James Madison Papers

John Armstrong to James Madison, 3 February 1814 (Abstract)

From John Armstrong, 3 February 1814 (Abstract)

§ From John Armstrong. 3 February 1814, War Department. “I have the honor to submit for your approbation the following promotions in the Army of the United States.”

RC and enclosure (DNA: RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 13B-A2); letterbook copy and letterbook copy of enclosure (DNA: RG 107, LSP). RC 1 p.; in a clerk’s hand, signed by Armstrong. The enclosure (14 pp.; printed in Senate Exec. Proceedings, description begins Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America (3 vols.; Washington, D.C., 1828). description ends 2:480–92) listed three hundred and fifty-four promotions in the Corps of Engineers, artillery, infantry, and Regiment of Riflemen. JM forwarded the list to the Senate in a message dated 16 Feb. 1814, together with Armstrong’s first letter of 3 Feb. and one of 10 Feb. 1814 (ibid., 2:475, 480, 492).

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    John Armstrong to James Madison, 3 February 1814 (Abstract)
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    Armstrong, John
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    Madison, James
    Date
    3 February 1814

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    “John Armstrong to James Madison, 3 February 1814 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-07-02-0227. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 7, 25 October 1813–30 June 1814, ed. Angela Kreider, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Katherine E. Harbury. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012, p. 266.]

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