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Considerations of Defense, Settlement, and Trade
03/01/1799 Autograph Draft LetterHamilton orders Rivardi to examine and assess the present disposition of the posts in the northwestern quarters with an emphasis on considerations of defense, settlement, and trade.
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Connecticut Gore Controversy
12/06/1799 Autograph Letter SignedHamilton assures Wadsworth that he will do his best to help resolve the land dispute between the State of Conneciticut and the State of New York.
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Confidence should be placed in agents of the government...
08/13/1799 Autograph Draft DocumentHamilton explains five points he considers essential in dealing with contractors. He stresses that the choices that affect the health and happiness of the army should be made by government agents and …
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Complaints Relative to the Pay of the Troops
11/16/1799 Letter SignedMcHenry assures Hamilton that it pains him greatly that, for whatever reason, the troops are not being paid promptly and that he will take the necessary steps to correct the situation.
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Competition Among the Actual Contractors, Etc.
07/17/1799 Autograph Letter SignedHamilton tries to impress upon McHenry the necessity of coordinating similar prices for supplies and rations amongst the sundry states. He emphasizes the importance of stimulating competition amongst …
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Compensation for Slaves' Services
07/06/1799 Autograph Letter Signed"...Some of the officers wish to take their own slaves as servants and wish to be informed whether any and what compensation will be made for their services..."
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Compensation for Services Rendered
10/25/1799 Draft DocumentHamilton argues for the awarding of compensation and emoluments to Lieutenant Smith for service rendered as judge advocate. His absece from that post was due to a severe wound recieved while in …
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Compensation for My Services
03/14/1799 Autograph Letter SignedStevens requests Hamilton's assistance in deciding whether to be compensated with a salary or by commission. He is not sure that the Secretary of War is aware of the nature of his service attending to …
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Compensation Allowed to British Troops
07/15/1799 Autograph Letter SignedAcknowledges Hamilton's letter of "the 9th Instant." Lists the amounts of fuel and other supplies "for which a compensation, in money was allowed, to the British troops, in the barracks, and when …
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Communication from the Officer Commanding Fort Massac
08/26/1799 Autograph Letter"Brigadier General Wilkinson has the honor to transmit Major General Hamilton an original communication from the officer commanding Fort Masac near the mouth of the Ohio River which appears to him to …
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Comments on the Military Affairs of this Country
10/05/1799 Autograph Letter SignedHamtramck provides a detailed assessment of what should be done to imrprove the military service of the United States.
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Comments on Recruiting and French Conquests
06/19/1799 Letter SignedGeneral Washington observes that recruiting seems to be going well in Virginia although an adequate supply of clothing would promote it even more. He observes that the miltiary success of France in …
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Comfortable Accomodations of Both Regiments
10/25/1799 Draft Document"I this morning received your letter dated the 23rd instant...Entertaining the same opinion I request you will accordingly give such orders as you may deem proper and expedient for the comfortable …
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Colonel Parker's Encampment in Harper's Ferry
11/04/1799 DocumentLear reports on Colonel Parker's camp at Harper's Ferry. There was some concern that there was not enough lumber to build huts to house the regiment, but the area purchased by the US had sufficient …
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Colonel Hamtramck's Winter Quarters
11/13/1799 Draft LetterHamilton affirms to Gen. Wilkinson that Col. Hamtramck should winter at Fort Fayette with the army rather than at Cincinnatti as he has requested.
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Clothing, Pay, and Rations for Private Servants, Etc.
07/10/1799 Letter SignedMcHenry discusses regulations regarding officers' private servants and the drawing of provisions for "the Children of the Army"
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Clothing, Horseman's Tents, Subsistence Money, Etc.
07/24/1799 Autograph Letter Signed"I have received your letter of the 12th instant. Since the date of my last letter, the residue of clothing mentioned in yours have come to hand. We are much in want of the horseman's tents for the …
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Clothing Was So Long in Coming
06/10/1799 Autograph Letter SignedDiscusses details of recruiting and states: "The clothing &c were so long in coming to hand that the officers were under the necessity of providing blankets, shoes, pots &c for the recruits."
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Claims Rendered by Lieutenant Campbell Smith
11/12/1799 Letter SignedMcHenry discusses the claims against the United States for services as Judge Advocate rendered by Lt. Campbell Smith and for the legal emoluments of the Office of Judge Advocate.
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Claims of the United States at Detroit
11/29/1799 Letter SignedHamtramck informs Hamilton of the claims that had been the property of the Crown that should now be the property of the United Staes.
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Claims of Old Soldiers
12/04/1799 Draft LetterIn response to an inquiry by an old soldier, Hamilton asks McHenry to determine whehter the claims of soldiers who served in the Revolution war are still admissable.
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