Alexander Hamilton Papers
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Extension of My Agency
Hamilton's informs Wilkinson of the breadth of Hamilton's new command and orders him to Philadelphia to confer with him, Washington, and PInckney.
Alexander Hamilton PapersExtending My Confinement
Osborn laments that sixteen days have passed since his arrest and requests that his confinement be extended from the island to the city. .
Alexander Hamilton PapersEvery State Should Provide a Regiment, Etc.
Gunn encloses a copy of the military bill reported to the Senate and asks Hamilton for amendments. He believes that every state should provide one regiment to the [Eventual] Army and that the endless …
Alexander Hamilton PapersEquipage & Clothing for Captain Bruff's New Recruits
Captain Bruff is travelling to Maryland for the purpose of recruiting a company and needs to be furnished with the necessary equipage and clothing for his recruits.
Alexander Hamilton PapersEmbryo of An Army
Delay in recruiting men directly after the passage of an act that augmented the army led to difficulty recruiting good men. Washington expresses skepticism as to whether a real army will ever come …
Alexander Hamilton PapersEmbracing Hamilton's Superintendance & Expressing Personal Concerns
Morris assures Hamilton that he welcomes his superintendance and asks only that he be given sufficient notice if he is to be transferred to another garrison so that he can make appropriate …
Alexander Hamilton PapersEmbracing Hamilton's Superintendance & Expressing Personal Concerns
Morris assures Hamilton that he welcomes his superintendance and asks only that he be given sufficient notice if he is to be transferred to another garrison so that he can make appropriate …
Alexander Hamilton PapersEllis's Statement: Confrontation between Vance & Simmons
The formal statement of Robert Ellis, bookkeeper in the Accountant's office, regarding an angry confrontation between Captain Samuel Vance and William Simmons.
Alexander Hamilton PapersEligible Divisions of Massachusetts, Etc.
Among numerous other matters, Senator Sedgwick gives his opinion of how Massachusetts should be divided into recruiting districts. He is highly critical of Adams' insistance on communicating directly …
Alexander Hamilton PapersDrawing Rations for the Sons of Soldiers
Hamilton admonishes Pike that the drawing of rations for the sons of soldiers is not permitted.
Alexander Hamilton PapersDraft of a Bill for a Provisional Army
Hamilton sends his draft of a bill providing for a provisional army. Such a bill should explain a fundamental arrangement so that subsequent bills need only specify the number to be raised, the …
Alexander Hamilton PapersDoubts of My Adequacy
Although he has recently been appointed Assistant Adjutant General, Ellery does not yet feel qualified to give advice on the distribution of the different states into districts and sub-districts. He …
Alexander Hamilton PapersDoubts About Approving or Disapproving Sentences of Court Martials, Etc.
Hamilton questions whether he has the authority to approve or disapprove sentences of Court Martials that have been instituted by officials other than himself.
Alexander Hamilton PapersDivsion of New Hampshire into Recruiting Districts
Livermore provides his opinion as to how New Hampshire should be divided into recruiting districts with each county comprising a district and a town within each county as the district headquarters.
Alexander Hamilton PapersDivision of the State of Rhode Island into Recruiting Districts
Green provides his suggestions as to how Rhode Island should be divided into recruiting districts.
Alexander Hamilton PapersDivision of New Jersey into Recruiting Districts
Ogden provides his suggestion for dividing New Jersey into recruiting districts.
Alexander Hamilton PapersDivision of Circle 14 into Sub-Districts
Rices describes in detail how, following the geographical rule, he has divided Circle 14 of the State of Massachusetts into sub-districts.
Alexander Hamilton PapersDividing the State of Virginia into Divisions and Sub-Divisions
Washington provides his suggestions for altering the plan for dividing Virginia into military divisions and sub-divisions.
Alexander Hamilton PapersDistribution of the State into Districts & Sub-Districts
Hamilton asks Washington to dispose of the enclosed letters so as to achieve a speedy distribution of the state of Virginia into districts and sub-districts.
Alexander Hamilton PapersDistribution of the Officers of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
Hamilton states that it would be useful for him to acquire a statement of the officers of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers and also the distribution of them among the different portions of the …
Alexander Hamilton PapersDistribution of Existing Military Authority
McHenry lists in detail Hamilton's responsibilities as Inspector General. In particular, he explains the deployment of troops and the means of communications between the various garrisons throughout …
Alexander Hamilton PapersDistribution of Additional Regiments & Troops of Horse
Hamilton stresses the importance of distributing the additional regiments and cavalry among the States according to the orders contained in the report from the Commander in Chief.
Alexander Hamilton PapersDistributing Clothing to Your Regiments
In this Circular to the Commandants of Regiments, Hamilton tells the commanders that it is their decision in selecting the most economical means of distrubuting clothing to their regiments but the …
Alexander Hamilton PapersDisposition of the First Regiment of Artillery
Hamilton explains how the sundry battalions of the First Regiment of Artillery are to be deployed along the southeast seaboard.
Alexander Hamilton PapersDisposition of Rice's Regiment, Etc.
Hamilton discusses the disposition of Rice's regiment and supplying his men. If Rice is not satisfied with Somerset as a regimental redezvous, he is allowed to find an alternative as long as it meets …
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