The order, supposedly written on Jby Armstrong, and held back til January 1815, was not received by Jackson until March 14, 1815, the envelope open and with no postmark. 24, 1827, Madison writes to Monroe, who served as secretary of state during Madison's presidency, seeking further information about questions raised by Lee concerning delays in delivering the order to General Jackson. In response to a letter from Henry Lee of Aug. In the letter, Madison writes concerning a provisional order of July 18, 1814, issued by Secretary of War John Armstrong to General Andrew Jackson, authorizing him on certain conditions to take possession of Pensacola. A letter from James Madison to James Monroe written on September 22, 1827. View Record in the Biographical Directory of the U.S. died at Montpelier on Jinterment in the private cemetery of Montpelier. delegate in the Virginia constitutional convention of 1829 rector of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville and visitor to the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va. MADISON, James, Jr., A Delegate and a Representative from Virginia and 4th President of the United States born in Port Conway, King George County, Va., Mastudied under private tutors and graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1771 member of the committee of safety from Orange County in 1774 delegate in the Williamsburg (Va.) convention of May 1776 member of the First General Assembly of Virginia in 1776 and was unanimously elected a member of the executive council in 1778 Member of the Continental Congress 88 delegate in the Federal Constitutional Convention at Philadelphia, Pa., in 1787 and signed the Constitution elected to as an Anti-Administration candidate to the First Congress, Second and Third Congresses and reelected as a Democratic Republican to the Fourth Congress (March 4, 1789-March 3, 1797) declined the mission to France, tendered by President Washington in 1794, and also the position of Secretary of State, tendered the same year again a member of the Virginia Assembly from Orange County in 1799 appointed by President Jefferson as Secretary of State on Maentered upon the duties of that office May 2, 1801, and served until Maelected President of the United States in 1808 reelected in 1812 and served from March 4, 1809, to Maretired to his estate, "Montpelier," Orange County, Va.
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