James Madison Papers

To James Madison from James Monroe, 10 October 1814 (Abstract)

From James Monroe, 10 October 1814 (Abstract)

§ From James Monroe. 10 October 1814, War Department. “I have the honor to lay before you a list of appointments in the army of the United States made during the recess of the Senate.”

RC and enclosures (DNA: RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 13B–A3); letterbook copy (DNA: RG 107, LSP). RC 1 p.; in a clerk’s hand, signed by Monroe. The enclosures (57 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, 1828). description ends 2:535–72) listed 399 appointments in various branches of the army, including that of Andrew Jackson as major general on 1 May 1814; 668 promotions in the infantry and first rifle regiment through May 1814; and 664 promotions in the infantry, artillery, engineers, and dragoons from April through October 1814. JM forwarded the list to the Senate on 14 Oct. 1814 (DNA: RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 13B–A3).

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    To James Madison from James Monroe, 10 October 1814 (Abstract)
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    Monroe, James
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    Madison, James
    Date
    10 October 1814

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    “To James Madison from James Monroe, 10 October 1814 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-08-02-0262. [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. 299.]

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