James Madison Papers

To James Madison from James Monroe, 24 January 1815 (Abstract)

From James Monroe, 24 January 1815 (Abstract)

§ From James Monroe. 24 January 1815, War Department. “I have the honor respectfully to propose for your approbation, the following promotions in the Army of the United States.”

RC and enclosure (DNA: RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 13B–A3). RC 1 p.; in a clerk’s hand, signed by Monroe. The enclosure (11 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 2:607–14) listed 278 promotions in the infantry, artillery, dragoons, and rifle regiments. JM forwarded the nominations to the Senate on 1 Feb. 1815 (DNA: RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 13B–A3).

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    To James Madison from James Monroe, 24 January 1815 (Abstract)
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    Monroe, James
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    Madison, James
    Date
    24 January 1815

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    “To James Madison from James Monroe, 24 January 1815 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-08-02-0464. [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. 526.]

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