Thomas Parker - Papers of the War Department

Letter Citation

06/13/1786 Cited letter or document

Cited in Savage to Parker, 07/07/1786.

Citations

Winter Quarters for the 8th, 9th, and 10th Regiments

10/10/1799 Autograph Letter Signed

States that with the help of Tobias Lear he has selected ground for winter quarters for the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Regiments. Adds that he "made this arrangement on a supposition that the troops are …

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Whether an Officer might take his slave into service...

07/20/1799 Autograph Letter Signed

"One [query] in my last letter you did not answer (to wit) whether an officer had permission to take his slave into service and whether any or what compensation would be allowed him. I observe in the …

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Waist Coats Composed of Indifferent Negro Cotton

07/17/1799 Autograph Letter Signed

"...A partial supply of clothing has at last arrived...I cannot help however complaining of the waistcoats that have been sent on, one part of which--I mean the backs--is absolutely composed of …

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Urging a Remittance of Pay and Subsistence, Etc.

08/07/1799 Autograph Letter Signed

Parker is concerned about the lack of pay and subsistence for his officers and insufficient clothing for his men and recruits.

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Subsistance and Allowance for Recruiting Officers

08/11/1799 Autograph Letter Signed

"...Some of my officers are so distressed for money that I have been obliged to procure a loan to enable them to go on with the recfruiting service. Their expenses in continually removing from post to …

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Soldiers are becoming very uneasy and restless...

09/16/1799 Autograph Letter Signed

Parker warns that his troops are becoming restless due to their lack of pay and therefore are easy prey for enemies of the government. He lists a number of articles that are not available to the …

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Request for Clothing

07/03/1799 Autograph Letter Signed

Clothing requested not yet arrived, dissatisfaction prevails.

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Recruiting business is totally stopped and desertion prevails

10/16/1799 Autograph Letter Signed

Parker complains that the delay in paying the troops has destroyed recruiting efforts and increased the number of desertions.

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Recommending Individuals for Army and Navy Appointments

11/27/1799 Autograph Letter Signed

Routine correspondence recommending individuals for Army and Navy appointments.

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Re Recommending Individuals for Army and Navy Appointments & Army Recruiting

05/03/1799 Autograph Letter Signed

Routine correspondence recommending individuals for Army and Navy appointments and routine instructions and correspondence concerning Army recruiting.

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RE Recommending Individuals for Army and Navy Appointments

05/14/1799 Autograph Letter Signed

Routine correspondence recommending individuals for Army and Navy appointments.

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RE Recommendations for Army and Navy Appointments

10/06/1799 Autograph Letter Signed

Routine correspondence recommending individuals for Army and Navy appointments.

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RE Recommendations for Army and Navy Appointments

08/28/1799 Autograph Letter Signed

Routine correspondence recommending individuals for Army and Navy appointments

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RE Organization of Individual Regiments & Army Supplies, Quarters, and Pay

07/09/1799 Autograph Draft Letter

Routine instructions and correspondence concerning the organization of individual regiments and concerning Army supplies, quarters, and pay

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RE Organization of Individual Regiments

11/13/1799 Autograph Letter Signed

Routine instructions and correspondence concerning the organization of individual regiments.

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RE Organization of Individual Regiments

09/06/1799 Autograph Letter Signed

Routine instructions and correspondence concerning the organization of individual regiments.

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RE Organization of Individual Regiments

08/15/1799 Autograph Letter Signed

Routine instructions and correspondence concerning the organization of individual regiments

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RE Organization of Individual Regiments

04/22/1799 Autograph Letter Signed

Routine instructions and correspondence concerning the organization of individual regiments.

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RE Military Discipline, Army Recruiting, & Organization of Individual Regiments

07/30/1799 Autograph Letter Signed

Routine correspondence concerning courts-martial and infractions of military discipline, routine instructions and correspondence concerning Army recruiting and concerning the organization of …

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RE Individual Officers and Soldiers & Army Supplies, Quarters, and Pay

10/29/1799 Autograph Letter Signed

Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers and routine instructions and correspondence …

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RE Individual Officers and Soldiers & Army Supplies, Quarters, and Pay

09/26/1799 Autograph Letter Signed

Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers and concerning Army supplies, quarters, and pay.

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