James Madison Papers

To James Madison from William Eustis, 31 December 1811 (Abstract)

§ From William Eustis

31 December 1811, Department of War. Lists proposed promotions in the U.S. Army for JM’s approval.1

RC (DNA: RG 46, Executive Proceedings, 12B-A1); letterbook copy (DNA: RG 107, LSP). RC 3 pp. Forwarded by JM to the Senate in a message of 31 Dec. 1811 (Senate Exec. Proceedings description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America (3 vols.; Washington, 1828). description ends , 2:198–201).

1. Eustis first listed promotions in the peace establishment, specifically the Regiment of Artillerists and the First and Second Infantry Regiments. His list for the additional military force included promotions in the Light Artillery Regiment, the Regiment of Light Dragoons, the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Infantry Regiments, and the Regiment of Riflemen.

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    To James Madison from William Eustis, 31 December 1811 (Abstract)
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    Eustis, William
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    Madison, James
    Date
    31 December 1811

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    “To James Madison from William Eustis, 31 December 1811 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-04-02-0115. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 4, 5 November 1811–9 July 1812 and Supplement 5 March 1809 – 19 October 1811, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, Jewel L. Spangler, Ellen J. Barber, Martha J. King, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Susan Holbrook Perdue. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1999, p. 109.]

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