Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
U.S. Government Documents Declaring War, 1812 June 1-25
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
This double-sided broadside reprints a message to Congress by James Madison (June 10); a report from the Committee on Foreign Relations; the declaration of war, signed by Henry Clay and William Crawford, and approved by James Madison (June 18); a proclamation by the president, signed by James Madison and James Monroe (June 19); and a letter to the citizens of West Tennessee from Felix Grundy (June 25). President Madison’s message lays out the provocations by Great Britain and the decision...
Dates:
1812 June 1-25