John Francis Hamtramck

87 documents

Suggested Changes to Regulations
01/25/1798 Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Hamtramck returns changes he made in the regulations sent by McHenry.
Northwest Territory Collection, M367
Letter Citation
03/12/1798 Cited letter or document
Cited in Simmons to Hamtramck, 05/04/1798. Simmons informs Hamtramck that he may forward his vouchers until the paymaster can settle his other claims.
Citations
Fear of Mailing Vouchers, Request to Settle with Agent of Accountants Office
05/12/1798 Autograph Letter Signed
Hamtramck wont send vouchers through the mail, requested Simmons send representative to settle account.
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Troops, Barracks, Arms, Supplies, and Indian Boundary Lines
09/27/1799 Letter Signed
Hamtramck provides his assessment of the barracks, troops, arms, and supplies at Fort Fayette. He wonders why the Indian boundary lines have not been run when the contract states that that they should …
Printed Versions
This injustice has fallen heavy on me, Etc.
07/01/1799 Letter Signed
Colonel Hamtramck provides a detailed report of the situation in the Western Country. He reports on the condition of the sundry garrisons, the state of magazines, and other stores, and the disposition …
Printed Versions
Reports from Loftus's Heights
12/19/1799 Letter Signed
Hamtramck explains that he has had no reports from Loftus's Heights because it appears that the troops on the Mississippi consider themselves independent of his command in the absense of General …
Printed Versions
RE Organization of Individual Regiments.
11/01/1799 Letter Signed
Routine instructions and correspondence concerning the organization of individual regiments.
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RE Organization of Individual Regiments
11/08/1799 Draft Letter
Routine instructions and correspondence concerning the organization of individual regiments.
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RE Organization of Individual Regiments
10/18/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
Routine instructions and correspondence concerning the organization of individual regiments.
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RE Letters of Enclosure & Individual Officers and Soldiers
09/13/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
Routine letters of enclosure AND routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers
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RE Letter of Enclosure
07/30/1799 Letter Signed
Routine letter of enclosure
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RE Infractions of Military discipline & Regimental Organization
10/11/1799 Letter Signed
Routine correspondence concerning courts-martial and infractions of military discipline and concerning the organization of individual regiments.
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RE Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers
07/30/1799 Letter Signed
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers
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RE Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers
07/23/1799 Letter Signed
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers
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Promotions Frequently Prove More Injurious than Advantageous
02/02/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
Due to the unsettled state of the military establishment, Hamtramck does not want to be promoted if it is only a temporary measure that could harm his career.
Alexander Hamilton Papers
Prohibiting the Sale of Liquor to Indians, Etc.
09/19/1799 Letter Signed
Hamtramck reports from his post at Detroit on matters ranging from the drunkness of the local Indians to the erroneous report from Colonel Srong on the prevalence of Indian hostility.
Printed Versions
Pittsburgh is the Most Eligible Summer Post
07/17/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
Hamtramck explains why he has selected Pittsburgh instead of Detroit to be his post during the summer months.
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NO COPY ON FILE
07/01/1799 Extract
no copy on file.
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Making Amends for the Loss of Kentucky Horses, Etc.
04/01/1799 Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Along with a discussion of the opening for navigation of several rivers, Hamtramck explains the measures that should be taken to punish Indians for the theft of a number of horses in Kentucky.
Alexander Hamilton Papers
Letters of Enclosure
12/28/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
Routine letters of enclosure.
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Letters of Enclosure
12/25/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
Routine letters of enclosure.
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Letters of Enclosure
12/20/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
Routine letters of enclosure.
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Letters of Enclosure
12/01/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
Routine letters of enclosure.
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Ignorance of Some Officers in the Old Regiments
12/19/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
John F. Hamtramck explains his reference in an earlier letter to the ignorance of some officers in the Old Regiments. By using the term "ignorance" he meant to convey the want of the necessary …
Printed Versions
Hamtramck's Report from the Western District
01/21/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
Hamtramck reports that he has recovered his health and has resumed his former command. He talks of his progress from Natchez and comments on the land-grabbing of the people of Kentucky and Tennessee. …
Alexander Hamilton Papers