James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Robert Brent, 9 February 1810 (Abstract)

§ From Robert Brent

9 February 1810, Washington. Recommends two lieutenants for appointment as military district or regimental paymasters, in accordance with the peace establishment act of 1802. Has consulted secretary of war concerning the vacancies and asks JM “to signify your assent at the foot of this letter” if he approves the nominations.

RC (NjP: Crane Collection). 3 pp. Endorsed by JM, “The appts. approved.” Brent was paymaster general of the army, 1808–19 (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.; Washington, 1903). description ends , 1:242).

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    To James Madison from Robert Brent, 9 February 1810 (Abstract)
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    Brent, Robert
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    Madison, James
    Date
    9 February 1810

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    “To James Madison from Robert Brent, 9 February 1810 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/03-02-02-0275. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 2, 1 October 1809–2 November 1810, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Jeanne Kerr Cross, and Susan Holbrook Perdue. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1992, p. 226.]

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