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Divine Services on Sunday for the Troops
11/10/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
Smith recommends to Hamilton that his troops attend divine services on Sundays and recommends that the local parson be employed for that purpose. This would eliminate the immediate necessity of …
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Distribution of Muster and Payroll Forms
09/22/1799 Autograph Draft Document
Hamilton discusses the forms of muster and payrolls needed by officers in order to receive and disburse pay to the troops. He stresses that each commanding general needs these forms but that …
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Distribution & Assignment of the 14th. Circle in the State of Massachusetts into SubDistricts
1799 Printed transcription/modern copy of Document
Rice has created a table listing the superintending officers, the subdistricts, the principal town for each subdistrict, and the officer in charge of the district. These districts were all under his …
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Disposition of the Troops into Divisions and Brigades
10/12/1799 Autograph Draft Document
Hamilton provides his recommendations for the distribution of the troops of the United States into divisions and brigades.
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Disposition of the Officers of the Two Regiments of Artillerists and Engineers
05/16/1799 Copy of document
In these General Orders, Hamilton explains the assignments of officers of the two regiments of Artillerists and Engineers.
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Disposition of the Officers of the 13th Regiment
1799 Autograph Document Signed
A discussion of the disposition of the officers of the 13th Regiment to the districts and sub Districts for the recruiting service in the State of Connecticut.
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Disposition of the Four Regiments of the Permanent Establishment
10/12/1799 Autograph Draft Document
Hamilton describes in detail his ambitious plan for the disposition of the four regiments of the permanant army.
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Disposition of Officers and Soldiers
02/28/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
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Disposition of Individual Officers and Soldiers
03/04/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
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Disposition of Individual Officers and Soldiers
02/28/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
Enclosure: Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
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Disposition of Individual Officers & Soldiers
02/27/1799 Letter Signed
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
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Disposition of Forces
09/09/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
Hamilton makes major modifications to Wilkison's plan for the disposition of American forces and assesses the strength and utility of each post. He argues that the forces will be more effective if …
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Disposition & Arrangement of the Battalion of Major Daniel Jackson
06/30/1799 Document Signed
Disposition & arrangement of the troops composing the Battalion of Major Daniel Jackson.
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Dismissal Certificate of Levi Gates
09/02/1799 Copy of document
The Dismissal Certificate of Levi Gates.
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Dismissal Certificate of Edward McGowen
09/02/1799 Copy of document
The Dismissal Certificate of Edward McGowen.
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Discharging Arrearages of Pay and Subsistence
09/25/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
"In the pressure of business I omitted to mention in my letter of this day that a calculation had been made previously to the receipt of yours of the 23d instant for sending as much money to the new …
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Discharge of William Richardson
09/13/1799 Draft Document
"I enclose to you the copy of a letter from Captain Draper of your regiment. I am of opinion from the circumstances which are stated that it will be proper to discharge the person to whom the letter …
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Discharge of Sewal Moore
09/14/1799 Draft Document
"Your letter of the sixth of this month has been delivered to me. I have no objection to the discharge of Sewal Moore if he will procure a good and substantial person in his place. With regard to the …
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Directions Relative to the Funeral Honors for General Washington
12/19/1799 Document
Directions for funeral honors to be paid on the death of General Washington. All military stations, officers, and volunteers are to wear crape on the left arm for six months to signify mourning. …
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Difficulty in the Payment of Troops, Etc.
09/14/1799 Draft Document
Hamilton emphasizes that the troops must be paid promptly or many probems, including desertions, will resutl. The lack of musters or payrolls should not interfere with this goal. He notes that that …
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Difficulties arise from the separation of command...
08/13/1799 Autograph Draft Document
Pinckney provides his assessment of the current status of the Provisional Army as to its recruiting, its supplies, and its organization.
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Different Wants of This Garrison
09/05/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
"...I hope Captain Thompson will by the time this letter comes to hand, have the honor of seeing you and, as I requested him, to lay the differnt wants of this garrison &a before you."
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Desertion Prevails to a Ruinous Extent
05/27/1799 Letter Signed
Hamilton lists his four remedies to solve the problem of rampant desertions. He is particularly insistent that the President should support the courts as they sentence deserters to the most extreme …
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Deployment of Troops
10/22/1799 Autograph Draft Document
Hamilton worries that committing too large a force to the southern frontiers will substantially weaken military strength on the northwestern frontier.
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Deployment of Forces and Erection of Fortifications
10/31/1799 Autograph Draft Document
Hamilton expresses in detail his recommendations regarding the deployment of forces and the erection of fortifications. He believes strongly that the soldiery should be used for this purpose whenever …
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