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Appoinment as Secretary to the Inspector General
07/03/1799 Autograph Draft Document
Hamilton offers Howe an appointment as his secretary and regrets that, although the pay and emoluments are those associated with the rank of Captain, the appointment does not confer that rank.
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An explosion anywhere could injure and discredit the service.
09/21/1799 Autograph Draft Document
Hamilton decries the inefficiency that has caused delays in the payment of the troops resulting in mutinous discontent among two regiments. He confirms his support of established rules but also notes …
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Additional Bounty Money Depends on the Progress of Recruiting
06/18/1799 Autograph Draft Document
(Circular to the Commandants of Regiments) Before supplying more bounty money, the Secretary of War will require some indication of the progress of recruiting. The evidence for such will be shown on …
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Acquisition of Lands Useful to the United States, Etc.
05/23/1799 Autograph Draft Document
Hamilton has authorized Colonel Strong to withdraw from the post at Michilimacnac since Strong could not be reinforced at that post and his force could be better utilized elsewhere on the northwestern …
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Measures to be Taken without Delay
Autograph Draft Document
This is a list of eight measures to be taken immediately in the event of an invasion of the United States by a large army. Among sundry matters, It discusses an academy for military and naval …
Oliver Wolcott Jr. Papers, MSS.

Autograph Draft Document

Appoinment as Secretary to the Inspector General

An explosion anywhere could injure and discredit the service.

Additional Bounty Money Depends on the Progress of Recruiting

Acquisition of Lands Useful to the United States, Etc.

Measures to be Taken without Delay