William Pinkney to James Madison, 30 June 1812 (Abstract)

§ From William Pinkney

30 June 1812, Baltimore. Wishes to mention his “young Friend, John Hare Powell, who, now that War has been declared, is extremely anxious to obtain a Commission in the Army.”1

RC (DLC: Rives Collection, Madison Papers). 3 pp. Docketed by JM.

1. Powell was appointed inspector general of the U.S. Army on 26 Dec. 1814 (Heitman, Historical Register description begins Francis B. Heitman, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, from Its Organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903 (2 vols.; Washington, 1903; repr., Baltimore, 1994). description ends , 1:803).

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Title: William Pinkney to James Madison, 30 June 1812 (Abstract)
Author: Pinkney, William
Recipient: Madison, James
Date: 30 June 1812

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Cite as: “William Pinkney to James Madison, 30 June 1812 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-04-02-0567. [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. 526.]

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