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Reminder for Expected Letter
02/05/1799 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Hamilton needed a letter from Wolcott prior to the execution of an order regarding a military escort for the marking of an Indian boundary line.
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Relieving Supply Deficiencies, Exchange of Soldiers, Etc.
08/14/1799 Draft Document
All applications to fill deficiencies should be addressed to Ebenezer Stevens. Rice should be able to answer the questions included in the letter from Captain Ashmun though it must be understood that …
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Relative Rank of Truxton, Talbot, & Dale
02/06/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
Stoddert discusses the circumstances surrounding the relative rank of Navy Captains Truxton, Talbot, and Dale. He criticizes the President for continuing more captains than there are frigates to …
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Relative Rank of Officers and Sundry Appointments
11/06/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
Rice discusses the relative rank of his officers and sundry appointments.
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Rejection of Appointment as Lieutenant Colonel Commandant
10/24/1799 Autograph Draft Document
Hamilton assures Gibbs that his rejection for the post of Lieutenant Colonel Commandant was not due to a lack of support from either General Washington or himself. He criticizes Gibbs for having …
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Reinforcement of the Garrison of Detroit
02/23/1799 Letter Signed
McHenry encloses letters from several officers and speeches from Indian head-men as well as his response to the speech made in Philadelphia to assist Hamilton in deciding whether the garrison of …
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Reimbursement of Officers Who Purchase Equipment for Their Men
11/05/1799 Draft Letter Signed
Circular to the Commandants of Regiments: Officers who have purchased articles to equip their men cannot expect to be reimbursed but if the regimental commandants would agree to donate part of their …
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Regulations respecting Certain Supplies, Etc.
09/1799 Autograph Draft Document
Regulations respecting certain supplies and respecting objects of special and extra expense.
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Regulations Relative to the Uniform of the Troops
11/21/1799 Draft Letter
Ensloses "regulations which it is proposed to establish relative to the uniform of the troops."
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Regulations Regarding the Payments of Bounty to Recruits
06/21/1799 Letter Signed
McHenry reviews the regulations regarding the payments of bounty to recruits and the bonus payments to officers who do the recruiting.
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Regulations Regarding Officers' Uniforms
05/11/1799 Letter Signed
McHenry discusses the confusion surrounding the regimental officers' unforms provoked by a letter from General Washington.
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Regulations for the Police of the Troops
12/04/1799 Draft Letter
Hamilton asks North to assist in the preparation of regulations for the Police of the Troops in Camp Quarters and garrisons.
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Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States
05/21/1799 Autograph Draft Document
"...It is...necessary that the officers generally should be possessed of 'The Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States.' I mean those which were instituted in our …
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Regular chain of communication should be preserved...
08/27/1799 Autograph Draft Document
Circular to the Commandants of Regiments; Hamilton insists that officers communicate with each other according to the chain of command and explains where returns should be transmitted: returns of …
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Regimental Paymasters as Clothiers, Etc.
03/30/1799 Autograph Draft Letter
Hamilton observes that the necessary directions have been provided for the business of recruiting and notes that McHenry's silence apparently means that his authorization is not required for the …
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Regarding Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers
08/22/1799 Draft Letter
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers
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Reducing Provisions to the Indians, Etc.
05/25/1799 Letter Signed
McHenry warns that provisions to the Indians should be given with the strictest economy unless their affections are diminished. He worries that the land speculation may anger the Indians but advises …
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Reduced by Intermittent Fever, Etc.
04/28/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
Rivardi asks that soldiers of the quartermaster's department receive extra pay for extra work and that Dr. Coffin be paid for his additional responsibliities. He complains that his poor health forces …
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Recruiting Service will be Obstructed
06/12/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
"...I take the liberty...to report to you...that...it is probable that in a few days the recruiting service will be obstructed for the want of bounty money, independent of all other occasions..."
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Recruiting Orders
09/07/1799 Copy of document
Orders related to recruiting.
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Recruiting Mulattoes as Servants, Etc.
09/19/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
Bentley suggests that even though the recruiting instructions prohibit the recruiting of mullatoes, they should be allowed to be enlisted as officers' servants. They are better suited to menial …
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Recruiting Instructions
03/15/1799 Autograph Draft
Hamilton transmits his Recruiting Instructions, including some alterations and additions, and agrees that the residence of the Pay Master General should be established according to the orders of …
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Recruiting Districts within Circle Number 7
1799 Autograph Document
A discussion of the recruiting districts within Circle Number 7.
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Recruiting business is totally stopped and desertion prevails
10/16/1799 Autograph Letter Signed
Parker complains that the delay in paying the troops has destroyed recruiting efforts and increased the number of desertions.
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Recruiting Arrangements
1799 Autograph Document Signed
A discussion of the arrangements made for recruiting,.
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