Relative Rank of Officers in the Provisional Army
Document 1798Hamilton says that, if indispensable, he is willing to inhabit a lower rank than Knox but is not amenable to the same situation in relation to Pinckney. He is unwilling to occupy a lower rank to every officer who held superior rank in the Revolutionary War.
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Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Hamilton says that, if indispensable, he is willing to inhabit a lower rank than Knox but is not amenable to the same situation in relation to Pinckney. He is unwilling to occupy a lower rank to every officer who held superior rank in the Revolutionary War.
Date
07/17/1798
Author
Recipient
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New York
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Collection
Document number
1798071790000
Note
Cited in Pickering to Hamilton, 07/18/1798.
Notable persons
Timothy Pickering
Alexander Hamilton
[Henry] Knox
[Charles Cotesworth] Pinckney
Notable locations
New York
Notable items
relative ranks
appointment of Inspector General
rank & command of Maor General
my opinion of my own pretensions
public opinion
sacrifices
military appointment
my just claim