Showing posts with label President Madison. Show all posts
Showing posts with label President Madison. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 16, 2020

From The Writings Of James Madison

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Source
Sunday, June 7, 2020

Joseph H. Nicholson Presided

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"Early in 1812 the advocates of war determined on a public expression of their opinions, and on May 16 a called meeting was held at th...
Friday, February 28, 2020

The Diplomatic Policy Of Mr. Madison Unveiled

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Source "The Political History of Mr. Madison will be first and briefly discussed m order to shew us what we had a right to expect...
Friday, August 23, 2019

James Madison Letter Of August 23rd

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Source Letter From Auction House Brochure
Monday, December 7, 2015

Thoughts Of War Compared To 1940

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Napoleon Excerpts from a book published Christmas, 1940  [before a " date that will live in infamy" and the Declaration O...
Sunday, January 25, 2015

By Order Of The President?

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Source Taken from Opinions of attorneys general ..., the Opinion of 25 January 1821: After the opinion I had the honor to expres...
Sunday, September 28, 2014

Major George Peter

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Source He [George Peter] was the youngest son of Robert Peter. He was born in George Town on the 28th of September, 1779. When only f...
Monday, June 23, 2014

Mr. Madison's War

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Source None of the 39  Federalists  in Congress voted in favor of the war; critics of war subsequently referred to it as "Mr. Mad...
Sunday, June 1, 2014

James Madison's Address To Congress And The Declaration Of War

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Source James Madison  was President of the United States when war was declared . From the Montpelier Organization : When James M...
Friday, May 30, 2014

Quids And The Triangular War

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A (pre-war) letter from Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, May 30, 1812, included in The James Madison Papers, mentioned the following: ...
Friday, May 23, 2014

Court Martial Of Vindictiveness?

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Such was the claim of the officer who was the subject of said court martial, General James Wilkinson. Source General Wilkinson'...
Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Mr. Rogers Who Was A British Soldier

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Among the Letters Received By the Adjutant General, 1805 - 1821, was a letter to Secretary of War Henry Dearborn from William Rogers (and a...
Sunday, April 20, 2014

Difficulty In Reducing The Debt

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Albert Gallatin Statue From the  Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission : Once in office, he [ Albert Gallatin ] vigorously...
Monday, March 31, 2014

Whale's Valor

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Presented by J. Madison, President, of the U.S. To Whale The Reward of Signal Valor of Heroism At the Battle of the Horseshoe   M...
Sunday, March 16, 2014

James Madison, The Early Years

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Born in Virginia and educated in New Jersey....more from the   History of the life, administration and times of James Madison ...
Saturday, March 1, 2014

Political Dynamite

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Source From the Star-Tribune ( May 2012 ): "Two hundred years ago (2012), President Madison dealt with what in our time might ...
Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Madison's Perpetual War

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Perpetual War...   (published in 1813): "Then James Madison, a second time President, adopted a remedy for the wrongs of our ...
Thursday, January 16, 2014

Leaving the Army during Mr. Madison's War

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Information from an article from the NARA entitled Leaving the Army during Mr. Madison's War:  Certificates of Discharge for the War of...
Tuesday, January 7, 2014

The Erskine (Non) Agreement

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From the History of the U.S. State Department government  site : "[Secretary of State Robert] Smith’s major diplomatic mission to i...
Saturday, May 25, 2013

Consideration Of A Triangular War

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For my first foray into the substance of  The War of 1812 book, a valuable nugget of information was discovered. As pre-war tensions wer...