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RE Army, Supplies, Quarters, and Pay & Transfer of Army Units and Equipment
04/17/1799 Autograph Draft
Routine instructions and correspondence concerning Army supplies, quarters, and pay and concerning the transfer of Army units and equipment.
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RE Army, Supplies, Quarters, and Pay
04/15/1799 Autograph Draft
Routine instructions and correspondence concerning Army supplies, quarters, and pay.
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RE Army Supplies, Quarters, and Pay
08/05/1799 Autograph Draft
Routine instructions and correspondence concerning Army supplies, quarters, and pay
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RE Army Supplies, Quarters, & Pay and Transfer of Army Units & Equipment
03/30/1799 Autograph Draft
Routine instructions and correspondence concerning Army supplies, quarters, and pay & routine instructions concerning the transfer of Army units and equipment.
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Plans for the Recruiting Service
04/10/1799 Autograph Draft
Hamilton stresses that the rendezvous within the recruiting subdistricts ought to be chosen with an eye toward accommodating recruits and ease of procuring supplies. The plan for recruiting in …
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Plans for Arranging Recruiting Districts
03/16/1799 Autograph Draft
Hamilton submits his plan for arranging sundry states into recruiting districts and sub districts, not including those most southern and Kentucky and Tennessee. General Pinckney has been asked to …
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Plan for the Providing and Issuring of Military Supplies
04/08/1799 Autograph Draft
Delineates responsibilities to provide and issue supplies. The Purveyor is responsible to procure supplies and to assign contracts. The Superintendent of Military Stores shall issue all supplies. Each …
Oliver Wolcott Jr. Papers.
Permanent Fortifications Require the Sanction of the President
11/12/1799 Autograph Draft
Hamilton espouses to McHenry the general principle that permanent fortifications, and the expenses attached, should not be undertaken without the sanction of the Executive. He stesses that he has …
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Organization of the Provisional Army
03/23/1799 Autograph Draft
Hamilton expresses his thoughts on the geographical organization of the Provisional Army and lists those officers who will be regimental commanders. It is his intention that the troops enlisted by the …
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Organization of Individual Regiments.
12/05/1799 Autograph Draft
Routine instructions and correspondence concerning the organization of individual regiments.
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Music is Conducive to Recruiting, Etc.
04/08/1799 Autograph Draft
Hamilton believes that the four months' pay should be advanced to the officers and that drums and fifes should accompany the clothing since music aids recruitment. He needs additional copies of the …
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Marching Orders to New Town
03/16/1799 Autograph Draft
Hamilton describes the route by which Hoops is to march his troops to New Town where he will be joined by Lieutenant Boote and a party of infantry and where he will recieve further orders from either …
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Circular on Recruiting Service
02/18/1799 Autograph Draft
Associated with his duties as Inspector General, Hamilton announces that he is now superentendent of the recruiting service. He directs that the State of Massachusetts should be divided into four …
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Assigning Officers to Sub-Districts
04/13/1799 Autograph Draft
"Relying that you will lose no time in assigning your Officers to the different subdistricts--I request that you will transmit me a list showing the name of the principal Officer of each sub-district …
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Infantry tactics
03/18/1800 Autograph Draft
Major Alexander Hamilton wants experiments by commanders regarding the natural pace of an average man of 5 feet eight inches, so as to establish the proper measure of a pace which is of primary …
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Condolences
01/12/1800 Autograph Draft
Hamilton expresses to Washington's widow the depth of his grief at the loss of the General and his debt to him for the confidence and friendship he was shown throughout his life.
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Bavarian field pieces
05/31/1800 Autograph Draft
Describes invention of Bavarian field piece used by artillery, mentions science and end of term in War Office.
American Manuscripts
[CONFIDENTIAL] Status of Military
04/01/1800 Autograph Draft
Discusses the power of the President to dismiss military officers and instances where such action is or has been appropriate. Also considers the attitudes of Congress towards the Army.
George Clinton Papers
Interrogatives regarding the Quartermaster General
02/20/1801 Autograph Draft
An unknown War Office official is posing questions regarding the authority, orders, and movements of General Wilkins.
Letters Received by the Accountant of the War Department, Nov 24, 1794-Ded 23, 1817. (RG217)