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Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers
03/08/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Urgently required to visit Hamilton, the nature of which timing did not allow for previously obtaining official permission from Hamilton. Believed his reasons for visiting would excuse his lack of …
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Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers
03/05/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Routine correspondence concerning the appointment, transfer, promotion, discharge, desertion, leave, and assignment of individual officers and soldiers.
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Administration of Individual Officers and Soldiers
02/24/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Discussed the funeral details of George Washington which was arranged through official resolution by the Joint House Committee, presided over by John Marshall.
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Additional Regiments of Artillerists
05/31/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
There is now a probability that two regiments of artillerists can be completed, so professors, not exceeding four, can be appointed for the purpose of instructing both artillerists and engineers. …
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Accounts of Those Who Furnish Supplies and Make Disbursements
01/13/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Notification that the return of the Army which McHenry recently requested was sent. Included in that mailing was a letter from the Adjutant General which provided explanations for expenses.
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Accommodations for Me & My Suite
05/08/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
As tents may not arrive in time, Hamilton asks Ogden to take a small house within a small distance of the camp at Scotch Plains for him and his suite as he expects to be there by the 20th of the month …
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A New Career in the Turkish Dominions
03/02/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Izard requests that he be allowed to retain his rank in the Army during the year he will be pursuing a new career in the Turkish Dominions. Requested a leave of absence per advice from McHenry;
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[Untitled]
05/01/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Notification of submission of report on the appropriation for the fortifications and defense of various harbors along the eastern seaboard. McHenry believed the sum was wholly inadequate to protect …
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[Untitled]
04/26/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Discussed trade with Indians and receipt of licenses by traders. Traders should be restricted to certain towns, as decided by the most senior and influential chief. It should be forbidden that the …
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[Untitled]
03/14/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Notification that commission for Lieut. Spring was sent to the Sec. of War, other vacancies will be filled via promotion. Expressed happiness that order and subordination was restored among men under …
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[Untitled]
01/13/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Notification that Pickering, Wolcott, McHenry, and Stoddert considered letter from Randolf by the President's advice and believed it contained "contemptuous language " that "require[d] censure". …
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[Order of the President to the Heads of the Departments concerning the transfer to Washington.]
05/15/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Notification that the construction of all Federal buildings in Washington D.C. are complete and that the movement of public offices to that location from Philadelphia was authorized by John Adams.
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[No. 39. Military Academy, and Reorganization of the Army]
01/13/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
"A report, made to me on the fifth of this month, by the Secretary of War, contains various matters, in which the honor and safety of the nation are deeply interested; I transmit it, therefore, to …
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[No. 37 Armory at Springfield]
01/06/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
"I have the honor to transmit a report, exhibiting the expenses of the national armory at Springfield, Massachusetts together with the fullest information I have been able to obtain, relative to the …
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[General Orders] Reduction in Force
05/18/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
These are the General Orders. to be implemented by June 15, regarding the discharge of officers and men who had been appointed or enlisted under the act to augment the Army, not to include Engineers, …
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[General Orders] Pay & Rations for Travel of Discharged Men
05/23/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
General Orders: Officers and soldiers who are discharged from the service are entitled to their pay and rations, or an equivalent in money, for such time as shall be sufficient to travel from their …
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[General Orders] Men Enlisted under the Order of Jan. 27, 1800
05/26/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
General Orders: The men enlisted for and during the existing differences between the US and the French Republic are not to be discharged until further orders respecting them are given.
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[General Orders] Disbandment of the Troops
05/26/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
General Orders: As soon as the troops shall have received their pay and emoluments, the Commanding Officer will by Companies or Detachments put them in march under the directions of their Officers for …
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[General Orders] Disbandment of Light Dragoons
05/22/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
General Orders: it has been the duty of Maj. Gen. Hamilton to announce the disbandment of the six additional troops of Light Dragoons to be accomplished by the 14th of June next.
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[Estimate of Expenses for the year 1800].
01/28/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Detailed list of estimated expenses for military pensions from which the following deductions should be made:pay, subsistence, and clothing for privates and non-commissioned officers.
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[ENCLOSURE] Employment of Soldiers
02/10/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Discussed employing soldiers during the summer months to dig a canal. This work would ward off idleness and would encourage discipline however the soldiers that were proposed to dig canal have little …
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[Circular letter sent to the Heads of the Departments]
05/20/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Asks itemized list of questions regarding the judicial system, mercy, and how to prosecute offending criminals, specifically treasonous ones.
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"Oh Mad! Mad! Mad!"
05/23/1800 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
"The letter with the enclosed [1800/05/20 McHenry to AH] came to hand the day preceding my leaving the City for this place [Camp Scotch Plains]. The hurry of the first moments here prevented my …
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Indian War
04/08/1801 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
War broke out b/w Chippewa and Pottawatomie Nations. Ottawa Nation will join and all the tribes will carry the war to Spanish territory. G. Knaggs sent out to seek compromise and that the U.S. …
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Approval of Report
02/23/1801 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Enclosed report by the acting Sec. of War was favorable to Adams, he recommended it be reviewed and ratified by Congress.
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