Help Wanted: Clerk to Assist
Document 1795Tousard warns that an officer who is charged with recording the proceedings of the Council and conducting correspondence with Simmons would have little time to learn the duties of an Artillerist and Engineer without a clerk to assist him. Since the Secretary of War must be very busy, he aks Simmons to decide on this proposal.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Tousard warns that an officer who is charged with recording the proceedings of the Council and conducting correspondence with Simmons would have little time to learn the duties of an Artillerist and Engineer without a clerk to assist him. Since the Secretary of War must be very busy, he aks Simmons to decide on this proposal.
Date
08/07/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
West Point
Document number
1795080770001
Page start
1
Notable persons
William Simmons
Lewis Tousard
Notable locations
West Point