Organization & Leadership of the Provisional Army

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Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Description

Washington expresses his wishes regarding the leadership and organization of the provisional army. Of the three major generals immediately below Washington in the chain of command, Hamilton, as Inspector General, is ranked first.

Date

07/14/1798

Author

George Washington

Recipient

Alexander Hamilton

Sent from

Mount Vernon

Repository

Library of Congress: Manuscript Division

Collection

Alexander Hamilton Papers

Document number

1798071490001

Page start

1

Note

Cited in Hamilton to Washington, 07/29/1798. At the end of the copy of this letter in the James McHenry Papers, McHenry wrote: "The General gave me the letter of which this is a copy open, at my insistance, that I might take a copy of it. James McHenry."

Notable persons

Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
Secretary of War [McHenry]
principle officers in the line
the Army
the President [John Adams]
Congress
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Henry Knox
Henry Lee of Virginia
John Brooks of Massachusetts
William S. Smith of New York
John E. Howard of Maryland
Edward Hand of Pennsylvania
Jonathan Dayton of New Jersey
Edward Carrington
James Craik
the French

Notable locations

Mount Vernon
states south of Maryland
Louisiana
the Floridas
Southern States

Notable items

boundless field of responsibility and trouble
efficient organization
public expense
turmoils I have consented to encounter
Command of the Armies
appointments under that bill
law
recess of the Senate
nominations
Major Generals
Inspector General
Brigadiers
Adjutant General
Director of Hospitals
Infantry
Cavalry
seniority
debates in Congress
arming the Negroes against us
islands
junior officer
military reputation
tactics
the art of war
Minister and Envoy at Paris
welfare of the country