To James Madison from Sargent Burnham and Others, 4 October 1814
From Sargent Burnham and Others
Ipswich October 4th. 1814
To the President of the United States of America
and Commander in Chief of all the forces therein,
The Petition of the Subscribers respectfully sheweth that they are anxious for the safety of their Country in this time of danger, are willing to promote the welfare & Interest thereof & to defend the same to the utmost of their Power, and for this purpose they wish to raise a Company of Seafencibles for the Service of the United States. They therefore pray that they may be commissioned as follows to wit Sargent Burnham, Captain, Francis Marshall 1st Lieutenant and Jonathan Andrews Junior 2nd Lieutenant and Zebulon Andrews 3rd Lieutenant all of Ipswich in the State of Massachusetts and as in Duty bound will ever pray
Sargent Burnham
Francis Marshall
Jonathan Andrews Junior
Zebulon Andrews
RC (PHi: Daniel Parker Papers). In Asa Andrews’s hand, signed by the petitioners. Appended to the RC is a statement of the same date, also in Asa Andrews’s hand and signed by him among thirteen others, attesting: “We the Subscribers are well acquainted with the Persons mentioned in the annexed Paper and are of opinion they are each Suitably qualified for the Several offices designated & requested therein.”