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Promises Assistance to Request
10/01/1799 Autograph Letter SignedAcknowledges receipt of letter and has discussed it. Promises assistance.
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Presidential Transmission of Court Martials
05/28/1799 Autograph Letter SignedReports transmission to the President of court martials under his order.
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Presidential Responsibilities & Terms of Enlistment
03/14/1799 Autograph LetterHamilton explains the responsibility of the President to appoint the requisite number of lieutenants as well as the quartermaster and the paymaster. He also addresses whether soldiers would be more …
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Presidential Request
02/26/1799 Autograph Letter SignedMakes reference to a request of the President. Outlines regulations.
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Presidential Pardon to Captain Wright and Tisdale Atwood for Desertion
05/07/1799 Autograph Letter SignedMessage from the President pardoning Captain Wright and Tisdale Atwood for charges of desertion. Requests careful communication to officers.
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Presidential Confirmation for Mr. Fowler; List of Officers
05/23/1799 Autograph Letter SignedSpeaks of presidential confirmation of appointment of Mr. Fowler. Lists names for additional appointments.
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Presents Corrected Names to Senate for Nomination
01/14/1799 Autograph Draft LetterReports list of nominations to present to the Senate for appointments in the army. Refers to a misnaming of one candidate.
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Plans to Supply Officers and Reorganize Regiments
04/22/1799 Autograph LetterRefers to the appointment of officers and the numbering of regiments. Seeks careful governance. Plans to raise regiments in North and South Carolina and Kentucky, with plans in New Hampshire, Vermont, …
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Plan to Redistribute Regiments in Western Country and South
10/16/1799 Author's Letterbook CopyReplies to Hamilton's letter, as per President's instructions. Refers to plan to detail four regiments. Weighs out reduction of fortifications and the redistribution of troops with a reserve force. …
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Outlines War Department Accounts as Approved by the President
12/21/1799 Autograph Letter SignedEncloses two letters from the President outlining his approval of money used by the War Department, with special instructions for the accounts of James Prop and Samuel Lewis.
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Outlines Responsibilities for Mr. Foncin at Fort McHenry
03/28/1799 Autograph Letter SignedOutlines responsibilities of Mr. Foncin at Fort McHenry.
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Outlines Process of Payment through Paymaster General and Quartermaster General
03/08/1799 Autograph Letter SignedRefers to conversation about payment for the troops and subsequent bill. Speaks of process with paymaster general and quartermaster general.
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Outlines Garrisons, Army Provisions, and Old and New Establishments
02/04/1799 Autograph Letter SignedComments on General Washington's views on the US army. Refers to garrisons at Michilimackinac, along the Mississippi, in Pittsburgh, in Detroit, in Georgia, Tennessee. Mentions divisions of the army …
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Outlines Arrangements and Procedures for Draft
01/16/1799 Autograph Letter SignedReports on requested draft. Outlines fundamental arrangements and provisions. Mentions proper procedures for the Commander-in-Chief.
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Outlines Activities for State Militia
03/07/1799 Autograph Letter SignedReports correspondence with the President in regard to the grand jury of Brunswick County and encloses a response. Refers to congressional act authorizing the President to raise a provisional army. …
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Outlines Activites to Meet Insurgents in Pennsylvania
03/21/1799 Autograph Letter SignedContinuation to reject the execution based on just authority of the government in Northampton County. Mentions cases of open violence. Requests detachment of volunteers with a paymaster and a …
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Organization of Individual Regiments.
11/01/1799 Letter SignedRoutine instructions and correspondence concerning the organization of individual regiments.
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Organization of Individual Regiments
11/20/1799 Letter SignedRoutine instructions and correspondence concerning the organization of individual regiments.
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Organization of Individual Regiments
09/04/1799 Letter SignedTents for the 9th Regiment of Infantry have been forwarded to Baltimore.
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Opinion that the President Cannot Appoint Officers
05/03/1799 Autograph Letter SignedExpresses opinion that the President has no power to appoint officers to battalions. Distinguishes between filling a vacancy and appointment of a new office.
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Officers Proposed to Fill Regimental Vacancies
05/09/1799 Autograph Letter SignedMcHenry submits a list of officers proposed to fill vacancies in Colonel Ogden's regiment; the list is appended.
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Observations about Supplies, Quartermaster, Business
06/15/1799 Autograph LetterResponds to observations about agents procuring supplies. Seeks to instruct Jonathon Williams on his appointment. The Quartermaster General will go to Pittsburgh to make necessary arrangements. …
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Nomination of Men for Delaware Service
01/14/1799 Autograph Letter SignedSpeaks of men offering their services to Delaware regiments. Mentions the President's responsibility to nominate men.
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Needs of New Army
01/11/1799 Autograph Draft LetterSpeaks of needs of new army.
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Name Presented as Mate for 14th Regiment
08/16/1799 Autograph Letter SignedPresented his name to the President as mate for the 14th Regiment.
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