To James Madison from Reuben Humphreys, 10 September 1815

From Reuben Humphreys

Washingto⟨n⟩ City September 10th. 1815

Sir

I beg leave to inform that I wish a continuance in Service haveing selected Arms for a profession and believeing my pretentions as great as many who are Retained I am prompted to solicit your favor by giveing me a place in the Army A favor I shall feel greatfull for.1 I have the honor to be Verry Respectfully sir your most Obt. Sevt.

Reuben Humphreys
Lieut late 13th. Infty.

RC (DNA: RG 94, Letters Received, filed under “Humphrey”). Docketed as received in the War Department in October 1815.

1. Humphreys was reinstated in the army on 2 Dec. 1815 (Heitman, Historical Register description begins Francis B. Heitman, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, from Its Organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903 (2 vols.; 1903; reprint, Baltimore, 1994). description ends , 1:555).

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Title: To James Madison from Reuben Humphreys, 10 September 1815
Author: Humphreys, Reuben
Recipient: Madison, James
Date: 10 September 1815

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Cite as: “To James Madison from Reuben Humphreys, 10 September 1815,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-09-02-0592. [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, p. 610.]