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Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers
01/03/1800 Draft LetterRoutine 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
01/02/1800 Autograph 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
01/02/1800 Draft LetterRoutine 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
01/02/1800 Draft LetterRoutine 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
01/02/1800 Draft LetterRoutine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
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Additional Regiments of Artillerists
05/31/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentThere is now a probability that two regiments of artillerists can be completed, so professors, not exceeding four, can be appointed for the purpose of instructing both artillerists and engineers. …
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Accounts of Those Who Furnish Supplies and Make Disbursements
01/13/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentNotification that the return of the Army which McHenry recently requested was sent. Included in that mailing was a letter from the Adjutant General which provided explanations for expenses.
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Accommodations for Me & My Suite
05/08/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentAs tents may not arrive in time, Hamilton asks Ogden to take a small house within a small distance of the camp at Scotch Plains for him and his suite as he expects to be there by the 20th of the month …
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Absolute Falsehood of the Rumors
03/05/1800 Autograph Letter SignedGeneral Lee strongly asserts that neither he nor Ludwell Lee wrote letters against the Inspector General and his politics. He begs Hamilton to ignore the calumnies of his enemies because if they …
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A Report on the Secretary of War, On certain measures which appear to him to be necessary for the improvement of our Military System.
01/05/1800 Printed DocumentReport detailing necessary improvements to the current military system. Advocates for a standing army and necessary fortifications and education systems to produce and maintain said military.
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A New Career in the Turkish Dominions
03/02/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentIzard requests that he be allowed to retain his rank in the Army during the year he will be pursuing a new career in the Turkish Dominions. Requested a leave of absence per advice from McHenry;
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05/01/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentNotification of submission of report on the appropriation for the fortifications and defense of various harbors along the eastern seaboard. McHenry believed the sum was wholly inadequate to protect …
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04/26/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentDiscussed trade with Indians and receipt of licenses by traders. Traders should be restricted to certain towns, as decided by the most senior and influential chief. It should be forbidden that the …
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03/14/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentNotification that commission for Lieut. Spring was sent to the Sec. of War, other vacancies will be filled via promotion. Expressed happiness that order and subordination was restored among men under …
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01/13/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentNotification that Pickering, Wolcott, McHenry, and Stoddert considered letter from Randolf by the President's advice and believed it contained "contemptuous language " that "require[d] censure". …
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[PRIVATE] Suspending the Recruiting Service
03/03/1800 Copy of documentIf it is true that has a law has been passed suspending the recruiting service for the twelve additional regiments, instructions from the War Department should precede Hamilton's agency upon that law.
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[Order of the President to the Heads of the Departments concerning the transfer to Washington.]
05/15/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentNotification that the construction of all Federal buildings in Washington D.C. are complete and that the movement of public offices to that location from Philadelphia was authorized by John Adams.
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[No. 39. Military Academy, and Reorganization of the Army]
01/13/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document"A report, made to me on the fifth of this month, by the Secretary of War, contains various matters, in which the honor and safety of the nation are deeply interested; I transmit it, therefore, to …
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[No. 37 Armory at Springfield]
01/06/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document"I have the honor to transmit a report, exhibiting the expenses of the national armory at Springfield, Massachusetts together with the fullest information I have been able to obtain, relative to the …
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[General Orders] Reduction in Force
05/18/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentThese are the General Orders. to be implemented by June 15, regarding the discharge of officers and men who had been appointed or enlisted under the act to augment the Army, not to include Engineers, …
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[General Orders] Pay & Rations for Travel of Discharged Men
05/23/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentGeneral Orders: Officers and soldiers who are discharged from the service are entitled to their pay and rations, or an equivalent in money, for such time as shall be sufficient to travel from their …
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[General Orders] Men Enlisted under the Order of Jan. 27, 1800
05/26/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentGeneral Orders: The men enlisted for and during the existing differences between the US and the French Republic are not to be discharged until further orders respecting them are given.
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[General Orders] Disbandment of the Troops
05/26/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentGeneral Orders: As soon as the troops shall have received their pay and emoluments, the Commanding Officer will by Companies or Detachments put them in march under the directions of their Officers for …
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[General Orders] Disbandment of Light Dragoons
05/22/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentGeneral Orders: it has been the duty of Maj. Gen. Hamilton to announce the disbandment of the six additional troops of Light Dragoons to be accomplished by the 14th of June next.
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