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Transmitting New Recruiting Instructions, Etc.
05/11/1799 Letter Signed
The new recruiting instructions should be transmitted as early as possible to the officers who are enlisting men for the regiments of Artillery and the four old regiments of Infantry. Contractors …
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Transfer of Army Units and Equipment
12/20/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
Routine instructions concerning the transfer of Army units and equipment.
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Transfer of Army Units and Equipment
12/17/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
Routine instructions concerning the transfer of Army units and equipment.
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Transfer of Army Units and Equipment
12/11/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
Routine instructions concerning the transfer of Army units and equipment.
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Transfer of Army Units and Equipment
12/11/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
Routine instructions concerning the transfer of Army units and equipment.
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Transfer of Army Units and Equipment
12/03/1799 Draft Letter
Routine instructions concerning the transfer of Army units and equipment.
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Transfer of Army Units and Equipment
11/29/1799 Draft Letter
Routine instructions concerning the transfer of Army units and equipment.
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Transfer of Army Units and Equipment
11/22/1799 Draft Letter
Routine instructions concerning the transfer of Army units and equipment.
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Transfer of Army Units and Equipment
11/21/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
Routine instructions concerning the transfer of Army units and equipment.
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Transfer of Army Units and Equipment
11/19/1799 Draft Letter
Routine instructions concerning the transfer of Army units and equipment.
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Transfer of Army units and equipment
04/08/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
Routine instructions concerning the transfer of Army units and equipment
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Train in which Indian Affairs May Proceed
05/25/1799 Copy of document
"The Secretary of War has transmitted me a copy of your letter of 1st of April. Mine of the 24th indicates the train in which it is desired that Indian Affairs may proceed. But I shall be glad to be …
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Tinber for hutting and wood for fuel should be found on the premises.
10/21/1799 Autograph Draft Document
Hamilton emphasizes that the requirement for winter quarters is huts and not barracks so as to save additional expense. The huts should be situated so as to ease the collection of timber for hutting …
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Throwing off their uniforms and appearing in frocks...
07/12/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
"...I have found many officers in my division very fond of throwing off their uniform and appearing in frocks. I have directed them always to wear their uniforms; we discussed and I think agreed on …
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This injustice has fallen heavy on me, Etc.
07/01/1799 Letter Signed
Colonel Hamtramck provides a detailed report of the situation in the Western Country. He reports on the condition of the sundry garrisons, the state of magazines, and other stores, and the disposition …
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They eat their provisions like dogs on the ground.
08/14/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
Willcocks reports on the complaints of the officers respecting their delinquent pay. The men are stealing vegetables and are in a state of mutiny over their lack of even the barest necessities like …
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They are being paid without rendering any service.
06/18/1799 Letter Signed
McHenry insists that the officers appointed for the six new companies of cavalry yet to be formed should be employed in recruiting and training infantrymen since they are currenly being paid without …
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The protracted absence of these officers is intolerable...
08/28/1799 Autograph Draft Document
Hamilton suggests that it may be expedient to notify the officers of the old infantry and artillery regiments that those officers who don't report themselves to the Secretary of War within four months …
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The principle you suggest cannot be put into practice.
07/29/1799 Copy of document
"The principle you suggest for my consideration, though if it could be introduced it would work well, cannot in my opinion be put into practice. It would contravene too much pretension rooted as well …
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The President is much divested of his prejudices against me...
09/16/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
States that "In general the fortifications of the New England States are in the most shabby condition," that they have been incorrectly constructed by unqualified personnel and that the mounted guns …
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The papers were never deposited with me.
11/18/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
"It surely must have escaped General Hamilton's recollection that that the papers he alludes to were never deposited with me. After reading the publication in which he mentioned this deposit being …
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The men begin to be urgent for their pay.
08/14/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
"...The men begin to be urgent for their Pay. To some there is three months due. I had much rather the proper Officer was appointed to this Duty. It is not agreeable to me to tell an Officer, who …
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The Indians in this quarter seem much dissatisfied...
09/07/1799 Letter Signed
"I received your favor of the 22d July and am pleased with the hopes of greater uniformity in the clothing in future. The Indians in this quarter seem much dissatisfied at the promises made them by …
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The government pays much too dear for its supplies of provisions.
07/12/1799 Autograph Draft Document
Hamilton affirms his conviction that the government pays too much for provisions. He suggests a method of dividing the states for more efficient provision of supplies and argues that a competition …
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The Company are in a ragged state...
08/08/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
"...I beg leave to remark that the Company are in a ragged state, many of them being destitute of overalls, of linen, and those of clothes past repair. Blankets and woolen overalls I have not included …
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