James Madison to John Armstrong, 27 August 1814

To John Armstrong

Brookville Aug. 27. [1814] 10 OC.

The Enemy having evacuated the City of Washington & no obstacle remaining to a re-union of the members of the Executive there, J. Madison requests that this may take place with as little delay as may be.

RC (DNA: RG 107, LRRS, P-80:8). In JM’s hand. Docketed as received in the War Department in August 1814.

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Title: James Madison to John Armstrong, 27 August 1814
Author: Madison, James
Recipient: Armstrong, John
Date: 27 August 1814

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Cite as: “James Madison to John Armstrong, 27 August 1814,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-08-02-0140. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 8, July 1814–18 February 1815 and supplement December 1779–18 April 1814, ed. Angela Kreider, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Katherine E. Harbury. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2015, p. 143.]

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