MMC, McHenry, James: Mm85004543
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Army Supplies, Quarters, and Pay
09/10/1799 Letter SignedRoutine instructions and correspondence concerning Army supplies, quarters, and pay
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Army Supplies, Quarters, and Pay
09/09/1799 Letter SignedRoutine instructions and correspondence concerning Army supplies, quarters, and pay
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Army Supplies, Quarters, and Pay
09/06/1799 Letter SignedRoutine instructions and correspondence concerning Army supplies, quarters, and pay
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Army Supplies, Quarters, and Pay
09/03/1799 Letter SignedRoutine instructions and correspondence concerning Army supplies, quarters, and pay. Specifically mentions horseman's tents.
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Army and Navy Appointments
10/24/1799 Letter SignedCorrespondence recommending individuals for Army and Navy appointments
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Appropriations for Fortifications and Expenditures
08/10/1799 Autograph DocumentList of different fortifications and costs.
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Appointments to Fill Vacancies in the Sixth Regiment
07/30/1799 Autograph DocumentLists officer names and positions.
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Appointments and Promotions
10/15/1799 Letter SignedRoutine applications for Army appointments and promotions
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Announces Presidential Commission as Brigadier General
03/11/1799 Autograph Letter SignedAnnounces his appointment by the President as Brigadier General of the provincial army. Requests his oath of affirmation.
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Announces Discussion on Military Bill; Requests Names
03/29/1799 Autograph Letter SignedReports that the House reopened discussion on the military bill. Requests additional names to add. Lists names.
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Announces Contract with James O'Hara to Supply Western Posts
04/04/1799 Autograph Letter SignedForwards copy of contract with James O'Hara to supply western posts. Requests information be forwarded to several commandants, Congress, and various posts.
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Announces Approval of Pierre Gaitlare as First Lieutenant
09/04/1799 Autograph Draft LetterEncloses letter from Major General Pinckney with report that Mr. Pierre Gaitlair is approved as first lieutenant in the post of Mr. Charles Bayle, who has refused to accept.
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Administration of Officers and Soldiers and Army Supplies, Quarters, and Pay
09/05/1799 Letter SignedRoutine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers. Routine instructions and correspondence …
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Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers
10/31/1799 Letter SignedMcHenry encloses an extract of a letter from Captain James Taylor.
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Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers
10/31/1799 Letter SignedRoutine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers
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Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers
10/24/1799 Letter SignedRegarding a letter written by Captain Elliott concerning his future command at the laboratory and his desire that men presently under his command be stationed with him.
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Administration of individual officers and soldiers
07/10/1799 Autograph Draft LetterRoutine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers
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[Untitled]
02/22/1799 Autograph Letter SignedWrites of garrisons in North Carolina, Kentucky, and Georgia. Mentions activity of General Pinckney. Requests careful attention to Indian lands on Cumberland River.
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The Case of Beal and Hopkins
04/01/1800 Autograph Letter SignedMcHenry advises that it would be a mistake to depart from the rules regarding relative rank, even though in the case of Beal and Hopkins, Beal is the preferable officer. Adding grades to ranks or …
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Suspension of the Recruiting Service
04/14/1800 Autograph Letter SignedColonel Moore has not received Hamilton's orders suspending the recruiting service for the twelve new regiments because some of the southerly regiments are still recruiting
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Suspension of Recruiting Service
01/17/1800 Autograph Letter SignedThinks it is probable that the House of Representatives will suspend the recruiting service although the firmness of the Senate is doubtful.
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Successor to the War Department
05/30/1800 Autograph Letter SignedLetter from the Secretary of War in his final days in office. McHenry appears to speak in ambiguity about his successor, unknown to this point to McHenry. Samuel Dexter would replace McHenry.
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Resignation as Secretary of War
05/13/1800 Autograph Letter SignedLetter to Major General Charles Cotesworth Pinckney concerning McHenry's resignation as Secretary of War, effective June 1.
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Resignation
05/20/1800 Letter SignedMcHenry agrees with Hamilton's assertion that public affairs are dangerous to one's reputation at present. On the whole, McHenry is happy to have resigned. He encloses a copy of a letter to his nephew …
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