From James Madison to Congress, 9 March 1816
To Congress
March 9th. 1816.
I lay before Congress a statement of the Militia of the United States, according to the latest returns received by the Department of War.1
James Madison
RC, two copies, and enclosure (DNA: RG 46, Legislative Proceedings, President’s Messages, 14A–E6; and DNA: RG 233, President’s Messages, 14A–D1). Each RC in a clerk’s hand, signed by JM. RC and enclosure printed in 1:636–38. For enclosure, see n. 1. , Military Affairs,
1. The enclosure (1 large folio) forwarded by JM was an account of the “latest returns” of militia from the states and territories, prepared by Daniel Parker on 1 Mar. 1816. The returns ranged in date from 1809 to 1815 and totaled 748,566.