James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Benjamin Forsyth, 24 October 1812 (Abstract)

§ From Benjamin Forsyth

24 October 1812, “Ogdensburg River St. Lawrence.” Informs JM that he has served as a captain in a rifle regiment for four years without promotion and made every effort to keep his regiment full with five-year enlistments. Desires a brevet appointment for long and meritorious service.1

RC (DNA: RG 107, LRRS, F-129:6). 2 pp.; docketed as received in the War Department on 4 Nov. 1812.

1. JM nominated Forsyth for promotion to major on 20 Jan. 1813 (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 , 2:323–24).

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    To James Madison from Benjamin Forsyth, 24 October 1812 (Abstract)
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    Forsyth, Benjamin
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    Madison, James
    Date
    24 October 1812

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    “To James Madison from Benjamin Forsyth, 24 October 1812 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-05-02-0315. [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. 411.]

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