Instructions to the Incoming Secretary of War
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Instructions to the Incoming Secretary of War
Description
Instructions for McHenry's successor - Samuel Dexter - on important matters of the War Department, including: discharge of the Provisional Army, Indian policy, supply of clothing, trading houses on the western frontier, contractors for cannon, the Corps of Artillerists & Engineers, fortifications, and the establishment of an armory at Harper's Ferry. Also mentions his desire for a National Foundry for casting cannon, shot, and shells, which he has proposed to President Adams.
year created
1800
month created
05
day created
29
author
sent from location
War Department
recipient
in collection
note
Enclosed in McHenry to Adams, 05/31/1800.
DEII Candidacy: everything McHenry considered important to the current state of the War Department should be included herein.
DEII Candidacy: everything McHenry considered important to the current state of the War Department should be included herein.
notable person/group
Samuel Dexter
James McHenry
Alexander Hamilton
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
officers
privates
paymaster general
superintendent
quartermaster general
army
regiments
infantry
Thomas Butler
Natchez
musicians
Isaac Craig
James Wilkinson
William Chancellor
Indians
Chickasaw
Creek
Cherokee
Choctaw
savage
John Adams
contractors
accountant
artillerists
engineers
Mr. Foncin
French
troops
laborers
[Benjamin Stoddert]
directors
Congress
workmen
clerk
German
translator
Henry Lee
notable location
War Department
Savannah
Knoxville
Tennessee
Mississippi
Pittsburgh
Northwestern
frontier
Philadelphia
Chickasaw Bluff
Bank of the United States
Oconee
Tellico
West
Baltimore
Potomac
Harper's Ferry
Springfield
War Office
Virginia
notable item/thing
Packet
papers
measures
directions
discharge
pay
military stores
clothing
tents
camp
equipment
garrisons
detachments
buttons
dollars
cloth
stipends
treaties
factory
medal
silver
bronze
emblem
manufactures
boxes
cattle
spinning
weaving
trading houses
contracts
cannon
accounts
expenditures
fortifications
armory
small arms
buildings
canal
ammunition
home
metal
ordnance
foundry
ore
shot
guns
shells
laboratory
magazines
powder
deposits
regulations
carriages
rent
salary
stores
depots
books
employment
notable idea/issue
[Provisional Army]
transportation
public
fraud
Revolutionary War
[wage labor]
labor
workers
wages
document number
1800052900455
page start
9
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (57 pages) | IDJ12 (57 pages) | Collection: John Adams Papers | R: 397 |
| [view document] (27 pages) | BRX11 (27 pages) | Collection: James McHenry Papers | B: 5, 27 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | James McHenry | War Department | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Samuel Dexter | [unknown] | [n/a] |