1To James Madison from Levett Harris, 24 August 1815 (Madison Papers)
I take the liberty of recommending to the notice of Your Excellency the application I have made in my dispatch of this date, to the Secretary of State, in behalf of my nephew, John Levett Harris. My nephew will have the honor of presenting this letter personally to your Excellency, and Should it not interfere with your other arrangements and dispositions, I persuade myself that the office I...
2To James Madison from John Maul, 24 August 1815 (Madison Papers)
I would beg leave to represent to your Excellency, that having made known to the Honble Mr Monroe, my wish to enter the service of my country, he did me the honor of addressing to the Secretary of War a letter, recommending me for an appointment in the Army of the U States. That on the 29t July 1813, I had the honor of receiving a letter from the Secretary of War, informing me that your...
3To James Madison from James Monroe, 24 August 1815 (Madison Papers)
I arriv’d here on the 21., and have already deriv’d advantage from the use of the water. I propose to leave this for the sweet springs on the 28. or 9., and after remaining there a week at most, to return home, where I expect to be on the 12., if not sooner. My hope is sanguine, that this trip will completely restore my health. This water, promises to remove every unfavorable simptom of bile,...
4To James Madison from Ralph Schenck, 24 August 1815 (Madison Papers)
Our Nation reposes in the arms of peace. A Glorious war for the Vindication of National rights nay, for the preservation of National Independence, with a powerful and haughty foe who arrowgated to himself the indisputed supremacy of the Ocean, whose forces in Spain, had then but lately successfully coped with the Veteran legions of France, and whose pretentions of every kind were high and...