James Madison Papers

To James Madison from William Eustis, 29 October 1812

From William Eustis

War. Dept: October 29. 1812

Sir,

I have the honor to inform you that the existing appropriations applicable to the Clothing Department are nearly expended & to request that you will be pleased to direct that the sum of Five hundred Thousand Dollars appropriated for the pay of the Army be applied to defray further expenses in the Clothing Department.

W. Eustis.

RC (DLC); letterbook copy (DNA: RG 107, LSP). RC in a clerk’s hand, signed by Eustis; docketed by JM.

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    To James Madison from William Eustis, 29 October 1812
    Author
    Eustis, William
    Recipient
    Madison, James
    Date
    29 October 1812

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    “To James Madison from William Eustis, 29 October 1812,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-05-02-0321. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 5, 10 July 1812–7 February 1813, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Martha J. King, Ellen J. Barber, Anne Mandeville Colony, Angela Kreider, and Jewel L. Spangler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2004, p. 418.]

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