Francis S. Belton to Daniel Parker, 21 February 1815 (Abstract)

§ Francis S. Belton to Daniel Parker. 21 February 1815, Baltimore. “By the direction of Major General Scott I have the honor to transmit for the consideration of the President of the United States the proceedings of a General Court Martial held at Pittsburgh Pa of which Captain Sampson S King 22d Reg Infy is President.”

RC (DNA: RG 94, Letters Received, filed under “Belton”). 1 p.; docketed as received in the War Department on 23 Feb. 1815. Enclosure not found. Belton also sent court-martial proceedings to Parker for JM’s decision in letters dated 14 Jan., 22 Feb., and 21 Apr. 1815, the first of which is docketed in an unidentified hand: “Gen Orders on proceeding of Cts Martial in Capital Cases with a list of those sentenced to death for the decision of the President,” and by Parker: “Proceedings returned to Major Belton” (ibid.).

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Title: Francis S. Belton to Daniel Parker, 21 February 1815 (Abstract)
Author: Belton, Francis S.
Recipient: Parker, Daniel
Date: 21 February 1815

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Cite as: “Francis S. Belton to Daniel Parker, 21 February 1815 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-09-02-0015. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 9, 19 February 1815–12 October 1815, ed. Angela Kreider, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, and Anne Mandeville Colony. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2018, pp. 18–19.]