Shelter and Wages for the 14th Regiment
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Shelter and Wages for the 14th Regiment
Description
Rice informs Hamilton of the status of the construction of huts for the 14th Regiment and also the dissatisfaction among the men due to their not receiving their wages. A group was planning to desert but were prevented from doing so. The leaders now await trial by court martial.
year created
1799
month created
11
day created
09
author
sent from location
Oxford [Massachusetts]
recipient
in collection
in publication
note
Cited in Hamilton to Rice, 11/14/1799 and Hamilton to Swan, 11/14/1799.
cited note
Cited document that was neither sent to nor from the War Office
notable person/group
Alexander Hamilton
Nathan Rice
recruits belonging to the 14th Regiment
Colonel Smith
the Contractor [either Joseph or Nathaniel Ruggles]
[deserters]
Paymaster General [Caleb Swan]
servants to the officers
notable location
Oxford, Massachusetts
notable item/thing
huts
tools
wages
bounty
Act of Congress declaring that the army should not at any time be more than months in arrears
Court Martial
my solicitation for money
timber
notable phrase
...by the exertions of both the officers and men, we shall have sufficient [huts] for the non-commissioned officers and soldiers completed in another week
those [huts]...I have built in one line and contemplate in the plan sufficient for the complete regiment
I feel anxious lest my calculation for the timber deemed necessary for three regiments was too small
the other regiments [15th and 16th Regiments of Infantry] I suppose will arrive in the course of the ensuing week
no time will be lost in having them covered
...a very considerable dissatisfaction has, and still does, exist among the men of my regiment on account of their not receiving any wages
...full evidence that a considerable number [of men] intended to have gone off [deserted] in a body
they were prevented [from deserting] by a timely discovery of their intentions
two are in confinement--one of them appears to be the ring leader
can I not have them tried on the arrival of the other regiments by a General Court Martial?
document number
1799110960200
Item sets
Document instances
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| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Printed Versions | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Publication: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Nathan Rice | Oxford [Massachusetts] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Alexander Hamilton | [unknown] | [n/a] |