James Madison to William Eustis, 8 September 1812 (Madison Papers)
I have yours of the 7th. The detention of the Indians as hostages is liable to the most serious objections. The most extreme case only would justify it. And the policy of the measure is liable to those you suggest, under that view of the subject. The opinion of Clarke at least might to [ illegible ] favor of it. Is that known? The capture of Fort Wayne is I hope a mistake for the loss of...
53From James Madison to William Eustis, 10 August 1810 (Madison Papers)
I have just recd. from the War office a copy of the letter of July 12. from Lt. Colo. Sparkes, the original of which addressed to you, had been forwarded. The present Mail allows me but a moment, to say that the request to have the garrison at Fort Stoddart reinforced, seems to be amply justified by the circumstances on which it is founded; at the same time that it accords with other...
54From James Madison to William Eustis, 15 December 1814 (Madison Papers)
It has been in view for some time to counterplace Mr. Changuion by an Envoy Extraordinary & Minister Plenipotentiary to his Sovereign Prince; and I have had you in my thoughts for the service. I postponed however consulting you on the subject, on the calculation that it could be done at any time without inconvenient delay to the object. Circumstances now exist which render an immediate...
55From James Madison to William Eustis, 4 December 1812 (Madison Papers)
I have received your letter of yesterday, with the impressions which could not but result from your purpose of retiring from an office so nearly related to that which has been entrusted to me, in which your services have been co-eval with mine, and in which I have witnessed the zeal and constancy of your exertions for the public good, under difficulties peculiarly arduous & trying. In bearing...
56From James Madison to William Eustis, 12 November 1813 (Madison Papers)
I have just been favored with yours of the 7th. instant. Whatever may be the weight of your observations, it would be difficult to act on the view they take of the subject, complicated as it necessarily is with some other views of it; passing by the incompetency of the Executive alone to consummate the arrangement suggested. I may not be able to do full justice to impressions, some of which at...
57Robert Williams to William Eustis, 12 May 1809 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
12 May 1809, Boston. Asks the secretary of war to intercede with JM on behalf of William Stanwood, who has been arrested “for allowing goods to be landed from his Vessell prior to entry at the Custom House.” This was Stanwood’s first voyage as master of a ship, and he was not only inexperienced but also sick “in body and Mind, being just on the recovery from the Yallow feaver.” Clemency from...