Autograph Letter Signed
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Recommends Employment of Lieut. Col. Butler
04/06/1798 Autograph Letter SignedRecommends employment of Lieut. Col. Butler for his purposes. May contact the Secretary of the Treasury for needed rations.
MMC, McHenry, James: Mm85004543
Recommends Captain Robert Hamilton as Naval Lieutenant
08/21/1798 Autograph Letter SignedAlexander Hamilton seeks a response to a letter he wrote two weeks previously about the appointment of his cousin, Robert Hamilton, to full lieutenancy. He desires to know the prospect of such …
Subject File of the Naval Records Collection
Recommends Captain Robert Hamilton as Naval Lieutenant
08/08/1798 Autograph Letter SignedAlexander Hamilton recommends his first cousin, Robert Hamilton, as a Navy Lieutenant, with experience at sea in the West Indies since the age of 14. Alexander Hamilton considers the appointment "a …
Subject File of the Naval Records Collection
Recommends Captain Hamilton for a Southern Vessel
09/03/1798 Autograph Letter SignedUpon realizing the length of time before the frigate building at New York will be seaworthy, Alexander Hamilton requests the appointment of Robert Hamilton to a southern vessel which will be ready …
Subject File of the Naval Records Collection- No image
Recommending Thomas Reynolds as a Naval Surgeon
1798 Autograph Letter SignedThe son of Mr. Reynolds has studied medicine for several years and has been in practice in Matthews, Virginia. He wishes to go into the Navy as a surgeon and can be recommended as a young man of …
Subject File of the Naval Records Collection 
Recommending Major Winslow
06/12/1798 Autograph Letter SignedKnox is touting Major Winslow as an excellent candidate for an officer position, recommending him first as a major of cavalry. Knox lists Winslow's qualities which confirm his gentleman status and …
Andre DeCoppet Collection, C0063.
Recommending John McRea for a Lieutenancy in the Navy
05/14/1798 Autograph Letter SignedJohn McRea has applied for a lieutenancy in the Navy and Craik declares that he has no doubt that McRea would do justice to such an appointment. His education has been liberal, his abilities are good, …
Subject File of the Naval Records Collection
Recommendations of Mr. Reynolds & Mr. Purdie
06/07/1798 Autograph Letter SignedEnclosed are letters to Evans soliciting his agency in obtaining appointments as surgeons. Mr. Reynods and Mr. Purdie are not known to him but the gentleman who recommended them are regarded with …
Subject File of the Naval Records Collection
Recommendations for Tufts, Reynolds, and Wharton
06/04/1798 Autograph Letter SignedEvans recommends the following gentlemen for the designated appointments in the Navy: Obijah Tufts - Surgeoncy: Thomas Reynolds - Surgeoncy; Franklin Wharton - Lieutenant of Marines.
Subject File of the Naval Records Collection
Recommendations for Positions in the Provisional Army
08/06/1798 Autograph Letter SignedAlong with a discussion of other matters, Van Schaack recommends Joseph Kellogg and Doctor David Leavenworth for positions in the provisional army.
Alexander Hamilton Papers
Recommendations for Informal War with France, & Consideration of the Rest of Europe
02/15/1798 Autograph Letter SignedContains McHenry's observations concerning a potential war with France. He says that the people of the U.S. are quite averse to war; if present negotiations fail, he recommends an informal war, which …
John Adams Papers
Recommendations for Appointments
07/28/1798 Autograph Letter SignedHamilton makes several recommendations for appointments in the Army including his nephew, Philip Church, for a Captaincy in the infantry. He tells McHenry that he would consider it a personal favor if …
Alexander Hamilton Papers
Recommendation of William Henderson
08/09/1798 Autograph Letter SignedGeneral Irvine recommends William Henderson for appointment as a regimental commander.
William Irvine Papers
Recommendation of Mr. Whitney for the Corps of Artillery
07/25/1798 Autograph Letter SignedMr. Whitney has a great desire to enter the Corps of Artillery and Freeman recommends him to Hodgdon as an honest man who has faithfully discharged his duty to his country and possesses a heart filled …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Recommendation of Major Landon
08/04/1798 Autograph Letter SignedVan Schaak recommends Major Landon for admission into the provisional army.
Alexander Hamilton Papers
Recommendation of John McRea
05/14/1798 Autograph Letter SignedFitzgerald comments on the application of John McRea to enter the Naval Service on board one of the ships fitted out as a convoy for merchant ships. He views McRea as a young gentleman with an …
Subject File of the Naval Records Collection
Recommendation of James Burnes to be a Second Lieutenant
06/01/1798 Autograph Letter SignedTingey recommends James Burns for an appointment as a Second Lieutenant in the rising navy of the United States. Burns studied physic and surgery and was engaged in that capacity on the ship …
Subject File of the Naval Records Collection
Recommendation of James Blain
07/25/1798 Autograph Letter SignedO'Hara recommends James Blain of Carlisle for a Majority [appointment as a Major] in one of the regiments to be raised in the present military establishment. Blain is a man of strict honor and …
The Denny - O'Hara Papers
Recommendation of General Ridgley of Maryland
08/17/1798 Autograph Letter SignedBased on an earlier inquiry from Adams, McHenry recommends General [Charles Carnan] Ridgely of Hampton Cove, Maryland, as one of the most wealthy and influential men of the state.
John Adams Papers
Recommendation of Garret DeBow
08/19/1798 Autograph Letter SignedRussel and Stephens recommend Garret DeBow for a post in the Provisional Army.
Alexander Hamilton Papers
Recommendation of Enoch Hazard
09/04/1798 Autograph Letter SignedRecommends Doctor Hazard for army service.
Enoch Hazard Papers, Miscellaneous Mss
Recommendation of Daniel Newman
06/01/1798 Autograph Letter SignedMr. Steele has recommended Daniel Newman for an appointment. Wolcott does not know Newman personally but trusts Steele's judgement.
Oliver Wolcott Jr. Papers.
Recommendation of Count de Moelien
11/06/1798 Autograph Letter SignedCarroll recommends the Count de Moelien for appointment as one of Hamilton's aides.
Alexander Hamilton Papers
Recommendation of Connecticut Man as Major in Provisional Army
07/20/1798 Autograph Letter SignedRecommends a young man from Norwich, Connecticut, James Huntington, as a major in the provisional army, citing his good upbringing, education, character, and experience in the local militia. Also …
Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. Papers, US Government Letters 1778-1809
Recommendation of Captain Thomas Robinson
06/21/1798 Autograph Letter SignedWalker has learned that his brother-in-law, Captain Thomas Robinson, is a candidate for appointment as a commander of one of the vessels to be fitted out for service. Walker is unable to judge …
Subject File of the Naval Records Collection
