James Madison Papers

To James Madison from James Monroe, 1 February 1815 (Abstract)

From James Monroe, 1 February 1815 (Abstract)

§ From James Monroe. 1 February 1815, War Department. “I have the honor respectfully to propose for your approbation the enclosed appointments in the Army of the United States.”

Letterbook copy and letterbook copy of enclosure (DNA: RG 107, LSP); enclosure (DNA: RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 13B–A3). Letterbook copy 1 p. The enclosure (2 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 2:616) listed twenty-four infantry appointments and promotions, with notes identifying several individuals as having “distinguished” themselves in battle. JM forwarded the enclosure to the Senate on 7 Feb. 1815, adding Simeon Knight’s nomination as quartermaster general (DNA: RG 46, Executive Proceedings, Nominations, 13B–A3).

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    To James Madison from James Monroe, 1 February 1815 (Abstract)
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    Monroe, James
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    Madison, James
    Date
    1 February 1815

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    “To James Madison from James Monroe, 1 February 1815 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-08-02-0484. [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. 548.]

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