James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Benjamin W. Crowninshield, 4 April 1815 (Abstract)

From Benjamin W. Crowninshield, 4 April 1815 (Abstract)

§ From Benjamin W. Crowninshield. 4 April 1815, Navy Department. “Permit me to request that you will annex your signature to the blank Commissions herewith, and cause them to be returned to this Department.”

Letterbook copy (DNA: RG 45, LSP). 1 p. Crowninshield sent similar requests for signatures of blank commissions or warrants to JM on 10 Apr., 25 Apr., 11 Nov., and 17 Nov. 1815 (ibid.).

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    To James Madison from Benjamin W. Crowninshield, 4 April 1815 (Abstract)
    Author
    Crowninshield, Benjamin W.
    Recipient
    Madison, James
    Date
    4 April 1815

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    “To James Madison from Benjamin W. Crowninshield, 4 April 1815 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-09-02-0152. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 9, 19 February 1815–12 October 1815, ed. Angela Kreider, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, and Anne Mandeville Colony. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2018, p. 140.]

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