To James Madison from Henry Hager and Others, 4 October 1814 (Abstract)
From Henry Hager and Others, 4 October 1814 (Abstract)
§ From Henry Hager and Others. 4 October 1814, Albany. “The undersigned beg leave respectfully and earnestly to solicit the appointment of first lieutenant in the 13th: Regiment of Infantry or any other Regiment in the U.S. service for Mr. Frederick Hagadorn of the County of Schoharie or for such other appointment of lieutenant or Ensign in the Army as may be Conferred. This Recommendation proceeds from a perfect conviction of the fitness and Capacity of this young gentleman for this office, and that he will distinguish himself in the Service for Courage, vigilance and fidelity.”
RC (DNA: RG 94, Letters Received, filed under “Hagadorn”). Addressed “to his Excellency the President of the United States of America, or to the Honble. the Secretary at war.” In a clerk’s hand, signed by Hager, William C. Bouck, and William Dietz. The incomplete signature of Daniel D. Tompkins heads the list of signers but is canceled. On the verso of the petition is Tompkins’s 6 Oct. 1814 note: “The within signers are the Senator and representatives in Assembly from Schoharie and are highly respectable characters whose representations are worthy of entire confidence.”